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==PNP-12 initiates SWAT competition== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1671335683867 | |||
*Sunday, April 29, 2012 | |||
:By. Catherine T. Apelacio | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office-12 here initiated the 1st SWAT (Special Weapon and Tactics) competition over the weekend to harness even more the skill of members in the elite unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP). | |||
For the first time, PRO-12 brought together SWAT Units based in different city and the provincial police offices in the region for a unique contest. | |||
PSSupt. Robert Kiunisala, deputy regional director for operations (DRDO), said that for the past few months, police job has become more challenging as crimes have been more complex and more sophisticated. | |||
He said rebels have remained a major threat to peace in the region. Thus, the police, especially the SWAT forces must always be prepared all the time. | |||
“Whenever rebels operate, we must find them where they dwell and stop them in their planning and one by one bring them to justice,” the Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) 12 quoted Kiunisala as saying. | |||
Undertaken to suppress criminal activities, the SWAT competition, “is a programmed training aimed to enhance and refresh individual’s efficiency and unit teamwork to ensure greater survival rating during hard times.” | |||
SWAT, as PNP’s special elite force, is touted to be the show window of the organization, being most of the time at the forefront of police operations. | |||
Kiunisala reasoned that it is important that PRO 12 equip its personnel “with the right skills and knowledge” to make them professionals as they should be and for them to immediately respond during emergency situation or whenever necessary. | |||
He said the mere fact that their (SWAT) knowledge and training have been honed to greater degree and given the chance to compete with the other only showed that they were “very competent and skilled” already. | |||
Kiunisala also reminded the SWAT team that they only use firearms and weapons to protect people from harm and not to sow fear and insecurity among them. | |||
An awarding ceremony led by Kiunisala himself capped the three-day activity with the Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) 12 proclaimed as winning team followed by the Cotabato PPO, the General Santos City Police Office, fourth; Sarangani PPO, fifth; South Cotabato PPO, sixth; Sultan Kudarat PPO, seventh; and the Cotabato City Police Office, eighth. (CTA-PIA 12, General Santos City/With reports from RPIO-PRO-12) | |||
==NDRRMC: 4 children die in GenSan diarrhea outbreak== | ==NDRRMC: 4 children die in GenSan diarrhea outbreak== | ||
*Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/256454/news/regions/ndrrmc-4-children-die-in-gensan-diarrhea-outbreak | *Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/256454/news/regions/ndrrmc-4-children-die-in-gensan-diarrhea-outbreak | ||
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Drinking water is being treated and containers being disinfected to address the problem, the NDRRMC said. | Drinking water is being treated and containers being disinfected to address the problem, the NDRRMC said. | ||
==Suspension of banana venture eyed as land row heats up in South Cotabato village== | ==Suspension of banana venture eyed as land row heats up in South Cotabato village== | ||