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9 NGOs to help Bulacan cops in "OPLAN: Sumvac" May polls
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Mar 8, 2010 - 4:59:28 AM

CAMP GEN. ALEJO SANTOS, Bulacan, March 8 (PNA) -- Nine civilian organizations will augment the Bulacan Police Provincial Office in rendering services and assistance this summer vacation and in ensuring the conduct of an honest, peaceful and orderly elections.

Bulacan acting police director Sr. Supt. Edgardo Tinio said a memorandum of agreement (MOA) will be signed on Monday between the BPPO and accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Bulacan after a holy mass and the regular flag raising ceremony at the provincial police headquarters here.

Tinio said the MOA signing will be witnessed by Atty. Emilio A. Gonzalez III, deputy Ombudsman for military and other law enforcement units.

“We welcome the support of civic groups in our peacekeeping initiatives. They will contribute immensely in rendering assistance to the public especially during the summer vacation, Holy week and election period,” Tinio said.

The nine NGOs that will sign the MOA are the Filipinas Media in Action (represented by Bernadette Rozana Peek); A.R.R.E.S.T (represented by Jason Robielos); BATAS (represented by Dr. Raymond Tantoco); KABALIKAT (represented by Marcos Salvador); GEBMG (represented by Aries Anthony Andal); PRO BIKERS BULACAN (represented by Victorino Zamora); SPECTRUM (represented by Bartolome Agustin); PARACS (represented by Cherwin Villegas) and IAS-ACAI (represented by Rodrigo Jurado).

Meanwhile, former NBI chaplain Efren Dato will conduct a half-day reaching-out seminar on “Community Optimum Policing and Police Community Leadership” later in the afternoon.

Supt. Myrna Reyes, chief of the Police Community Relations branch of the BPPO, said the seminar aims to enhance the working relationship between community leaders and local policemen for a peaceful and productive community. (PNA)
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