Zamboanga City--The region’s Philippine National Police command region 9(PNPRO9) celebrated the 18th PNP Anniversary with P/CSupt Felizardo M. Serapio Jr. Director, Directorate for Integrated Police Operations of the Philippine National Police as the guest and speaker.
With this year’s theme; “Pambansang Pulisiya: Kaagapay ng Mamamayan sa Kapayapaan at Kaunlaran” Regional Director P/CSupt Angelo Hipolito Sunglao had prepared for this year’s awardees to received giving them thanks and appreciation for their support and help and achievements in achieving the mission and goals of the regional police office and its efforts to promote peace and development in the region.
“With this year’s celebration, I would like to thank those who in one way or another help and supported our mission as the peacekeepers of the region” He said.
P/CSupt Sunglao who recently takes over command from his predecessor, Regional Director P/CSupt Jaime Karingal has done much in his first days of managing the regional police office into a humane force of the government especially in the conduct of its mission, objectives and goals to promote lasting peace in the Zamboanga Peninsula.
In the celebration, major units of the PNP Regional Police Office were awarded as the best unit of the region. The Zamboanga Del Norte Provincial Police Office was adjudged as the PNP Provincial Office of the Year, while the Pagadian City Police Office garnered as the Component City Police of the Year, Molave Police Station of Zamboanga Del Sur was also chosen as the Municipal Police Station of the Year, Dipolog City Police Station was awarded as this years Women and Children Protection Desk of the Year, and the Regions Intelligence Unit was awarded as the National Support Unit of the Year and the 905th Provincial Mobile Group was also chosen as the region’s best.
It may be recalled that, two of the regions police station and the 905th Provincial Mobile Group was also vying for the nations best of the best. With PNP Police Director P/Director General Jesus Verzosa and the President herself awarded Pagadian City Police Station as the best of the best City Police Station of the Year in Malacañang this week, while Molave PNP Municipal Station landed second and the 905th PMG was adjudged 3rd best of the best nationwide.
Meanwhile other ranking Police Officers and Police Non-Commission Officers were also awarded this year; P/SSupt Mario B. Yanga as Senior PCO of the Year for Administration, P/SSupt Felixberto D. Candado as Senior Officer of the Year for Operations, while P/CInsp Reynaldo M. Maclang was adjudges as the Junior Officer of the Year.
Two PNCO and Non-Uniformed Personnel’s were also awarded, they are: SPO2 Antonio B. Tapales as Senior PNCO of the Year, PO3 Reynante A. Mago as Junior PNCO of the Year while, NUP Corazon Agda and NUP Rachel C. Tugade were chosen as this years Non-Uniformed Personnel of the region.
The celebrations also awarded civilians and other PNP personnel who in way or another supported and help the regional police office to achieve its worth as the region’s peacekeepers, and they were: Gov. Aurora E Cerilles of ZamboSur and the concurrent Chair of the Regional Peace and Order Council, Gov. George Hofer of Zamboanga Sibugay, Gov. Rolando Yebes of Zanorte.
Mayors Samuel S. Co, Celso Lobregat and Evelyn Uy of Pagadian City, Zamboanga City and Dipolog City respectively, and the three congressman, Congressman Antonio H. Cerilles of the 2nd District of ZamboSur, Congressman Ernie Fabian of the 2nd District of Zamboanga City and Congresswoman Ma. Isabela Climaco of the 1st District of Zamboanga City.
Other awardees are: Archbishop Romulo Valles of Zamboanga City Diocese, Atty. MaryAnn Tugbang, Assistant Provincial Prosecutor of Zamboanga del Sur, RD Arturo Valero of NEDA 9, Mayor Edwin Alibutdan of Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay and Allen Labastillas of Zamboanga Times as the Media Awardee.
Major General Nehemias G. Pajarito, CG, 1ID, PA together with P/Supt Angelito Casimiro, Opns Officer, DIPO Eastern, and Col. Santiago Baluyot of Task Force Zamboanga were also awarded. And two other PNP personnel were also given special awards, SPO2 Lino Felicano and PO3 Edgardo Figuracion who adopted a massacre victim and make his own daughter.
PJTremedal, Associate Editor