PAGADIAN CITY: This
city’s police station, through their Police Community Relation (PCR) and the
Women’s and Children’s Section (WCS) provided meals to 163 pre-schoolers and Day-care
center pupils in selected 5 villages around the city.
Pagadian City Police
Station C/Supt. Glenn M. Dulawan initiated the action in a meeting with DepEd,
CSWD and village officials for the activity to be held from Oct. 29 to Nov. 12,
this year.
Barangay Buenavista was
the first visited village and Campo Islam for the next day.
The PNP resumed last Nov.
3 in Brgy Bolatoc, Brgy Balintawak in Nov. 5 and lastly last Nov. 12 in the coastal
barangay of Murikay.
The said children also
received schools supplies like one pad paper, notebook, pencil and eraser, the
PCR said.
During the feeding
program, parents and guardians alike were given lectures on RA 7610—the Anti-Child
Abuse Law and R.A. 9208--the Anti-trafficking in persons and received counseling
on handling their growing children.
As an added lesson, a
story-telling of bible characters was also given to the children.
The PNP-PCR feeding
activity formed part of the Gender Awareness Development (Dialogue or
Pulong-pulong) program of this city’s police force.