Sunday, March 10, 2013

Pacific Angel commences in Negros Oriental

From the AFP Central Command Wordpress Site (Mar 5): Pacific Angel commences in Negros Oriental

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The Operation Pacific Angel 13-1 simultaneously started the repair and rehabilitation of three school buildings and 2 medical mission sites in the province on Monday.

The three elementary schools in Negros Oriental are Bio-os Elementary School in Amlan, Pamplona Central Elementary School in Pamplona that will benefit facility repair, renovation and upgrades and Tugawe Elem School in Daiun where a water tower will be installed to repainting of classrooms.

The medical mission that is expected to receive 500 patients a day from March 4 to 9 covers primary health care, optometry, dental, physical therapy and circumcision. Macias sports complex here and Osmeña Park in Tanjay City are the identified venues.

Hon Roel R Degamo Negros Oriental Governor in a statement “The people of Negros Oriental welcome the arrival of the Pacific Angel troops. This humanitarian mission will do so much for the province and for this we are thankful”

Lt Col Alvin Alana Pacific Angel 13-1 Mission Commander “We are looking forward for this mission and see smiling faces of the patients especially the children that we will help”

Col Francisco Patrimonio Commander of Negros Oriental Army thanked Lt Col Alana and the Pacific Angel group for choosing Negros Oriental as beneficiaries of this humanitarian mission. This is the first time that a foreign military humanitarian mission will be held here in Negros Oriental.

Patrimonio also thanked the province for being supportive and assured Alana that their stay here will be most pleasant. The people of Negros are gentle and hospitable and the peace and order situation here in the region is great.

Operation PACIFIC ANGEL is a joint and combined of AFP-US Humanitarian Civic Action/Civil Military Operation activities dubbed as “PACIFIC ANGEL 13-1” to be conducted in Negros Oriental on March 04-09 2013. The objective of this exercise is to enhance the response capability of the AFP and Stakeholders during disasters and calamities. (By MAJOR RAY C TIONGSON, DPAO, 3ID)

https://afpcentcom.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/pacific-angel-commence-in-negros-oriental/

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