Zamboanga Peninsula officials undergo two-day anti-terrorism training

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 26): Zamboanga Peninsula officials undergo two-day anti-terrorism training

The Philippine National Police (PNP) started Tuesday the two-day anti-terrorism training for elective officials in Ipil, the capital of Zamboanga Sibugay province.

The training, which ends Wednesday, is dubbed “Terrorist Targets: Operationalizing the whole nation,” will be conducted in the eight regions of the country including the Zamboanga Peninsula.

“This is in compliance with the directives earlier issued by President Benigno Aquino III, it being the priority concern of the regions in Mindanao, Cebu and National Capital Region(NCR),” Zamboanga del Norte police director James Mejia said.

Among those invited to attend are governors, city and municipal mayors of the different provinces, cities and municipalities as well as the PNP officials assigned in this region.

This are the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay and the cities of Dapitan, Dipolog, Isabela, Pagadian and Zamboanga.

The first day of the training was marked with the signing of the manifesto with the technical experts from the Department of National Defense (DND), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and other law enforcement agencies.

It can be recalled that the Zamboanga Peninsula is confronted with all the terrorist groups operating in the area like the Communist Party of Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and other Moro rebels.

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