Despite the fact that Pangasinan has been declared insurgency-free since 2010, the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) led by its chairman Governor Amado Espino Jr. still tackled insurgency concerns and how to prevent it during its meeting here Friday.
"This is where policies to be implemented by different concerned agencies are discussed, to first address insurgency, and peace and order second," said Espino in their first council meeting in two years held at the Capitol Resort in Lingayen.
In 2010, Pangasinan was declared insurgency-free in memorandum signed by the Pangasinan provincial government, the 7the Infantry Division of the Philippine Army and the Pangasinan police office.
Espino assured that there is no locally-based organized armed group or insurgents in Pangasinan but there may be those who may only be passing or making a temporary visit.
In his briefing on June 2 before the Sangguning Panlalawigan, Senior Superintendent Sterling Raymond Blanco, officer-in-charge of the Pangasinan Police Office (PPO), said there are two groups of rebels that were monitored to be just passing by in the eastern and western parts of the province.
Espino said that Citizen Armed Force Geographical Units (CAFGUs) are strategically located in the province to further assure protection and security from anything or anyone, particularly from insurgents.
The PPOC chairman explained that peace and order is very vital not only for security purposes but also for the economic development as in the sectors of agriculture and tourism.
"Let us prevent it (crimes), but if we cannot, then let us solve it. Otherwise, if we can't solve it, there must be a logical explanation," Espino told members of the PPOC.
Members of the PPOC are the provincial office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government led by Reggie Colisao, the provincial government, the law enforcement agencies such as Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines, and other government agencies such as the Department of Education, Department of Social Welfare and Development, and Philippine Information Agency, among others.
PPO recorded 8,054 crimes in the province during the first five months of this year, lower by 1,087 incidents as compared to the same comparative period of last year.
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