Lt. Gen. Caesar Ronnie Ordoyo, Armed Forces of the Philippines-Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) chief, on Friday junked talks of a coup d'état against the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
In an interview during the Rescue Capabilities Demonstration this morning at the
He emphasized they have more pressing matters to attend to, with 16 million people to manage under the Command. He assured the AFP national headquarters that there is no need for a “loyalty check” with his men, confirming that they are presently in high morale.
Meanwhile, Ordoyo commended the capability demonstration conducted here, led by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, together with the Office of the Civil Defense-Region 4B, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Philippine Red Cross, Philippine Coast Guard, local government units, the Tamaraw Fire Volunteers and other non-government organizations.
“Disasters are here to stay, so we must be ready to cope and survive. Everything that we strive for, economically and personally will be wiped out in an instance should disaster strike, if we lack preparations for it,” Ordoyo said.
In the demonstration, the stakeholders showed their preparedness in the event of a disaster such as typhoon, hostage drama and rescuing passengers in a capsized ship.
They even used the rescue helicopter from PAF’s 505th Search and Rescue Group to extract passengers from a capsized ship which the PCG had a hard time rescuing.
For their part, Governor Alfonso “Boy” Umali Jr. and Calapan City Mayor Arnan Panaligan were one in saying the province is lucky enough to avoid calamitous incidents and they are praying very hard that even if their respective governments showed their capabilities in an emergency and disasters, it would not be an actual occurrence.
“We have seen our people’s preparedness, dedication, confidence and sense of professionalism, but still, we prefer not to apply it in actual situation. We’ve been lucky for the past several years, maybe because we always pray hard to spare us from disasters,” Mayor Panaligan stressed.
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