A policeman
declared as hero in the 2013 Zamboanga siege and
also a member of the assault team in Oplan Exodus in Mamasapano was among
the 10 of the Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) for 2015
feted recently by Metrobank.
Police Officer
2 Adolfo Andrada and nine others bested the 157 policemen nominated
for this year’s 13th COPS awardees, said Anicerto
Sobrepena, Metrobank Foundation president.
Andrada was
chosen for his heroic actions in the 2013 Zamboanga City
He also donated
food to keep his comrades fit and healthy, a gesture labeled as heroic at the
height of the Zamboanga crisis.
Andrada was then
a member of the 84th Company of the Special Action Force, the
main assault team during the Jan. 25 Mamasapano incident that claimed the
lives of 44 SAF commandos.
He left SAF last
May to join the PNP Training
Center
The other COPS
2015 awardees are Senior Supt. Marlo Meneses, Albay Police Provincial Office
chief; Senior Insp. Maricris Mulat, Tagoloan (Misamis Oriental) Municipal
Police Station chief; Senior Supt. Camilo Cascolan, deputy regional director
for operations-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Police Regional Office; and
Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, deputy regional director for operations-Central
Visayas Police Regional Office; and SPO4 Florante Ubina, engineering staff, PNP
Engineering Service; SPO1 Aurora Manuela, chief clerk, Police Strategy
Management Unit in Region 1; SPO3 Dino Sagayo, chief of investigation section,
La Trinidad Municipal Police Station; SPO2 Dominador Canlas, intelligence
operative, Tarlac Police Provincial Office; and PO2 Mary Catherine Demontano,
police community relations officer, Buenavista (Guimaras) Municipal Police
Station.
The
Metrobank gave P400,000 cash for each of the winners apart
from the medallion, a trophy and a plaque of merit from the PNP.
“They are fine
examples of exemplary deeds and selfless pursuit of duties and responsibilities
as true public servants of our people. In doing so, they give
honor to the police profession and the Philippine National Police,” Sobrepena
said.
Commenting on the
granting of medals of valor to his former comrades at SAF, Andrada said he was
leaving it up to the higher-ups to determine if the fallen SAF 44
deserved the honor.
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