Dumaguete mulls reserve force in Navy

From the Visayan Daily Star (Feb 4): Dumaguete mulls reserve force in Navy

The Dumaguete City government is seriously considering the creation of a reserve force of the local government unit under the Philippine Navy.

Mayor Felipe Antonio welcomed the idea being introduced by Commander John Barrameda, commanding officer of the reserve forces in Eastern and Central Visayas based in Cebu, who visited his office recently.

Barrameda invited local government units to form their own reserves that can be readily available for deployment during emergencies, including crime prevention.

He said only the cities of Cebu and Mandaue have, so far, organized the Philippine Navy reserve force.

The LGU reserve force may include graduates of the ROTC units, to include barangay officials, tanods, employees of the local government unit, and even city officials.

Barrameda also enjoined local resort owners to have at least two or three of their staff to be trained and become members of the Philippine Navy reserve unit to be organized in Dumaguete.

The training will last 10 to 21 days, depending on the number of trainees. Remollo is open to the formation of LGU-based reservists to be trained by the Navy. He said it is a good idea to instill discipline on tanods, barangay and city officials to be always on alert against crimes and disasters.

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2017/February/04/negor4.htm