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| US increases 2011 aid to RP police | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 29 2010, 04:13 PM (582 Views) | |
| mazingu | Aug 29 2010, 04:13 PM Post #1 |
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I just hope they will put these additional funds to good, productive use. :thumb: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/...id-to-RP-police US increases 2011 aid to RP police By Jerry E. Esplanada Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 15:10:00 08/29/2010 Filed Under: Police, Foreign affairs & international relations MANILA, Philippines -- Good news. From nearly P495 million in 2010, the United States government has increased its law enforcement aid to the Philippines to close to P630 million in 2011, according to the US Embassy in Manila. Washington's support for the government's law enforcement programs will be in the form of "technical assistance, training, facilities, and supply of equipment." "The US government is a proud partner to Philippine law enforcement agencies as we work together to protect our citizens against cross-border criminal threats, including drug smuggling, trafficking in persons, financial crimes, and other violations," said the American diplomatic mission in its website on the Internet. Contacted by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Rebecca Thompson, US embassy spokesperson, called the increased US law enforcement aid "proof of the strong ties between Washington and Manila." Early this month, US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas Jr. formally turned over four "sophisticated patrol boats" to the Philippine National Police's Maritime Group. During simple turnover rites in Puerto Princesa City, Thomas said they recognized the "importance of investing in the PNP and establishing a viable and professional and maritime law enforcement presence." "A strong and sustained maritime policing capability will safeguard the security of all," the ambassador emphasized. During the past two years, the US government backed the PNP with infrastructure projects worth about P202 million. This year, Washington will "build and equip a fully functional crime lab in and a secure barracks (with classroom) at the Philippine Public Safety College, both in Zamboanga City, and a general office building for the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Butuan City." In Palawan, the US government plans to put up a "consolidated training facility and a maritime police station on Balabac Island. he US embassy said that the US Department of Justice's International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program "works in partnership with the PNP to strengthen police competencies throughout the country." "Training projects, aligned with the PNP's Integrated Transformation Plan, address criminal investigations, maritime law enforcement, community policing, counter-terrorism, leadership, trafficking in persons, women's and children's issues, and police ethics," among others, said the embassy. At least 68 Filipino law enforcement officers have taken up courses offered by the State Department-run International Law Enforcement Academy, whose Southeast Asia campus is in Bangkok. US law enforcement agencies also "work closely with the PNP to share information and develop strategies to enforce anti-terrorism laws and prevent terrorist threats" here. Last year, the US state department provided P157.2 million in anti-terrorism aid, or ATA to the PNP. |
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| flipzi | Aug 30 2010, 04:19 AM Post #2 |
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getting better! better if US can help us get more Cyclone-class ships and perhaps some surplas Cobras. |
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| Fmr TOPP Awardee 82'PNP | Aug 30 2010, 02:42 PM Post #3 |
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We only hope this time that the corrupt pipeline blockage will be unblocked to let it flow freely to the right tap. |
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