ASG SURRENDERERS. Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. (center) on Saturday (July 30, 2022) welcomes the surrender of 100 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members in Sulu. The surrender of the ASG members was facilitated by the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force. (Photo courtesy of Area Police Command-Western Mindanao) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. on Saturday welcomed some 100 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrenderers in Sulu. The surrender of the 100 ASG members was facilitated by the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) headed by Maj. Gen. Patrick Villacorte. Villacorte presented the 100 ASG surrenderers to Abalos in a ceremony at Sumadja Hall, Capitol Site, Patikul, Sulu. Abalos was happy to note that the 100 ASG members decided to surrender to live peaceful lives noting the hardships they experienced in the mountains and continuously being pursued by government troops.
The Bangsamoro regional police directed on Saturday its units in Basilan to support the peace efforts of Muslim clerics and their provincial government that both sides reaffirmed this week.
PNP chief, Gen. Dionardo Carlos (File photo) MANILA - Another 16 senior officials were included in the latest reshuffle in the Philippine National Police (PNP) which took effect on Thursday. In an order dated Jan. 31, PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos designated Brig. Gen. Remus Medina, chief of the Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG), as the new director of Quezon City Police District (QCPD), replacing Brig. Gen Antonio Yarra. Yarra was designated as the new chief of the Police Regional Office 4A (Calabarzon), replacing Brig. Gen. Eliseo Cruz who is now the deputy director of the Area Police Command (APC) in the Visayas. Meanwhile, PNP Training Service director Brig, Gen. Bernard Banac will now head the PRO 8 (Eastern Visayas), replacing Brig. Gen. Rommel Cabagnot, who was reassigned to the Office of the Chief PNP (OCPNP). Also included in the reshuffle were Maj. Gen. Herminio Tadeo, from APC Visayas to the Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM); Maj. Gen. Bartolome Bustama
The former spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP) was designated as the new director of the Eastern Visayas regional police in a major revamp that affected 15 other senior officers. Aside from former PNP spokesman Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac who was named as the director of the Police Re