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Security forces retrained on community support in Aurora

By Jason De Asis

February 10, 2020, 8:28 pm

<p><strong>COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM.</strong> Col. Andrew Costelo, commander of the 703rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, delivers his message during the opening of the three-day Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) at the 91st Headquarter’s Social Hall in Baler, Aurora on Monday (Feb. 10, 2020). The participants are selected officers and enlisted personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard, Aurora Police Provincial Office, and the Philippine Army’s 91st Infantry “Sinagtala” Battalion. <em>(Photo by Jason de Asis)</em></p>

COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM. Col. Andrew Costelo, commander of the 703rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, delivers his message during the opening of the three-day Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) at the 91st Headquarter’s Social Hall in Baler, Aurora on Monday (Feb. 10, 2020). The participants are selected officers and enlisted personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard, Aurora Police Provincial Office, and the Philippine Army’s 91st Infantry “Sinagtala” Battalion. (Photo by Jason de Asis)

BALER, Aurora -- A three-day Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) refresher training kicked off here on Monday as part of the government’s continuing effort to be more responsive to the needs of the communities.

Selected officers and enlisted personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard, Aurora Police Provincial Office, and the Philippine Army’s 91st Infantry “Sinagtala” Battalion are among the participants in the refresher training being held at the 91st Headquarter’s Social Hall, Barangay Calabuanan in this capital town of Aurora.

After the training, the participants will serve as the retooled community support program (CSP) operators in anticipation of their immersion in the community.

Col. Andrew Costelo, commander of the 703rd Brigade, 7th ID of the Philippine Army, who served as the keynote speaker, said that through the training, the participants will understand the importance of RCSP as a tool to strengthen the initiatives of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

“The mayor is in the frontline in their programs, projects, and activities that are geared towards institutionalizing sustainable peace and developments. And through the RCSP, it will address identified issues of the community by closing the governance and development gaps through the provision of needed government programs, projects, and activities while ensuring that development is sustained and peace is being promoted," he said.

Costelo said the training aims to activate and intensify the enforcement of peace and order situation and pave its way for the smooth implementation of government projects for the sustainable development of every community.

“I can do things you cannot do. You can do things that I cannot do, together we can do things to accomplish the mission in support of Executive Order no. 70 of President Rodrigo Duterte. The Aurora Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) will soon be in reality,” he said.

Costelo also urged the participants to help end insurgency in Central Luzon by the end of 2020.

“This training is the continuous collaboration and hand in hand efforts of the law enforcement agencies in pursuing lasting peace and sustainable development. Hopefully, by the end of the year 2020, the insurgency problem in Central Luzon will be ended or the Komiteng Larangang Guerilla (KLG) will be dismantled and manageable,” he said.

Present during the opening ceremony were Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Aurora provincial director Ofelio Tactac Jr., Army’s Sinagtala commander Lt. Col. Reandrew Rubio, and Aurora Police Provincial Office Director Col. Raul Siriban. (PNA)

 

 

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