GMA orders creation of ACCs in Rizal towns
ANTIPOLO CITY, Oct. 1 2002 (PNA) -- President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo today ordered the provincial government of Rizal and
the Philippine National Police (PNP) to organize an Area Coordinating
Center (ACC) in all the towns of the province to strengthen the
government,s campaign against crime and terrorism.
In her impromptu speech, the President directed Rizal Governor
Rebecca "Nini" Ynares and Rizal Police Provincial Office (RPPO)
Director Senior Superintendent Carlito Dimaano to immediately
organize the ACCs in the province.
The President explained that the ACC is similar to the Peace and
Order Council (POC) which conducts a meeting regularly but the
difference is that the ACC operates for 24 hours and is ready to
respond to any problem arising in a particular area.
The President said that officers and members of ACCs should be
local government executives in the different barangays and
municipalities in Rizal.
According to President, the ACC has been very successful in
Mindanao, particularly in Zamboanga City and Maguindanao.
The President motored here before proceeding to Clark Air Base
in Pampanga for a two-day Cabinet workshop. She personally presented
to media the two kidnappers of German national Fritz Walter Lange.
The President lauded the Teresa, Rizal Police Force for the
arrest of the two abductors of Lange.
"Congratulations and keep up the good work," the President told
Teresa Police Chief Senior Inspector Jesus Fetalino.
The President identified the suspects as Reynaldo Ablay, leader
of the Ablay kidnap-for-ransom gang, and Ronaldo Enteroso, both
residents of Antipolo City.
The President also said that she was very saddened about the
death of Chief of Police of Lopez, Quezon--Superintendent Cesar
Santander, who was killed during the New People,s Army (NPA) attack
on the municipal police station.
She also announced that she already asked her husband, First
Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, to finance the education of the five
children of Superintendent Santander.
Among those present in the presentation of the kidnap suspects
were Governor Ynares, PNP Chief, Director General Hermogenes Ebdane
Jr., Police Regional Office CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas,
Rizal and Quezon) Regional Director Chief Superintendent Enrique
Galang Jr., and Senior Superintendent Dimaano. (PNA)
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