30 Police Officers get Medalya ng Kagalingan Award

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (May 22, 2018) - Some thirty police officers from the different units of Police Regional Office 9 (PRO-9) received the Medal of Merit (Medalya ng Kagalingan) award.

PCInsp. Helen L. Galvez, PRO-9 Chief PIO said the awarding was held at PRO9 Quadrangle, Camp Col. Abendan, Mercedes, Zamboanga City during the Monday Flag raising Ceremony, May 21, 2018.  

PCSUPT Franklin Moises Mabanag, Deputy Regional Director for Administrations of Police Regional Office 7 was the guest of honor and speaker during the awarding ceremony, she said.

CInsp. Galvez disclosed that five police officers from the Police Regional Office 9 (PRO-9), five from Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG9), ten from Regional Mobile Forces Battalion 9, five from 55^th Special Action Battalion-PNP SAF and five from the Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Office were awarded.

         

Police Chief Superintendent Billy B Beltran, Regional Director of PRO-9 assisted by PCSUPT Franklin Moises Mabanag pinned the Medals of Merit to the 30 Police Officers who were involved in the successful law enforcement operation in Sominot municipality of this province on May 19, 2018, Chief PIO said.  

         

Given Medals were:

Criminal Investigation and Detection Group 9 (CIDG9)   

PSUPT Cyrus Belarmino,

PCI Samson Pascual,

PSI Mohammed Madzdie Asiz Mukaram,

SPO4 Angelo Jimenez and

SPO4 Jackor Dionga

Regional Mobile Forces Battalion 9

PSUPT Flint Depnag,

PCI Jerry Alvarez,

PSI Jimmy Paningbatan,

PSI Allan Benedict Rosete,

PSI Mark Anthony Karanain,

PSI Nijam Salim,

PINSP Al-Ridzki Hajal,

PINSP Nicko Czar Magnaye,

PO1 Edford Sampang and

PO1 Jeffrey Tecson

Police Regional Office 9 (PRO-9)

PSI Allan Perpetua,

SPO2 Romeo Yabo,

SPO1 Aldasher Amil,

PO2 Percival Bosque and

PO2 Javer Amarad

Zamboanga Del Sur Police Provincial Office

PSUPT Benjamin De Peralta,

PSUPT Gilzen Manese,

PCI Norbert Velonza,

PCI Usman Edding and

PSI Ryan Awakat

55th Special Action Battalion, Special Action Force.

PSUPT Romil Avenido,

PCI Marlon Mangan-ay,

PSI Miller Mamising,

PSI Jade Gamboa and

PSI Francis Jay Sayago

         

The police officers were awarded with Medalya ng Kagalingan in recognition of their distinct accomplishment in the implementation of series of Search Warrant against gun for hire personalities in the municipality of Sominot, Zamboanga del Sur, CInsp. Galvez added.

The combined police operatives successfully arrested the leader of gun-for-hire group and 14 of his members, including a former mayor of the said municipality and a council representative during the law enforcement operation on May 19, 2018, she also said.

         

CInsp. Galvez said that the operating team recovered during the operation from the suspects were 10 high-powered assorted firearms, seven .45 caliber pistols, three M16 rifles, and a .38 caliber revolver, three fragmentation grenades and assorted ammunitions. (By JONG CADION)