A FEW million pesos more and Bohol and Tagbilaran City will already have its own operational Special Weapons and Tactics (Swat) Unit.
This after the government and the private sector here contributed or committed to contribute funds for the training, equipage and operation of the unit that can immediately address the threats of terrorism and criminality which are attendant to a burgeoning economy like that of the province and of the city.
Gov. Erico Aumentado has raised P5.88 million so far. Sr. Supt. Edgardo Ingking, Bohol police provincial director, earlier presented an P8.5-million budget to operationalize a lean but mean Swat unit.
As such, the governor sought the assistance of Mayor Dan Lim for Tagbilaran City to contribute P1 million for the project.
Aumentado expressed high hopes that Lim will favorably consider his request contained in a letter dated August 7 "especially in the light of the fact that the unit's headquarters will be in Camp Dagohoy in Tagbilaran City, and therefore, the city will be the most proximate beneficiary of the project."
To note, the provincial government has already allocated P1 million for the project. The Bohol Bankers Association headed by its officials Rodney Lumuthang of Chinabank and Argeo Melisimo of the First Consolidated Bank (FCB) committed P1.2 million to purchase a specialized vehicle for the mobility of the unit.
The Confederation of Boholanos, USA and Canada, Inc. (Conbusac) headed by Carlos Cagaanan of Lila town who has now settled in Seattle, Washington also committed a minimum of P1 million.
On the other hand, Reps. Edgar Chatto, Roberto Cajes and Adam Relson Jala of Bohol's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts committed P500,000 each for the project even as the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) pledged P600,000.
Aumentado also followed up the earlier verbal commitment of Dir. Gen. Avelino Razon, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) who committed P580,000 in trainings for the chosen elements of the unit and for whatever equipage it can make available to Swat Bohol.
Trained members will need to serve Bohol under Swat for at least five years before they can apply or request for transfer.
Aumentado has invited Razon to be the guest of honor and speaker at the opening of the training for the Swat unit. He will time the opening to coincide with another joint meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC), Provincial Development Council (PDC), Provincial Board (PB), the Bohol chapter of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) and Bohol's three congressmen.
This after the government and the private sector here contributed or committed to contribute funds for the training, equipage and operation of the unit that can immediately address the threats of terrorism and criminality which are attendant to a burgeoning economy like that of the province and of the city.
Gov. Erico Aumentado has raised P5.88 million so far. Sr. Supt. Edgardo Ingking, Bohol police provincial director, earlier presented an P8.5-million budget to operationalize a lean but mean Swat unit.
As such, the governor sought the assistance of Mayor Dan Lim for Tagbilaran City to contribute P1 million for the project.
Aumentado expressed high hopes that Lim will favorably consider his request contained in a letter dated August 7 "especially in the light of the fact that the unit's headquarters will be in Camp Dagohoy in Tagbilaran City, and therefore, the city will be the most proximate beneficiary of the project."
To note, the provincial government has already allocated P1 million for the project. The Bohol Bankers Association headed by its officials Rodney Lumuthang of Chinabank and Argeo Melisimo of the First Consolidated Bank (FCB) committed P1.2 million to purchase a specialized vehicle for the mobility of the unit.
The Confederation of Boholanos, USA and Canada, Inc. (Conbusac) headed by Carlos Cagaanan of Lila town who has now settled in Seattle, Washington also committed a minimum of P1 million.
On the other hand, Reps. Edgar Chatto, Roberto Cajes and Adam Relson Jala of Bohol's 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts committed P500,000 each for the project even as the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) pledged P600,000.
Aumentado also followed up the earlier verbal commitment of Dir. Gen. Avelino Razon, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) who committed P580,000 in trainings for the chosen elements of the unit and for whatever equipage it can make available to Swat Bohol.
Trained members will need to serve Bohol under Swat for at least five years before they can apply or request for transfer.
Aumentado has invited Razon to be the guest of honor and speaker at the opening of the training for the Swat unit. He will time the opening to coincide with another joint meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC), Provincial Development Council (PDC), Provincial Board (PB), the Bohol chapter of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) and Bohol's three congressmen.
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