DAVAO CITY—Policemen in the Bangsamoro region were given additional mobility with 11 more patrol vehicles given to nine municipal stations, including the farthest island province of Tawi-Tawi.
The vehicles arrived in Cotabato City at the regional government center of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on December 27.
The National Police Regional Office would distribute the patrol cars to Datu Paglas and Pagalungan in Maguindanao del Sur, Sultan Kudarat in Maguindanao del Norte, Bongao, Sibutu, Simunul, Languyan, and Tandubas in Tawi-Tawi and Cotabato City police station.
Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim, Senior Minister Abdulraof Macacua, Interior and Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo, and PRO-BAR Regional Director Brigadier General John Guyguyon led the turnover ceremony and the signing of a memorandum of agreement held at the Bangsamoro Government Center in this city.
“We, in the Bangsamoro government, put the safety of our people as our main priority. We believe that security plays a significant role in attaining a harmonious society,” Ebrahim said.
“We continue to strengthen our men and women in uniform by providing them facilities and vehicles so that they can fulfill their duties well,” he added.
Guyguyon said the police is committed to support the full force of the security sector in the region.
“For this turnover alone, we are blessed with these units of police cars and I hope and I know that there will be more to follow,” said Guyguyon, thanking the Bangsamoro Government for the support.
The Bangsamoro government earlier gave on October 12 five police patrol vehicles worth P12.5 million to the police. The Ministry of the Interior and Local Government said three cars were given to regional office, one to the 1404th Regional Mobile Force Company and one unit to the Cotabato City Police Office.
The 11 new police cars worth P33 million were acquired through the 2021 General Appropriation Act of the Bangsamoro (GAAB) Contingency Fund of the Office of the Chief Minister.