PNP launches sports, music training program

This year’s training program offers 15 different sports including Aikido, Arnis, Badminton, Dancesport, Basketball, Boxing, Chess, Judo, Karatedo, Muay Thai, Lawn Tennis, Swimming, Table Tennis, Swimming for Persons with Disability (PWD), and Taekwondo. (Photo: Philippine National Police / Facebook)

MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday formally opened its summer sports training and recreation program with the theme: “Sports at Musika Handog ng Kapulisan Upang Droga ay Maiwasan”.

PNP Director General Ronald dela Rosa graced the opening ceremony at the PNP Sports Center in Camp Crame, together with other PNP officials and police officers, non-uniformed personnel (NUP) and their dependents.

The program aims to promote the overall well-being, health, and fitness of uniformed and non-uniformed personnel based at the PNP headquarters and their dependents.

This year’s training program offers 15 different sports including Aikido, Arnis, Badminton, Dancesport, Basketball, Boxing, Chess, Judo, Karatedo, Muay Thai, Lawn Tennis, Swimming, Table Tennis, Swimming for Persons with Disability (PWD), and Taekwondo.

Lessons on band instruments such as: saxophone, guitar, keyboard, flute, clarinet, drums, trumpet, and trombone are also offered.

“I’ve been in the service for a long time, I know many children of police officers, especially those who are known in the field of law enforcement. They (police officers) are feared by criminals and admired by the victims. But at home, they are nothing. They failed to take care of their children because of their round-the-clock work. The children grow up without parental guidance and many of them have wasted lives. They turn to drugs, bad peers and alcohol. Because of lack of attention from parents, they became the neighborhood toughie. Some of them are women who got pregnant at an early age. This program aims to compensate the emptiness that they feel,” Dela Rosa said in Filipino.

Chief Supt. Philip Gil Phillipps, PNP Headquarters Support Service (HSS) Director, said all PNP personnel, NUP, PNP dependents and other civilians who are duly sponsored or endorsed by PNP units could participate in the said program.

Registration is free and is still ongoing at the HSS office located at Camp Crame, Quezon City.