{"id":227088,"date":"2019-08-16T19:42:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T23:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=227088"},"modified":"2019-08-16T19:42:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T23:42:42","slug":"pnp-counter-terror-training-facility-to-rise-in-cavite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/16\/pnp-counter-terror-training-facility-to-rise-in-cavite\/","title":{"rendered":"PNP counter-terror training facility to rise in Cavite"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v4.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USEmbassyPH\/posts\/10157636300859623?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDrRnNHCjtdjYHctMa6omtdO9NfaOQV7XoHeZObMkdXycEILRz1NdKaN3qVfUsVoGMhU4R_KhMqGtqpM9IydoZQJZ7yqqjFeQu-RTvufxkzKWSGfipmCReZKYHV4VtOpUcEyR4eC5qRAl7ssxLqM39-FEgzR6fGxECp_yGXWrtb9qs9rPhaTv0v26VVR8650OPmSVP1ufjQUQrW7vNxpawZRbAe2PtGrR-7Rh-mt1SDRfc3ug7fpvddM1xKr06HDRDYDfVjJ9LzznG-UikzDkpD31RmIQnE6dmzOJevstn0bmjy4JSx_eTvPVikP3_r14-WubT5-Cz6-lkKykn0&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USEmbassyPH\/posts\/10157636300859623\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>As part of our deepening bilateral counterterrorism partnership, the U.S. and Philippine governments have agreed to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USEmbassyPH\/\">U.S. Embassy in the Philippines<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USEmbassyPH\/posts\/10157636300859623\">Thursday, August 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the United States government signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the establishment of a \u201cstate-of-the-art\u201d counter-terrorism training facility in Cavite in a bid to enhance the police\u2019s counter-terrorism capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the MOA signed by PNP Chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde and US Embassy in Manila Deputy Chief of Mission John Law, the Regional Counterterrorism Training Center will be constructed at the Philippine National Police Academy in Silang, Cavite which will cost \u201cPHP350 million (USD6.7 million) of the PHP520 million (USD10 million) planned US investment to establish and jointly operate the center with the PNP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Albayalde said the initiative is part of the thorough and strengthened partnership of the country with the US, most especially on counter-terrorism efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to the US Government for this project which we will establish a new training center which mainly designed to boost our counter-terrorism capabilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Albayalde said five newly organized police commando battalions of the PNP Special Action Force are being eyed to receive formal counterterrorism training in the new facility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This training facility will certainly provide the PNP with enhanced capability to address threats posed by domestic and transnational terrorism.\u201d Albayalde said.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, the US government, through its embassy in the country, noted the benefits of the training center particularly for the law enforcement units of the Philippines, as well as in its regional partner nations in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe initiative comes in response to a request from the PNP for a state of the art facility to provide enhanced regional counter-terrorism training.\u00a0 The establishment of this center reflects the U.S.\u2019 enduring commitment to support Philippine counter-terrorism efforts and work together to address threats to peace and security in the region,\u201d the US embassy in the Philippines said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our deepening bilateral counterterrorism partnership, the U.S. and Philippine governments have agreed to&#8230; Posted by U.S. Embassy &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":227089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227090,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227088\/revisions\/227090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}