By Claro A. Lanipa
BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur – The municipal government here is slated to conduct a four-day Barangay Defense System Capability Enhancement Course (BDSCEC) for barangay officials starting tomorrow, Feb. 19.
The said training will be conducted in six batches with barangay chairmen, chairpersons of the committee on peace and order, members of the Barangay Emergency Response Team (BERT), Barangay Monitoring Action Team(BMAT) and Barangay Tanods as participants.
Mayor Leonardo Babasa Jr. said one of the objectives of this training is to impart knowledge and skills to the participants concerning information gathering and reporting to combat all forms of terroristic and illegal activities such as illegal drugs, illegal gambling, extortion, insurgency and others in their respective barangays.
The participants will also be trained on disaster relief and rescue operations. They will be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to be employed before, during and after any emergencies.
Aside from the Mayor’s Office and the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMC), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) represented by the personnel of the 44th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority (PDEA), Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire and Protection and the Rural Health Unit (RHU) are also supporting the said training. (FPG/CAL/PIA9 with reports from Bernadine A. Gabawan)