DISASTER RESPONSE EQUIPMENT. Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, and Japanese Ambassador to Manila Kazuhiko Koshikawa walk past the rescue vehicles that are part of Japan's disaster equipment donation which was turned over to the PNP in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Monday (Oct. 4, 2021). The donation is funded under Tokyo's "Economic and Social Development Programme" worth JPY 2.5 billion (around PHP1.1 billion). (Photo courtesy of PNP) MANILA - The Philippine National Police's (PNP) search and rescue operation capabilities got a boost after it received almost PHP39 million worth of disaster response equipment from Japan. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, together with Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Bernardo Florece Jr., personally accepted the donation from Japanese Ambassador to Manila Kazuhiko Koshikawa in Camp Crame on Monday. "I would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the Governmen
The Japanese government has donated some P39 million worth of disaster response equipment to the Philippine National Police (PNP) in a bid to improve the disaster response capability of the police force.
photo: PNP-PIO PNP Chief Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar said the donation wil