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PNP asks 190,000 cops to give P10 for Taal Volcano victims

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PNP asks 190,000 cops to give P10 for Taal Volcano victims
'This is not for the police. This is our way of helping those who are victims of this calamity,' says Philippine National Police officer-in-charge Lieutenant General Archie Gamboa

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has asked its personnel to donate at least P10 each to victims of Taal Volcano.

In a press briefing on Monday, January 13, Gamboa said he had relayed the request to the PNP’s 190,000 cops, and that the donation, which is voluntary, will be collected by the commanders. (READ: What to do before, during, and after a volcano eruption)

“This is not for the police. This is our way of helping those who are victims of this calamity,” Gamboa said.

Gamboa also said during the briefing that he had “joked” to the generals that they should be donate more.

The PNP held the same donation drive in November 2019, following the magnitude 6.5 earthquake that rocked Central and Eastern Mindanao on October 31. Gamboa said they raised P3 million for the earthquake victims. – Rappler.com

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Rambo Talabong

Rambo Talabong covers the House of Representatives and local governments for Rappler. Prior to this, he covered security and crime. He was named Jaime V. Ongpin Fellow in 2019 for his reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. In 2021, he was selected as a journalism fellow by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.
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