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PRO 8 supports Pacific Partnership 2012 mission

pacific partnership 2012 opening ceremony
PP12 opening ceremony held in Calbayog City on June 19, 2012. From L-R, Calbayog City mayor Ronald Aquino, US Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Cecil Hayne, Samar governor Sharee Ann Tan, US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr., Samar 1st district congressman Mel Senen Sarmiento, AFP Central Command chief LtGen Ralph Villanueva, and Msgr. Jun Cinco of the Diocese of Calbayog.

By RPCRD, Police Regional Office 8
June 21, 2012

CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte  –  PNP PRO 8 supports Pacific Partnership 2012 Medical Mission Program.

On June 19, 2012, Samar Police Provincial Office (SPPO) led by PSSupt Eusebio Adamero Mejos, SPPO Provincial Director together with PCI Marben Elmer M Ordonia and Samar Provincial Public Safety Company led by PSupt Elmer Beringuel Cinco and SPPSC Swat escort led by PI Zaldy Abujeco Cagampang provided escort/convoy to US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K Thomas Jr. and USN Admiral Cecil D. Haney and party from Calbayog City Airport to NWSSU for the opening of Pacific Partnership 2012 Medical Mission Program.

Thereafter, said party proceeded to Calbayog Sports Center for visitation wherein patient screening was conducted. And at about 3:25PM, Admiral Haney left Calbayog on board on an airplane UC-12F163556; while US Ambassador Thomas together with DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano Soliman with the police escorts proceeded to Barangay Inoragyao and Napuro of Sta. Margarita, Samar to visit the KALAHI-CIDSS and MCA-P school building projects.

It was learned that on June 18, 2012, the Military Sealift Command’s hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in the Philippines to begin the second host nation visit of the Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12) Medical Mission.

Now in its seventh (7) year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual Humanitarian and Civic Action (HCA) mission in the Asia Pacific and is designed to strengthen regional partnerships and enhance a collective ability to respond to natural disasters and crisis.

This year’s Pacific Partnership participants represent a multinational, multi-organizational team that includes joint military and civilians from Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, the Netherlands, the United States and some Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) including Global Grins, Latter Day Saints Charities, Project handclasp, project Hope, University of Hawaii Schools of Nursing and Engineering, University of California San Diego Pre-Dental Society and World.

At the invitation of the Republic of the Philippines and in partnership with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), these participants will employ their collaborative HCA capabilities to provide medical, dental, veterinary, public health services, civic engineering and disaster response activities to help the local communities of Northern AND Western Samar including San Isidro, Calbayog and Catbalogan.

This is the third (3rd) return visit for USNS Mercy to the shores of Samar marking the 25th anniversary of Mercy’s maiden voyage and first visit to Calbayog in May of 1987.