MANILA, Philippines — Following the directive from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Philippine National Police (PNP) has placed its boats and helicopters on standby to assist in the transport of COVID-19 vaccines to the country’s remote areas.
PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said floating assets of the PNP Maritime Group and helicopters under the PNP Special Action Force (SAF) are now on standby for deployment.
“Bilang tugon sa direktiba ng ating SILG (Secretary of the Interior and Local Government) Eduardo Ao, inatasan ko ngayon ang Maritime Group at ang Special Action Force na ihanda ang mga PNP speedboat at helicopter upa…
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