596 Caraga cops deployed to BARMM
BUTUAN CITY -- A total of 596 personnel from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Caraga were officially deployed today, April 29, to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to serve as members of the electoral board for the 2025 National and Local Elections and BARMM Parliamentary Elections.
Police Brigadier General Christopher N. Abrahano, regional director of PNP Caraga, led the send-off ceremony, alongside Atty. Geraldine C. Samson, assistant regional election director of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Caraga.
Also in attendance were the members of the PNP Caraga command group, provincial and city directors, regional staff, and Rev. Fr. JSupt Aldrin P. Alaan, regional chaplain of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Caraga, who officiated the blessing and prayer for the troops.
The contingents, composed of nine police commissioned officers and 587 police non-commissioned officers, will be deployed to Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, Tawi-Tawi, and the special geographic areas.
Dir. Abrahano, Atty. Samson, and Atty. Ma. Farah B. Sollano, branch manager of AFPSLAI Butuan, also distributed health kits to the troops.
“To our PNP personnel, you will be there to safeguard the very essence of democracy. Be safe and sound until you return home,” Abrahano said. (PNP PRO 13/PIA Caraga)