QUALITY EDUCATION AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL

PNPA MARANGAL CLASS 2005 GRADUATION RITES, Silang, Cavite, 17 March 2005

MAGANDANG UMAGA SA INYONG LAHAT.

BAGO ANG LAHAT, NAIS KONG IPAHAYAG ANG AKING TAOS PUSONG PAGBATI SA LAHAT NG KASAPI NG PNPA MARANGAL CLASS 2005 SA INYONG PAGTATAPOS SA APAT NA TAONG BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC SAFETY AT PAGKAHIRANG BILANG INSPECTORS SA PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION, AND BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY NG DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

NAIS KO RING BATIIN ANG INYONG MGA MAGULANG NA NAGTIYAGA, NAGPAKAHIRAP AT NAGTIIS UPANG KAYO AY GABAYAN SA INYONG PAG-AARAL HANGGANG SA INYONG PAGTATAPOS SA ARAW NA ITO. HINIHILING KO SA LAHAT NG GRADUATES AT SA LAHAT NG MGA PANAUHIN NGAYON NA BIGYAN NATIN NG PINAKAMALAKAS AT PINAKAMASIGABONG PALAKPAKAN ANG ATING MGA MAGULANG, MGA KAPATID AT MGA KAMAG-ANAK NA SIYANG GUMABAY SA PAG-AARAL NG ATING MGA GRADUATES NGAYON. (PALAKPAKAN NATIN ANG ATING MGA MAGULANG).

BILANG PASASALAMAT, PALAKPAKAN DIN NATIN ANG MGA OPISYAL, MGA GURO AT KAWANI NG PHILLIPINE PUBLIC SAFETY COLLEGE AT PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY NA NAGTIYAGA AT NAGPAKAHIRAP UPANG MAIGAWAD ANG EDUKASYONG EXCLUSIBO LAMANG PARA SA MGA MATATALINO AT MAKIKISIG NA TAONG KATULAD NG MGA GRADUATES NATIN NGAYON (PALAKPAKAN).

AS NEWLY APPOINTED POLICE, FIRE AND JAIL INSPECTORS, I WELCOME YOU TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS LEAGUE AND TO THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

IN YOUR FOUR-YEAR CADETSHIP HERE AT THE PNPA, THE CORE VALUES OF HONOR, DISCIPLINE AND EXCELLENCE WERE INCULCATED IN ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING. EVEN AS YOU HAVE SWORN IN AS PUBLIC SAFETY INSPECTORS, I ENJOIN YOU TO CARRY ON THESE CORE VALUES BECAUSE IT IS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR DUTIES THAT YOU NEED THEM MOST, BEING IN THE FOREFRONT OF PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY WHERE YOU WILL EXPERIENCE VERY TOUGH CHALLENGES.

TO MOST OF US, THE BICUTAN CRISIS WHICH OCCURRED TWO DAYS BEFORE YOUR GRADUATION WILL INEVITABLY MARK AS A LESSON THAT YOU AND I WILL NEVER FORGET. I AM SURE, I AM VERY, VERY SURE, THAT THE PNPA GRADUATES WILL BEAR THAT IN MIND, AND WILL NEVER ALLOW SUCH SITUATION TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

BUT ON A POSITIVE NOTE, I, AS YOUR VICE PRESIDENT, WOULD LIKE TO CONGTRATULATE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CRISIS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HEADED BY SECRETARY REYES, AND THE POLICE FORCE, PARTICULARLY THE SPECIAL ACTION FORCE, WHO DECISIVELY AND SWIFTLY BROUGHT TO THE LOGICAL AND IMMEDIATE CONCLUSION THE CRISIS THAT ABU SAYYAF CREATED.

HINDI PA HULI ANG LAHAT. MAAARI PA NATING IHABOL ANG ATING PAGBATI, ANG SAMASAMA NATING PAGPURI SA MGA KAPULISAN NA PUMULBOS SA MGA TAONG NAGTANGKANG GULUHIN ANG ATING KATAHIMIKAN AT KAPAYAPAAN. KAYA HINIHILING KO SA INYONG LAHAT NA NARIRITO, NA SABAY-SABAY NATING PALAKPAKAN NG MASIGABO AT MALAKAS ANG ATING KAPULISAN UPANG MARINIG NAMAN NI PANGULONG GLORIA, NI SECRETARY REYES AT NG BUONG HANAY NG KAPULISAN ANG ATING PAGPURI AT PASASALAMAT SA KANILA SA MAHUSAY NA PAGHAWAK SA KRISIS NA IYON. (PAUSE)

THE MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THAT BICUTAN CRISIS IS CLEAR AND UNEQUIVOCAL: THAT GOVERNMENT WILL CRUSH COMPLETELY AT ANY GIVEN TIME ANY TERRORIST GROUP OR SYNDICATED CRIME GROUP THAT WILL TRY TO DISTURB OUR PEACE AND ORDER.

THAT IS WHY MY FIRST ADVICE TO YOU, MY DEAR GRADUATES, IS FOR YOU TO ALWAYS UPHOLD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUR PROFESSION. NEVER, NEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. NEVER, NEVER LOSE TRACK. STAY FOCUS TO YOUR MANDATE AND UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW AT ALL TIMES.

TULAD NG ALAM NINYO, ANG INYONG LINGKOD AY NANILBIHAN MUNA BILANG BROADCAST JOURNALIST SA MAHIGIT DALAWANG DEKADA BAGO NAGING SENADOR AT NGAYON AY PANGALAWANG PANGULO. SA AKING MGA PROGRAMA SA RADYO AT TELEBISYON, AT PATI NA SA AKING TANGAPAN SA SENADO NOON, AY MADALAS AKONG NILALAPITAN NG ATING MGA KABAYAN UPANG MAGREKLAMO SA ILAN NATING KAPULISAN. HINDI NA BAGO SA ATING PANDINIG ANG MGA BAGAY NA ITO.

SUBALIT SA MAHIGIT KONG DALAWANG DEKADA SA MEDIA, NAPATUNAYAN KO NA HINDI LAHAT NG MGA REKLAMO LABAN SA ILAN NATING KAPULISAN AY TAMA AT MAY BASEHAN. MARAMI SA MGA REKLAMO AY BUNGA LAMANG NG KULANG SA PAG-UNAWA (INUULIT KO, KULANG LAMANG SA PAG-UNAWA) ANG PUBLIKO SA MGA GAWAIN AT LIMITASYON NG ATING KAPULISAN.

THAT’S IS WHY MY SECOND ADVICE TO YOU, MY DEAR GRADUATES, IS FOR YOU TO BECOME NOT ONLY A FRIENDLY NEIBORHOOD PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BUT ALSO A COMMUNICATION WARRIOR.

AS COMMUNICATION WARRIOR, YOU MUST ASSUME THE ROLE OF BEING THE NUMBER ONE SALESPERSON AND THE NUMBER 1 EDUCATOR IN YOUR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL KNOW WHAT ARE YOUR MANDATES, WHAT ARE YOUR PROGRAMS, WHAT THE PUBLIC CAN DO AND WHY THEY MUST SUPPORT YOUR ORGANIZATION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. TO ACHIEVE THIS, YOU MUST HAVE THE THREE BIG C’s : COMMITMENT, CONSISTENCY AND COMPETENCE, WHICH I AM SURE WERE ALREADY INCULCATED TO YOU BY THE ACADEMY.

ANG SABI NILA, ANG KALAYAAN AY HINDI IBINIBIGAY. ITO AY IPINAGLALABAN. GANYAN DIN ANG TIWALA AT SUPORTA NG PUBLIKO. KINAKAILANGANG PINAGSISIKAPAN NA MAKUHA ANG TIWALA AT SUPORTA NG PUBLIKO.

AS COMMUNICATION WARRIORS, YOU MUST LEARN AND GET TO KNOW YOUR AREA OF ASSIGNMENT. IMMERSE IN ITS PEOPLE AND CULTURE, AND RAISE YOUR AWARENESS ON VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY TODAY.

IN DEALING WITH THE PREVENTION OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND PETTY CRIMES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUG PROLIFERATION, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, CHILD ABUSE, AND THE LIKE, ASSUME THE ROLE OF A COMMUNICATION WARRIOR SO THAT THE PEOPLE ARE WELL INFORMED. THROUGH THIS COMMUNICATION PROCESS, THE PEOPLE BECOME EMPOWERED.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE WELL-INFORMED OF THE ORDINANCES, LAWS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE GOVERNMENT, THEY BECOME EMPOWERED. AND WHEN THEY BECOME EMPOWERED, THE WAY OF LIFE OF OUR PEOPLE IS ENHANCED AND PROTECTED. THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY.

THE COMMON FALLACY AND WRONG ASSUMPTION IS THAT EDUCATING THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNICATING THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS ARE ONLY LEFT TO THE LOCAL CHIEF EXECUTIVES AND TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATIONS OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

ALWAYS REMEMBER, MY DEAR GRADUATES, THAT PROXIMITY TO PEOPLE IS POWER ITSELF. DAHIL SA KAYO AY MADALAS NA LAPITAN NG TAO, MAY KAPANGYARIHAN AT TUNGKULIN DIN KAYONG ITAAS ANG KANILANG KAMALAYAAN, ANG KANILANG PAG-UNAWA AT ANG KANILANG KAALAMAN SA MGA BAGAY BAGAY UPANG SILA AY MAGING RESPONSABLE AT PRODUKTIBONG MAMAMAYAN.

UPHOLD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUR PROFESSION, AND BE A COMMUNICATION WARRIOR. IYAN ANG MENSAHE NG INYONG PANGALAWANG PANGULO, NG INYONG KABAYAN.

KAYA, MULI KONG BINABATI ANG PNPA MARANGAL CLASS OF 2005. INAASAHAN KO NA TULAD NG PAGTITIYAGA AT PAGSISIKAP NG INYONG MGA MAGULANG UPANG KAYO AY MAKAPAGTAPOS SA INYONG PAG-AARAL, SANA KAYO RIN AY MAGTIYAGA AT MAGSIKAP NA MAPANATILING MARANGAL ANG INYONG PANUNUNGKULAN SA PAMAHALAAN HANGANG SA INYONG PAGRE-RETIRO.

MARAMING SALAMAT AT CONGRATULATIONS SA INYONG LAHAT.

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