PALO, Jan. 18 -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) opened the joint inter-agency coordinating center (JIACC) building on Thursday to enhance coordination among government agencies in the conduct of the 2019 elections, disaster response, and major events in the region.
Built inside the Police Regional Office 8 (Eastern Visayas) compound here, the container van-made center was primarily envisioned to improve communication to avoid incidents similar to the Sta. Rita, Samar misencounter on June 25, 2018 between patrolling cops and soldiers, where six policemen died.
"When I came in, I asked the military if we can put up a coordinating center to improve our coordination and ensure that there will be no repeat of the Samar misencounter," PRO...