DILG: 25 quarantined PNP, BJMP personnel to get benefits, recognition

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday announced that United Nations (UN) peacekeepers from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) will be given full medical assistance, as they spend their three-week quarantine in Caballo Island.

"We recognize them for their service overseas and it is only fitting that their home country honored them for their deeds," DILG Secretary Mar Roxas said.

Roxas said that the PNP and BJMP personnel will be accorded with arrival honors, an additional subsistence allowance, subject to accounting and auditing procedures, a 30-day vacation leave with pay and medals of honor such as the Medalya ng Papuri and the prestigious UN Medal.

Roxas said that the assistance and recognition are "acts of solidarity" with the 25 personnel from the interior sector now under medical supervision by the Department of Health for possible Ebola infection after coming from their tour of duty in Liberia. 

"We’ll just continue extending our support to our real heroes," Roxas said.