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"There was really a need for us to be trained and develop special skills in various situations like a hostage taking," said Senior Police Officer 3 Danilo Unico.


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Jo-Mark Belarmino, officer-in-charge of Regional Trial Court Branch 113, said four other policemen have yet to post bail. He added that these are the lawmen who have been dismissed from the service.


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                    [Title] => Pasay cops rescue baby from hostage taker
                    [Summary] => Forever haunted by the memory of the May 31 botched hostage rescue operation, Pasay City policemen, led by their chief, rescued the other night an eight-month-old boy held at knifepoint by a drug-crazed relative.
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"There is a need to provide better security arrangements and increased police visibility in and around bus terminals in Metro Manila, especially those operating along the traffic-congested EDSA," he said.


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                    [Title] => Pasay police force back in action
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And interim city police chief, Senior Superintendent Oscar Catalan has one simple advice to the policemen: Remember to serve and protect, as the Philippine National Police (PNP) motto goes.


Catalan, the Southern Police District-Intelligence and Investigation chief, admitted that Pasay’s police work needed improvement and this has been addressed by the re-training program.


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