Manila Bulletin
Negros top cop appeals to personnel to donate part of their rice allowance to Taal victims
Personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) are donating half of their monthly rice allowance to families affected by the Taal Volcano eruption.
Provincial police director Col. Romeo Baleros encouraged voluntary donations from his personnel, emphasizing the importance of giving without coercion.
Each police officer receives a monthly rice allowance of PHP650, equivalent to 20 kilos of rice.
Half of this allowance, amounting to PHP325 per officer, will be collected from the 1,971 NOCPPO personnel across the province.
Colonel Baleros, whose hometown is Taal, Batangas, described the dire situation in the heavily impacted town following the eruption on January 12.
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