WIDUS FOUNDATION DONATES CONTAINER VAN OFFICE TO ANGELES CITY TOURIST POLICE

Widus Foundation Inc. ( WFI), through its joint efforts with the Korean Community Association in Central Luzon Inc. (KCACLI), donated a collapsible 20-feet container van office to the Tourist Police Unit (TPU) of Angeles City last Jan. 24.

The P1.6-million facility is fully furnished with office equipment which includes a desktop computer, printer, two office table, a water dispenser, a split-type air conditioning unit, a mini-fridge, file cabinets, a 15door employee steel cabinet, a cozy sala set, one set of HD CCTV (four channels), one 32inch flat screen television, four visitors chair, one mobile phone with Globe and Smart SIM, one LED signboard with moving text and one unit police signpost.

WFI executive director Neki Liwanag led the ceremonial turnover together with KCACLI president Kim Yi Young, Interpol NBC Seoul Chief of Inspector Lee Ji Hun, Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan, and PNP Deputy Regional Director for Administration of PRO 3 Police Chief Supt. Elmer Bantog.

Liwanag who is also the AVP for corporate planning and compliance of Widus International Leisure Inc. ( WILI) expressed the company’s full support to the Korean community with its vision of making Korea town as a very safe place for both tourists and locals.

“We hope that this container van office would help strengthen our tourist policemen’s efforts in maintaining the security and safety of our community. We also hope that this project eventually helps in making TPU of Angeles City the benchmark model in the country,” Liwanag said.

TPU of Angeles City is currently composed 13 police officers who share a space in the current community police precinct located in Brgy. Anunas. They have 13 units of bicycles to patrol the area and they serve three police stations.

In a speech, Bantog expressed the PNP’s utmost gratitude for WFI support by providing an ambulant office for its tourist policemen in Angeles City. “Coupled with the technical skills of our tourist policemen, this newly donated office van is doubly significant as we heighten awareness and vigilance towards tourist safety and security in Central Luzon,” Bantog said.

Young, who represented the Korean community, noted Daesik Han, WILI’s president and WFI chairman, for his continued efforts in supporting his countrymen through his company’s generous donation.

Pamintuan also commended WFI’s initiatives, describing it as a “beautiful piece of headquarters.” “I hope this will be emulated by other locators and investors,” the mayor said.

WFI was recently accredited by the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC) which Liwanag describes as a “proof of its commitment to the community.”

“Our accreditation from the PCNC only shows that we are in it for the long haul. WFI is not just a charity arm of WILI but also a foundation that seeks to improve the community through various projects geared towards the betterment of education, health, tourism and even historical and cultural preservation,” Liwanag added