SAF TRAINS 5,000 ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL
The Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) will have an additional of 5,000 elite personnel amid the government’s intensified campaign against insurgency and terrorism. PNP chief Ronald dela Rosa said they have already organized five battalions to augment the SAF personnel, currently at 3,500. President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the recruitment of another five battalions. Each battalion consists of 500 personnel. “Aside from the five battalions na pinapa-organize sa atin ni Presidente they are now, yung recruitment is patapos na, nakukumpleto na ‘yung five battalions and kagabi naman sinabihan naman ako nya (Duterte) na you form another five battalions so magdagdag ng five battalions na naman,” he said. Each battalion consists of 500 personnel. Dela Rosa said the augmentation of SAF is intended for the government’s all out war against the New People’s Army (NPA).