Three Filipina Officials Graduate from Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism Course in Honolulu

From left: Capt. Rey dela Cruz, AFP Liaison to USPACOM; Consul General Gina Jamoralin; Ms. Maria Veronica Quirante Pontillas, NBI Supervising Agent, Col. Estela Villa, Philippine Army and Brig. General James Hirai (ret.), DKI- APCSS Deputy Director at the APCSS Hall.

14 August 2017 HONOLULU — Three women officials from the Philippine government  succesfully completed the one-month course Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism Course (CSRT)  conducted by the Daniel K. Inouye – Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI-APCSS) last August 10.

Col. Estela Villa, Philippine Army; Ms. Maria Veronica Quirante Pontillas, Supervising Agent, National Bureau of Investigation; and Ms. Michelle Bonto, Jail Senior Inspector, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Department of Interior and Local Government were congratulated by Philippine Consul General Gina Jamoralin, who was invited to the commencement program. Capt. Rey dela Cruz, AFP Liaison Officer to USPACOM and Col. Rolando Orengo, Assistant Liaison Officer, also from the Philippine Consulate in Honolulu also attended the commencement program to congratulate the Philippine participants.

The CSRT course explores the nature of modern terrorism, its purposes, practices, and patterns in the Asia-Pacific region. The Fellows who are working in the national security sectors of their respective countries are in the position to evaluate the problems of terrorism in their countries and to study strategies and methods to mitigate the problem.

For more information, visit  www.honolulupcg.dfa.gov.ph/ www.philippineshonolulu.org or https://www.facebook.com/PHConsulateHonolulu. END