‘Basilan not a trash bin for police scalawags’

AN official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday said the province of Basilan should not be labelled as a “trash bin for scalawags” following the reassignment of rogue personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to the province.

“For soldiers and marines, sailors and airmen, being deployed in Basilan or in Sulu, for that matter, is a source of pride. Because only the ‘warriors,’ professionals, and those who excel in their fields were sent to Basilan,” said Col. Edgard Arevalo, chief of the AFP Public Affairs Office.