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By Ben Serrano,
Correspondent

BUTUAN City — Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise in his speech during the awarding ceremony held here on Oct. 6, the police awardees have yet to receive a single centavo of the promised cash rewards.

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One of the awardees, the Chief of Police of the Best Performing Municipal Police Station of Caraga Region, the San Francisco Municipal Station in Agusan del Sur, Chief Insp. Sandro Santillan told the Gold Star Daily, he has not receive even single centavo yet.

During the awarding ceremony, Duterte promised the awardees they would received their cash rewards a day his visit, here.

Santillan claimed that his other co-awardees also told him that they have not received their cash rewards amounting to P250.000 each with a total to P1.75 million for Caraga PNP awardees alone.

“But maybe there are some technical glitches or whatever, we will just wait. Anyway, kung naa gyoy grasya moabot sa amo, we can wait. Only that we rely on what the President told us that was even announced loudly in public in his Oct. 6 visit that we will receive the cash rewards the following day meaning, Oct. 7. So my men are expecting,” Santillan said.

Santilan explained that it is good that somebody will make a follow-up with the President on what really happened saying it maybe that the President has forgotten his promise.

“In our case the award money will be used for our police station and part of it will be rewarded to all members of the San Francisco Police Office even though how small it is[sic]. But we can wait no big fuzz about it. It is only that we wanted to inform especially those who are expecting it, so far, we have not receive the cash reward of P250,000,” Santillan explained.

However, Santillan said being an awardee as Best Performing Municipal Police Station of Caraga Region and besting 68 others in the entire region is already a pride and that his men deserved it considering their efforts and time extended.

Santillan said that night on Oct. 6 before Duterte left they were ordered to submit all necessary requirements so that they receive the cash money rewards and Santillan claimed he and his co-awardees submitted complete requirements to Secretary Bong Go who is always with the President.

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