Philippine National Police(PNP)

October 22, 2021 Dear Tatsuya Koyama, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 20, 2021 10:01:31 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Offices, desks specifically devoted for counterinsurgency. Response to Request In the national level, we have the PNP Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) with its headquarters at Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City. PNP SAF operates together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the areas of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism. For the regional level, we have the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) with its headquarters colocated with the Police Regional Office thereat. For the provincial and municipal level, we have the Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC) with its headquarters colocated or near the Provincial Police Office thereat. RMFB and PMFC provides active support to the AFP in the conduct of Internal Security Operations. There were no major change in the structure, just change in name such as from Regional Mobile Group (RMG) which was changed to Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) then later to Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB). Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to PCMS Balaso/[email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Directorate for Operations Philippine National Police FOI Receiving Officer