PSU inks MOU with Philippine Army to promote safety in the academe

The 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 together with the 𝟕𝟎𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲 entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signing on Friday, June 21.

In stipulation, Philippine Army aims to inform, insulate and protect the students from the deceptive recruitment tactics employed by communist terrorist organizations and affiliates.

PSU 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬 expressed his full support in the new partnership as the university itself is pioneering initiatives and programs that promote peace, order and social responsibility mantra.

“𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑟𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑡, 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠,” Dr. Galas said.

As part of the MOU, the future conduct of Information Education Campaign (IEC) will be facilitated such as campus tours, face-to-face dialogues, small group discussions, seminars or symposium, promotion campaigns and publications.

𝐁𝐆𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋. 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐀, 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, represented by 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐨𝐥. 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐅. 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐈 (𝐆𝐒𝐂) 𝐏𝐀, said that PSU as a beacon of knowledge and community service, plays a vital role in safeguarding the youth of Pangasinan.

“𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑀𝑂𝑈 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠,” the Commander added.

Other Philippine Army officers, LTC Benny C. Singca INF (GSC) PA, Maj Dexter Magbitang (INF) PA, and CPT Conchito V. Baguhin (SC) PA joined the ceremonial MOU Signing at the Golden Lion Hotel alongside University Officials, VP for Acad Dr. Manolito C. Manuel and Directors Dr. Juan Primitivo P. Petrola, Ms. Manelle Aquino and Ms. Venus May H. Sarmiento.