Zambales police chief Col. Ponce Rogelio Peñones, Jr. gives the program overview during the launch of JIPCO. Photo by Johnny Reblando
OLONGAPO CITY – The Olongapo City Police Office headed by city director Col. Benjamin Sembrano, Jr., and Zambales Police Provincial Office provincial director Col. Ponce Rogelio Peñones, Jr., launched the Joint Industrial Peace and Concerns Office (JIPCO) at Kong’s Restaurant, Ramon Magsaysay Drive, Barangay East Tapinac here.
JIPCO is designed to compose teams to be assigned to address security issues and to cater to complaints, queries, and other concerns in the workplace, and at the same time combat radicalism that tends to disturb peace, Sembrano said.
For his part, Peñones clarified that JIPCO is not anti-labor with its objective to protect labor welfare and promote harmonious relationship between workers and the employers not only on the Freeport Zone but in the entire Olongapo, Zambales, and Central Luzon area.
JIPCO was first launched in Pampanga as the 6th priority program of Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen.l Rhodel O. Sermonia.
Residents, businessman, and stakeholders inside the freeport attended the launch of JIPCO.
