Ronald
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Director General of the Philippine National Police
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Ricardo
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Ronald
Marapon dela Rosa
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Ronald Marapon dela Rosa (born January 21, 1962),
also known as Bato ("Rock"), is a Filipino police
officer. He is currently the Director General of the Philippine National Police starting July
1, 2016.
INTERNET SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_dela_Rosa
Early life
and education
Dela Rosa was born at 7:30 AM on January
21, 1962 at Barangay Bato, Sta. Cruz, Davao
del Sur, to Teodoro Diamaton dela Rosa, Sr. and Anesia Cruspero Marapon. He
earned his Bachelor of Science degree in public administration from the Mindanao State University in 1982. In the
same year, he entered the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) and
graduated in 1986 as part of PMA Sinagtala class. He then earned a Masters of Public Administration
degree in 1998 and a Ph.D.
in development administration in 2006 from the University of Southeastern
Philippines (USeP) in Davao City.
Police
career
Career
beginnings
Dela Rosa entered the police force in
1986 as a young lieutenant of the now-defunct Philippine Constabulary in Davao. In 1992,
he was designated as chief inspector and worked as one of the staff at Police
Regional Office (PRO)-Davao. In 1997, he was designated as police provincial
director of Compostela Valley province. In 1999, he was detailed at the office
of the Police Director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) at Cramp Crame
in Quezon City and returned to PRO-Davao in 2001, where he continued his
service as deputy chief of the ORPHRDD. In 2003, he was promoted as police
superintendent and was assigned at the headquarters in Camp Catitipan in Davao
City. He was transferred to Directorate for Human Resources Doctrine and
Development as head of the training. In 2005, he was assigned at Davao City
Police Office (DCPO) as city personnel officer. After eight months, he was
transferred back to PRO-Davao and was promoted as chief of the Regional
Intelligence and Investigation Division (RIID). In 2007, he became the director
of the Compostela Valley Provincial Police Office (CVPPO) as its police chief.
In 2008, he was promoted to a rank of senior superintendent. In 2009, he was
moved to Davao del Sur where he served as director of the Davao del Sur
Provincial Police Office (DSPPO). In 2011, he became the chief of the Regional
Logistics and Research Development Division (RL-RDD) in PRO-Davao. One year
after, he was assigned in Davao City as new director of the DCPO.
As Davao Police
Chief
Dela Rosa was a former chief of the Davao City
Police Office, from January 2012 to October 2013 under the then-Mayor Duterte,
and his daughter (now Davao City Mayor) Sara.
He made his mark in the police service during his stint with the DCPO where he
spearheaded the crackdown on the carnapping syndicate allegedly masterminded by
Ryan "Baktin" Yu in 2012, the successful rescue operation of a
Chinese businesswoman who was kidnapped in 2013 and the implementation of Oplan
Tukhang and Oplan Pakgang, his friendly approach in countering illegal drug
trade and gangsterism. He was then transferred to another assignment at Camp
Crame after his stint as DCPO director.
As Member of
PNP Board of Inquiry and other Assignments
He also became a member of the PNP Board
of Inquiry, which investigated the Mamasapano encounter, which claimed the
lives of 44 Special Action Force commandos, 17 Moro Islamic Liberation Front
members and five civilians while the cops were on a mission to arrest
international terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir, alias Marwan. Before the May 9, 2016
elections, he was relieved as commander of the PNP’s Reactionary Standby
Support Force RSSF due to his alleged Facebook post, which was supposed to be
pro-Duterte.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte meets with
Philippine National Police Director-General Ronald Dela Rosa upon his arrival
to address the 115th Police Service Anniversary at the PNP headquarters in
Quezon city, metro Manila, Wednesday 17 August 2016. | REUTERS
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As PNP Chief
Dela Rosa was handpicked by then
presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte as the new PNP Chief on May 19, 2016. On
July 1, 2016, he was officially sworn in as the 21st chief of the Philippine National Police while being
promoted to Director-General, the highest-ranked PNP officer.
Personal
life
Dela Rosa is
married and has three children. During his wedding, then-Mayor (and now
President) Rodrigo Duterte stood as one of the principal
sponsors.
Coming from a
poor family, Dela Rosa likes to cook maruya or banana
fritter.
Dela Rosa
told news anchor Julius Babao on his morning public service program Aksyon
Ngayon on DZMM
that he frequently goes to confession to seek forgiveness after he has killed
criminals, declaring that "[he is] no cold-blooded killer".
Since he
became PNP chief, he appeared or guested in several TV shows, most notably in
the Trabahula segment of ABS-CBN's noontime variety show, It's Showtime, and GMA's sunday
variety show, Sunday PinaSaya, where he met Rodney
"Dugong" Juterte (portrayed by Jose
Manalo).
Dela Rosa is
a fan of PBA basketball team Barangay Ginebra San Miguel since the
era of former prominent player-coach Robert
Jaworski.
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Crazy, Crime, and Drugs:
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Philippines:
President Rodrigo Duterte’s friend ‘The Rock’ is the man behind the war on
drugs
September 8, 20161:07am
Debra Killalea
HE’S known as The Rock and not just because of his hardline stance and
immovable position when it comes to his country’s war on drugs.
Widely
regarded as The Punisher’s right hand man, Philippine National Police (PNP)
Chief Ronald Dela Rosa is every bit as dangerous as the country’s fiery
president.
While The
Punisher, president Rodrigo Duterte, has earned his nickname for ordering a
brutal war on drugs, former military man Dela Rosa’s moniker goes back further
and is just as deserved.
The police
chief, whose nickname (bato) translates to rock or stone, has become a
household name due to his close relationship with the president and equally
tough approach to crime.
Duterte made
global headlines in May when he promised to kill 100,000 criminals if elected
to power.
Since then at
least 3000 people have been killed, according to police figures, equating to
around 44 deaths each day, AFP reported.
However human
rights group fear that figure is much higher.
This week,
the president, who hit the headlines after calling US President Barack Obama the son of a wh***,
reaffirmed his commitment to fighting drugs, vowing the killings of pushers
will continue.
“Until
the (last) drug manufacturer is killed, we will continue and I will continue,”
he said.
Dela Rosa,
who was appointed head of his country’s police force in June, is equally as
vocal in his mission to cut crime at any cost.
The Rock earned his nickname early on in his career after
graduating from the country’s military academy, according to CNN.
But it seems
the nickname was apt for reasons other than where he grew up.
“When
I was (first) seen by my senior officers, my body was like a rock ... rock
solid. So they told me, ‘Bato!’ They start calling me ‘Bato’ because of my
build.”
“Later
on they realised that I was born and raised in Barangay Bato, Santa Cruz, Davao
Del Sur — that’s my birthplace, Barangay Bato.”
“So
that was reinforced until now. They keep calling me ‘Bato.’ I cannot change it
anymore.”
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PNP Chief Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa
gustong tapusin ang illegal drug problem sa Pilipinas bago matapos ang 2017.
Sana tulungan natin siya na mapagtagumpayan ang
pangarap niya para sa ating bayan.
Like and follow: President
Rodrigo Duterte Supporters
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THE PUNISHER
AND THE ROCK
After
graduating from the academy, Dela Rosa completed his ranger training and began
working in his hometown of Davao where he was Duterte’s police chief — ahead of
his much bigger promotion.
But the
“friends” go back even further, in fact some 30 years, CNN reports, with Dela Rosa revealing they even share a telepathic connection.
“We
trust each other, in a very long-time association. He knows what I’m capable of
doing and I know what he wants to be done,” he said.
The Rock’s
approach and his push for people to kill drug dealers has also raised concerns.
“Why
don’t you give them a visit, pour gasoline on their homes and set these on fire
to register your anger,” Ronald Dela Rosa said in a speech just two weeks
ago.
“They’re
all enjoying your money, money that destroyed your brain. You know who the drug
lords are. Would you like to kill them? Go ahead. Killing them is allowed
because you are the victim.”
He later
apologised for his choice of words admitting describing them as an “emotional
outburst”.
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GROWING CONCERNS
While Philippine authorities have hailed their
tough war on drugs a success, concerns have been raised from ally the United
States, as well as from various human rights groups.
US President Barack Obama was planning to raise the
issue with Duterte at a meeting in Laos yesterday but cancelled it in the wake
of the Philippine leader’s stinging comments about him.
Duterte also warned he would not be lectured to and
insists his tough approach to cut the crime rate is working.
Police have killed 1033 people in anti-drug
operations since Duterte was sworn into office just over two months ago.
However another 1894 people have died in
unexplained deaths, police claim.
Last month Human Rights Watch called for the
president to investigate the killings and to persecute those responsible.
But Duterte and police have defended the high
killing rate.
Police spokesman Dionardo Carlos told AFP: “They have guns, they are drug-crazed. Our policemen are just
defending themselves.”
Dela Rosa insists the unexplained deaths are due to
drug syndicates waging war against each other, rather than extrajudicial killings
by vigilantes and others.
However, Human Rights Watch has cast doubt on such
claims.
The organisation said police claims that recent
killings of suspects who “resisted arrest and shot at police officers,”
required evidence that they did act in self-defence.
Last month, Philippine senators opened an inquiry
into the killings of more than 1700 suspected drug dealers and users amid a
crackdown spearheaded by Duterte, with witnesses accusing some policemen of
killing suspects and being involved in the illegal drugs trade.
In May, HRW Asian director Phelim Kine warned such
violent and unlawful approaches to crime control “sends a dangerous credence to
a widely held view in the Philippines that only tough-guy, “Dirty Harry”
approaches can remedy the country’s crime problem.
Duterte has promised to protect police from
prosecution if they are charged over the deaths and insisted human rights won’t
get in the way of his war.
His police chief also warned this week that his
officers were prepared to kill anyone, even rich and influential politicians,
as they wage a deadly war on drugs.
In July, Dela Rosa slammed calls for an
investigation as “legal harassment,” claiming it “dampened the morale” of
police officers.
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of the Davao Death Squad
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DEATH SQUADS
It isn’t just police under the spotlight over
unlawful killings.
Vigilante groups have sprung up in response to
Duterte’s call to shoot drug dealers.
The Davao Death Squad or DDS, is one such group, which is
active in Davao City on Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines.
This is where Duterte served as mayor for 22 years
before he won the presidential election by a landslide.
Human rights groups estimate DDS was responsible
for the murders or disappearances of between 1020 and 1040 people between 1998
and 2008 alone.
Davao went from “murder capital of the Philippines”
to “the fourth safest city in Asia” and Duterte strongly encouraged the public
to target drug dealers and users.
The 71-year-old even promised to pay huge bounties
in exchange for every person killed in the drug trade when elected in May.
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Eto ang libangan ng
ating Presidente noong Mayor palang siya pero ngayon mga taga gobyerno na ang
hinuhuli niya yung mga baboy na inaabuso ang pwesto.
Photo: Amortifany
Banal
This is the
entertainment of our president when he mayor but now just one government that
they are trying the pork that abused the stall.
Photo: Amortifany
Holy
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‘WE ARE NOT BUTCHERS’
The southeast Asian nation insists its tough
anti-crime policy is working and that Duterte has wide support.
“We are not butchers who just kill people for no
apparent reason,” Reuters reported, citing the phamplet.
“The campaign against illegal drugs has yielded an
unprecedented number of ‘surrenderees’: more than 600,000.”
The phamplet also said 7532 drug operations had
been carried out while 12,972 pushers and users had been arrested since Duterte
took power.
It further claimed police operations in July had
almost been cut in half compared to the same time 12 months earlier.
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