By BEHN FER, HORTALEZA, JR
THANKS, for the most part, to citizen vigilance (specifically of the barangayfolk of Apanao, Burgos in western Pangasinan), the Philippine National Police now have strong proof that the drug syndicates have really gone mobile in their operations, using even hills and mountainsides to “cook” their deadly product.
Necessarily, the PNP is expected to shift its information campaign to far-flung barangays and hilly communities. The culprits, after all, have found the venture in Burgos a breeze and may be expected to try the encamp-cook-leave gambit again at the next hill or village sooner– or later– than the cops think.
This early (?) the PNP must prepare for the time (and the potential embarrassment it will surely cause) when otherwise innocent barangayfolk are lured to become helpers or runners of these smart and moneyed drug trade operators in the foreseeable future. Remember that money talks, and talks even loudest to simple folks. God forbid.
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SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Chief Supt. Leopoldo Bataoil assumed on Tuesday as police regional director for the Ilocos region following his installation here by Police Director General Oscar Calderon.
Bataoil, until recently chief of the Northern Police District and former spokesman of the Philippine National Police, replaced Senior Superintendent Nicanor Casaclang who was officer-in-charge of Police Regional Office 1 for 35 days.
The installation rite was attended by La Union Gov. Victor Ortega, his wife San Fernando City Mayor Marijane Ortega, retired Police Director General Arturo Lomibao, now administrator of the National Irrigation Administration, retired Police Deputy Administrator Reynaldo Velasco, Reps. Generoso Tulagan and Tomas Dumpit, retired Generals Manuel Casaclang, and Valerio Perez, municipal mayors and others.
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AN official of Pangasinan called for a stop to rampant smuggling of meat mostly coming from China in order to protect the local meat industry from foot and mouth disease (FMD) and other animal diseases in the country.
Provincial Board Member Danilo Uy, president of Region I Hog Raisers Association, said it is really difficult to stamp out FMD in the country if smuggling of pork and beef continues in some ports of the country.
He said smuggled meat comes in frozen form, without the usual mark. Locally produced meat carry marks of local companies, he added.
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SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Philippine National Police chief Director General Oscar Calderon said the peace and order situation in the country is much better now than last year, judging from his first, 100 days in office.
“I’m fortunate to reap the rewards of good police work with your help,” said Calderon during a program that installed Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil as new regional director of Police Regional Office I.
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THE Chinese government has pledged to build several billion peso projects in Pangasinan that would create various economic opportunities, boost health and sanitation, employment, food, income of the people, and more taxes to the Philippine government.
This was announced by Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. who hosted here on Sunday Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Li Jin Jun before the two went as guests of honor and speaker to a program hosted by the Dagupan City Lions Club at the Star Plaza Hotel.
De Venecia said Ambassador Li Jun personally offered the help of the Chinese government to undertake feasibility studies at no cost to the Philippines government for the laying of kilometers of pipeline that will convey fresh water from the San Roque Multi-Purpose Project in eastern Pangasinan to the provinces’ central plain.
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THE sangguniang panlungsod led by councilors Michael Fernandez and Alex de Venecia and department heads met Thursday with business establishment owners and some sidewalk vendors and peddlers in the city for an educational forum before the citywide implementation of City Ordinance 1873-2006.The ordinance, authored by de Venecia, prohibits the use of sidewalks as parking area, loading and unloading zones, and for any purpose other than as passageways for pedestrians.
To satisfy all queries, it was agreed that a copy of the ordinance will be furnished all vendors and business establishment owners. Read the rest of this entry »
A SENIOR Malacañang official said Wednesday government would review provisions of the Japanese-Philippines Economic and Political Agreement (JPEPA), particularly on an item supposedly allowing the entry of toxic wastes in the country.
In a news briefing, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said he would ask the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to check on reports that a provision in the agreement seemed to have practically given green light to Japan to dump its toxic and hazardous substances in the country.
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BURGOS – Officials of Pangasinan will investigate the recovery of about a truckload of assorted plastic containers and other paraphernalia that were believed to still contain substances for making methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu in a remote hilly area in barangay Anapao here last September 28.
Vice Gov. Oscar Lambino noted that while these gadgets and items were discovered last September 28, it was only last October 6 that the police formally announced the discovery of these items, all believed to strongly indicate a mobile drug laboratory.
Lambino, executive director of the Pangasinan Anti-Drug Abuse Council, said the provincial board of which he is the presiding officer, will invite officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA and the police to shed light on the discovery of the seized items on Friday.
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