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'ILLEGAL RAID OF PAWNSHOP' |
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‘ILLEGAL RAID
OF PAWNSHOP’
4 CIDG cops in hot water
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
FOUR members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) are the subject of a complaint filed by a businessman based in Iloilo City.
Leoncio Garcia, owner of Guy Pawnshop on Ledesma Street in the City Proper accused the CIDG members of illegal search and robbery when they allegedly raided the pawnshop and money changer August 20.
Garcia said it was his wife Elizabeth who guided the CIDG members in emptying the contents of the pawnshop’s safety vault.
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WAR OF STREAMERS |
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WAR OF STREAMERS
THE management and board of directors of the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) have a word war via streamers and posters hanging outside its main office in Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City. The board says corruption should be dismantled while the management says the board should resign. (Photo by Tara Yap)
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Narco politics in brgy polls |
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Narco politics in brgy polls
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By Francis Allan L. Angelo
SIX villages in Iloilo City are under close monitoring by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for possible encroachment of narco-politics during the October 25 barangay elections.
Paul Ledesma, PDEA-6 regional head, said their focus is on the usual suspected drug havens in the city – Malipayon, Tanza-Esperanza and Veterans’ Village in Iloilo City proper; Bakhaw, Mandurriao; Desamparados, Jaro and Boulevard, Molo.
Ledesma said drug personalities present in the said barangays could influence the election by bankrolling their own candidates.
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Housing project contractor missing |
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Housing project
contractor missing
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
THE mysterious disappearance of the contractor of the Iloilo City housing project will not stop the city from dissolving its contract with the firm.
Iloilo City Councilor Perla S. Zulueta said the absence of Ace Builders Enterprise (ABE) would mean nobody will oppose the move of the City government to rescind the contract and take over the project site in Pavia town.
“Mayad gani. Kundi waay ti ma oppose kon i-rescind ang contract (That’s good. Nobody will oppose if the contract is rescinded,” Zulueta said.
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CHR: Frisking taxi passengers unlawful |
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CHR: Frisking taxi passengers unlawful
By Tara Yap
FRISKING taxi passengers is illegal.
Atty. Jonnie Dabuco of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR-6) explained that searching or frisking private individuals without a warrant is a violation of Article 3 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
This is amidst reports that both taxi passengers and drivers will be frisked as part of the implementation of a new checkpoint operation.
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City crime rate drops |
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City crime rate drops
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
CRIME rate in Iloilo City decreased by more than 25% in the last two months after the establishment of a unified patrol unit under the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO).
Data from the ICPO showed that crimes went down from 538 cases in July 2010 to 401 in August 2010, a decrease of 137 cases or 25.56%.
The ICPO noted the decrease after S/Supt. Dennis L. Basngi, ICPO director, formed the Mobile Patrol Group (MPG) in late July.
Under the MPG set up, mobile patrols in six district police stations were pooled and mobilized to increase police visibility and hasten response to incidents.The ICPO also attributed the decrease in crimes to the fixed deployment of foot patrol at strategic and crime-prone areas in the city.
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S/SUPT. BASNGI: Effective crime prevention. |
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Tourism office takes charge |
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Tourism office takes charge
of Christmas Feria at Jaro
By Lydia C. Pendon
IT’S all settled, no barangay will conduct the annual Christmas Feria at the Jaro Plaza in Jaro district except the city tourism office.
City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog issued an executive order recently designating the tourism office headed by Benito Jimena to lead the Christmas Feria celebration at Jaro Plaza and that no barangay can lay claim for the Christmas activities at the plaza except the city government.
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Village chief, 2 others face malversation raps |
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Village chief, 2 others
face malversation raps
By Lydia C. Pendon
A BARANGAY captain and two other officials are currently facing charges of malversation and mismanagement of public funds filed by fellow barangay officials over the alleged anomalous release of checks worth more than P700,000.
Barangay captain Josefina Hilado of Nonoy, Iloilo City proper, treasurer Marcelino Espeso Jr and kagawad Wenefredo Tyones were called by city interior and local government officer John Ace Azarcon for an initial verification of charges submitted to City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog recently.
Copies of the charges were also sent to the Ombudsman Visayas and Liga ng mga Barangay federation president Irene Ong.
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4 nominees vie to head WV |
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4 nominees vie to head WV
highest policy making body
PRESIDENT Benigno Simeon Aquino III will have to choose from four nominees, whose names will be submitted to his office, to sit as chair and co-chair of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Western Visayas.
During RDC’s organizational meeting held here recently, the government sector composed of heads of regional line agencies and elected officials from the province and cities elected Governors Felipe Hilan Nava of Guimaras and Victor Tanco from Capiz as nominees.
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4,000 seedlings to be planted |
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4,000 seedlings to be planted
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By Erly C. Garcia
AROUND 4,000 seedlings of narra, jackfruit and other fruit trees will be planted this Saturday, September 11, at the watershed in Maasin, Iloilo as part of this year’s “Pyesta sang Kakahuyan” organized by the Iloilo provincial government.
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Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) chief Soledad Sucaldito said aside from provincial government employees, various non-government organizations, civic clubs, private companies and academic institutions also confirmed participation in the tree-planting activity.
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