Medical mission benefits poor families in Brgy Calindagan
By: Jennifer C. Tilos
DUMAGUETE CITY Mar 2 (PIA) --Medical, dental mission benefited more than a thousand poor families in Barangay Calindagan, Dumaguete City that consisted of free check ups, circumcision, haircut and siatzu massage.
The 302nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army (PA) and the Rotary Club of Dumaguete conducted the medical and dental mission at Barangay Calindagan in commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of church military advisory group in the province.
A group of alliance of young nurses from Foundation University, city health personnel of the city, official and advocates participated in the medical mission.
Dumaguete City Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria and NegOr 2nd district Cong. George B. Arnaiz graced the activity as major sponsors.
Brigade Commander, Colonel Ochotorena said the collaborative efforts of the military and other participating government agencies and various NGOs are reaching out to bring the government closer to the people by responding to the medical needs of the poor residents in the community.
“This is to complement the efforts of our concerned government agencies under the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) OPLAN BAYANIHAN in addressing the insurgency problem in Negros Oriental,” Major Gonzales said. (PIA-NegOr/JCT)
PNP expects 70 more cops to boost security force in Negros Oriental
by: Rachelle Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The NegOr police office expects an additional of 70 policemen this month to augment the police force in the province.
This after Negros Oriental was given priority for additional police personnel being one of the 14 provinces that the Department of Tourism (DOT) identified for its Tourism-Oriented Police Community-Oriented Protection (TOP-COP) program.
The additional cops will address the province's lack of security personnel especially that 50 local cops have been deployed and underwent the DOT's training for the TOP-COP program.
“These policemen who went through the training will be assigned in major tourist areas in the province and they will be dedicated for tourists only. They cannot be pulled out to join internal security operations,” said Provicial Police Director Col. Rey Lyndon Lawas.
The tourist assistance police units will later on operate independently as a stand-alone unit.
“They will be separated from other territorial police units, although they will be directly under the control of the provincial police director,” said Lawas.
Lawas welcomed the additional cops in the provincial police force as the creation of tourist police assistance units have further compounded the police office's lack of security manpower.
“We will just double our efforts,” said Lawas as he called on the community to support his office by avoiding getting involved in crimes.
“This alone is already a big help to us,” he added.
With the province's nigh time population pegged at 1.3 million, the current police to civilian ratio is 1 cop for every 1,300, a far cry from the ideal ratio of 1 cop to 500 civilians. (PIA-NegOr/RMN)
Dumaguete City police chief post declared vacant
by: Rachelle Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, March 2 (PIA)-- The position for Dumaguete City police chief has been declared vacant after former city police chief P/Supt. Leopoldo Cabanag was placed in the Philippine National Police (PNP) Holding and Accounting Unit to undergo further schooling.
Provincial Police Director Col. Rey Lyndon Lawas in an interview said he received the directive declaring the city police chief position vacant from the PNP Regional Office in Cebu City in the last week of February.
Lawas invited interested police superintendents in the province to apply for the post and submit their applications to PNP's Regional Officers Placement Board.
“The board will initially screen the applicants and come up with a list of five qualified police superintendents and submit it to the city mayor,” he said.
Although the provincial police director can give his opinion on the shortlisted names, Lawas said the mayor will have the last say on who he wants placed as city police chief.
Although Lawas did not name the applicants, he said there are four police superintendents in the province who are possible candidates to take over the post left by P/Supt. Cabanag. (PIA-NegOr/RMN)