PRO-13 personnel awarded during the Police
Detective Course
By PO3 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas
BUTUAN CITY, June 24 (PIA) -- Philippine
National Police (PNP) Training Service at National Headquarters in Camp Crame,
Quezon City conducted Police Detective Course – Training of Trainers (PDC-TOT)
Class ) 1-2013 from April 11 to June 14.
PRO 13 sent three (3) personnel from the
Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD) composed of
PSupt Rainier P. Diaz, PSINnsp Amadeo A. Meude and PO3 Alexander B. Fazon Jr.
The objective of the said course is to empower
the RIDMDs of PROs to be effective in the conduct of independent investigative
trainings to its personnel and to come up with the Police Detective Course –
Standard Training Package.
Participants undergo rigid practical trainings
to become effective trainers. One of which is the Manhunting. The team of PO3
Fazon was task to conduct information gathering and profiling of a suspect in
Taytay, Rizal charged with Qualified Theft. Said team, equipped with alias
warrant of arrest successfully arrested Eric Valenzuela y PeΓ±a, long time
suspect at large, who is also a member of a notorious robbery-hold-up group in
the area.
After a month of training, a closing ceremony
was conducted and highlighted with the awarding of medals to deserving
participants.
PO3 Fazon Jr. was surprised when their team was
called and awarded as the best team. It is indeed a great feeling for PO3 Fazon
Jr. to be applauded, bringing honor to PRO 13 in his own modest way.
PCSupt Getulio P NapeΓ±as said that Caraga police
is truly proud of the honor brought by PO3 Fazon Jr. to PRO 13 and the RIDMD
personnel who participated in the said training. They all deserve to be
applauded for they will surely be good trainers and will impart their knowledge
in investigation and related matters to their counterpart in the lower units
which is very vital in the performance of police functions. (PNP-13/PIA-Caraga)
DENR top exec urges Dinagat people to protect
forest cover
By Eric F. Gallego
DINAGAT ISLANDS, June 24 (PIA) – Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary for Field Operations
Demetrio L. Ignacio, Jr. on Thursday urged the people here to be vigilant in
protecting the forest cover of this island province to preserve its natural
beauty.
Ignacio visited this remote island in the
Eastern Pacific area of the Philippines as honored guest in the inauguration of
the new building of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO)
under PENRO Agapito Patubo in what is considered as the first national agency
set up as provincial office on Dinagat, the newest and the fifth province in
the Caraga Region.
USEC Ignacio was accompanied by DENR OIC
Regional Executive Director Nonito M. Tamayo and the former RED Leonardo R.
Sibbaluca who was considered as one of the DENR officials who initiated the
plan for the construction of the building.
Other top regional officials who likewise
present to witness the occasion were the Regional Technical Directors Maritess
Ocampo of the DENR 13 Forest Management Services, Atty. Paquito Rosal of the
Land Management Services, Mario Eludo of the Protected Areas and Wildlife,
Coastal Zone Management Services and Ronilo L. Salac of the Ecosystem Research
and Development Services.
“I was attracted with the beauty of natural
resources of the province where the people are so warm and hospitable as I
stepped out of the ferry boat that took us here ” USEC Ignacio said in his
short remark at the inauguration ceremony.
He said that based on the province profile,
about 37 percent (%) of the land area are covered with forest in spite of the
fact that Dinagat has been proclaimed as a mineral reserve area. “There are
several active mining operations in this province yet the forest cover is still
sufficient,“ Ignacio said.
“The people should be vigilant against excessive
exploitation of natural resources in the island otherwise the lives of the
people may be jeopardized” he said. “Some areas in the country are suffering
from destructive floods because the mountains could hardly contain erosions”
Ignacio said.
He said that the DENR expect to plant one
million seedlings over the next two years in the various areas of the province
before the term of President Benigno S. Aquino ends in 2016. This year, he
said, the DENR has able to plant 165,000 tree seedlings through the support of
other government agencies, academe, non-government organizations and the local
government units headed by the Provincial Governor Glenda Ecleo.
He said the DENR is also expected to distribute
2,500 land titles this year.
The status of PENR office was elevated from
CENRO through the Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2013-09 issued by
DENR Secretary Ramon JP Paje by virtue of Republic Act No. 9355, the law that
separated the islands from Surigao del Norte. The office is located in the
capital town of San Jose.
PENRO Patubo has reiterated the commitment that
the employees of the PENRO Dinagat sworn to Secretary Paje that “with a
fully-functional provincial office, we are resolved to help the people along
the path of sustainable development”. (NCLM/DENR-13/PIA-Caraga)
