SurSur fire bureau hopes for decline in fire
incident
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, March 14 (PIA) – As
the celebration continues for the Fire Prevention Month, the Bureau of Fire
Protection (BFP) provincial office under F/Insp. Rowella Dinolan, provincial
fire chief, expressed satisfaction that, at least, not a single fire incident
had occurred since March 1.
However, it was confirmed that since 2014 up to
2015, the number of fire incidents recorded in the province had gone up to 33.8
percent.
Based on the “Consolidated Summary Report of Fire
Incident in the Province of Surigao del Sur” obtained through SFO4 Rogelio
Secarro, BFP operations chief, the fire incidents were posted at 41 in 2014; 62
in 2015, and seven this year—six of which took place in January and one in
February.
Meanwhile, most fire incidents that happened here
were largely electrical-related, Secarro citing use of sub-standard wires,
short-circuit, and overloading.
Local firefighters had always reminded the general
public of safety measures, agreeing, in addition, that the hotter the days, the
higher the risks of fire, it was learned.
With this year’s theme “Kaalaman at Pagtutulungan
ng Sambayan, Kaligtasan sa Sunog ay Makakamtan,” the BFP provincial office had
intensified drive on “Fire Safety and Prevention,” to educate the public,
Secarro confirmed. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
PNP rescues victims of illegal recruitment in
AgNor town
By Lilian M. Solis & Olga Virginia A. Demata
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 14 (PIA) – The Philippine
National Police (PNP) in Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte rescued recently 20
victims of an alleged illegal recruitment in the said municipality.
Police Senior Inspector (PSI) Randy Ausa Abunda of
PNP Kitcharao together with PSI Charles Jared Joaquin of Agusan del Norte
Police Provincial Office (PPO), ACOP and Municipal Social Welfare and
Development (MSWD) personnel conducted the rescue operation at 10:20 a.m. that
resulted to the arrest of the suspected illegal recruiter, Vilma Olayvar, 44
years old resident of Purok-4 Barangay Songkoy, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte.
Along with the complainant, DSWD personnel, police
investigator and 20 recruits standing as the witnesses, filed a case before the
office of Cabadbaran City Prosecutor for violation of illegal recruitment and
Republic Act (RA) 10364, also known as “Expanded Human Trafficking in Persons”.
Also, on February 17, Engr. John Ritchie Tangpos
and Lilian Solis of DOLE Agusan del Norte Field office conducted a verification
of documents presented by the alleged illegal recruiter. After the conduct of
investigation, the DOLE-AdN Field Office issued a certification that based on
records, no authority to recruit was issued to the suspected illegal recruiter.
(JPG/DOLE-13/PIA-Caraga)
Army plays “Good Samaritan” to wounded NPA in
SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Mar. 14 (PIA) – A
wounded man, believed to be a member of the Guerilla Front Committee (GFC) 21
of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional Command (NEMRC) was immediately brought
to a hospital here for treatment after being found profusely bleeding by army
troopers in a “vegetative area just a kilometer away from the encounter site.”
According to 1Lt. Karl Jan Devaras, commander,
41st Civil Military Operations (CMO) Company, 4th CMO Battalion, 4th Infantry
Division (4ID) of the Philippine Army based in Barangay St. Christine, Lianga,
this province, the concerned troops under the 2nd Special Forces Battalion (2nd
SF) outright applied “first aid” to the said man, whose identity was not
revealed, before rushing him to a hospital for medical attention.
The patient “is now in stable condition,” the CMO
commander hinted.
Devaras likewise believed, this NPA member was
left behind by undetermined number of comrades who were then in a hurry to get
away as soldiers were going after them following a 15-minute gun battle at the
vicinity of Sitio Baroboan, Barangay Caromata, San Miguel town, 31 kilometers,
south, this city.
“After the said firefight, government troops
immediately cleared the encounter area and discovered several bloodstains
thereat,” Devaras noted.
With the display of gallantry, Lt. Col. Gaspar
Panopio, 2nd SF battalion commander, under the 402nd Infantry Brigade of the
Philippine Army (PA) led by Col. Isidro Purisima, brigade commander, in Surigao
del Sur, commended his “troops for maintaining a high sense of professionalism
and for observing the ‘rules of engagement (ROE)’ in the battlefield,” said the
CMO officer.
Beforehand, Lt. Col. Panopio, whose battalion is
based in San Miguel , was quoted as saying, “I encourage the remaining lawless
bandits to surrender; their former comrades have already surrendered and
received benefits from the Government’s integration program (CLIP),” referring
to the Comprehensive Local Integration Program.
Meanwhile, according to a recent report contained
in the “Accomplishment Updates” by Col. Purisima, since the 2nd Quarter of 2015
to the 1st Quarter of 2016, a total of 93 former rebels (FRs) have already
stood to gain from the CLIP. (NGBT/Radyo
ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
