by admin | Mar 24, 2015 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
It may be a classic case of history repeats itself. Or, some messed-up attention-hungry slob wants to grab all the credits without using the grey matter men are endowed. Or, there isn’t any grey matter at all to talk about in the first place.
Not a few weeks ago, news spread about a guy nabbed in a buy bust, who suddenly became the suspect of a brutal murder of a radio broadcaster.
Police said they have him in sights for over a week. But they couldn’t get him for murder, they need to desperately tag him for drugs enough to plaster in the public the infamous idea of a case going on to the rails.
Well, suspect was presented to the media and yes, as you must know, the race to a scoop has always animated media men to presume and let the details fall into place later.
The next day’s news was as predictable. What is not, was when a lawyer and a rights group insist the suspect is a fall guy he must be covered or he becomes a guy who falls for good. The rest is yesterday’s news.
Yesterday too, news paper reports the capture of the infamous killer of a barangay kagawad and her teen daughter in Catigbian.
The making of another blooper presents itself here.
As sketchy as the reports, the accused was not bagged for double murder, he was accosted again by, like you guessed, drugs: in a buy bust.
Either the officer who leaked the information to the reporter knows what he is doing. Or he simply knows nothing. Nada.
At least for the Orenia-Lim case, a gun ballistics tested positive connects the two. In the Catigbian bust, the connection the reports claimed, is a vulcanizing shop and all speculations of a crime investigator.
When the PPOC bewails the deplorable score-card Bohol gets against drugs, the way these cases unfold already tells us what the convict is. Alam na.
by admin | Mar 20, 2015 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, March 17, (PIA)–After months of slouch, crime volume in Bohol registered a slight uptrend of six more cases in February at 724 compared to the previous month which only had 718.
Over the two months too, Bohol crime busters noted a 9 case increase in index crimes while non index crimes decreased by five, according to PCInspector Jeffrey Caballes, reporting for PSSUpt Dennis Agustin.
But in all, Major Caballes reiterates that, unlike what it shows at face value, police pro-active operations significantly increased the crimes.
He also pointed out that, in situations like proactive police, crimes may increase but it does not imply a disturbed society.
In the same report, Camp Dagohoy statisticians pointed out that physical injury, robbery and theft still ranks the three most committed crimes in the police list.
Physical injuries rank first with 40% of the crime pie at 170 cases, followed by theft at 33% or 143 cases while third is robbery at 64 cases getting 15% of the crime pie.
Of the 170 physical injuries cases, Police major Caballes went on to show that 118 of these cases were vehicular accidents.
As PCInspector George Vale, City police chief ascribes the vehicular accidents to the proliferation of motorcycles which can easily be had.
Governor Edgar Chatto also pointed out that the smoother and better roads would lead into faster ride and thus, accident prone.
Himself admitting he is probably the most travelled Boholano now, the governor also noted that he himself see many youngsters in the towns driving motorcycles, and no one seems to mind them.
Apart from illegally driving without licenses and thus proper training on road safety, unlicensed drivers are one of the biggest reasons why physical injuries crime spiked, a PPOC report bared. (rac/PIABohol)
by admin | Mar 20, 2015 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 17, (PIA)–Bohol’s Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) is into studying ways to put a policy on intoxicated minors driving at night and causing accidents, all in aid of legislation.
Board Member Cesar Tomas Lopez, SP Committee on Peace announced to the recent Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) Meeting March 17, that he would ask the SP to study if crafting a legislation to impose regulations on selling alcohol to minors, or a simultaneous alcohol and drug testing for intoxicated drivers involved in drug accidents would be good.
More so, Land Transportation Office (LTO) registrar Erwin Patalinghug added that his office awaits 10 Alcohol Breath Testing (ABT) apparatuses and the trained technical team to handle such to help in keeping drunk drivers off the streets.
This too as the statisticians at Camp Francisco Dagohoy tracked 170 physical injury cases in February, and some 118 of these by vehicular accidents, report by PCInspector Jeffrey Caballes showed.
In these cases of physical injuries, Provincial Administrator Alfonso Damalerio revealed to the council that more and more minors are involved, a good number of them under the influence of liquor.
Meanwhile, City Police Chief PCInspector George Vale confirmed Damalerio’s revelations, adding that more and more motorcycles are getting involved in accidents, them becoming readily available that stores even sell it to customers who could not show licenses.
The problem seems to be compounded as the police could not fully deploy its men on the streets owing to the absence of police traffic deputation by the LTO.
LTO registrar Patalinghug also the LTO holds in abeyance the issuance of Temporary Operator’s Permit (TOP) and thus the deputation for some reasons he could not present.
With no LTO deputation, police officers skip from traffic duty in as much as accosting traffic violators without issuing TRO means hassles for them.
Standard operating procedures for non-deputized police in traffic duty would be to endorse to the LTO any recorded violation within 24 hours or they could be held administratively liable for the failure.
For this, more and more police officers would rather look the other way, they said.
In the absence of deputation, City police Chief Vale noted that police can still do their job and using a local ordinance for the violation.
Even then, the PPOC wants to know if a ban on selling liquor to minors could be done, or if the stores could be exacted liability for drunk driving, if only to help curb these incidents. (rac/PIABohol)
by admin | Mar 17, 2015 | Headlines, National News
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration warned Filipinos who wish to work abroad on the modus operandi of unscrupulous illegal recruiters enticing workers, especially household service workers (HSWs), to procure and use visit or tourist visa in order to secure overseas employment.
Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac said Filipinos wanting overseas jobs should make sure they have approved and appropriate work permit or visa before they leave the country. They should not accept job offers if they are to leave using tourist visa even with the assurance from the recruiters that they will find employment for them upon arrival in the country of destination.
“Foreign workers without proper employment documents cannot work legally in any country and are constant target of crackdowns. They are also more prone to exploitation by employers,” Cacdac said.
The POEA administrator cited Dubai as one of the favorite destinations of Filipino “tourists” wanting to find work overseas with the proliferation of advertisements in the social media offering plane tickets bundled with a 30-day visit visa at very low rates.
“Unfortunately, it is not easy to find work in Dubai. Holding a visit visa which will expire in a month, the worker could be pressured to agree to a substandard employment contract and submit to physical and emotional abuse just to have a work visa,” Cacdac said.
Cacdac also said OFWs should not be easily swayed by illegal recruiters and traffickers who promise immediate deployment to Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and other Asean countries where visit visa is not prior requirement from citizens of its members.
“The legal way is to obtain an employment contract and employment visa or work permit and submit them to the POEA for processing and issuance of exit clearance,” Cacdac added. He also reminded workers of the strict procedure being implemented by the Bureau of Immigration in screening Filipinos leaving as tourist.
A traveler found to be misrepresenting the purpose of the foreign trip will not be allowed to board the plane. (POEA/PIA)
by admin | Mar 17, 2015 | Headlines, National News
DENR, nanawagan sa publiko sa
MANILA, Mar. 17 (PIA)–Nanawagan ang Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) sa publiko nga magdaginot sa paggamit og tubig.
Matud pa ni DENR Kalihim Ramon Paje, mahinungdanon kini alang sa kaayohan dili lamang sa mga consumers, apan apil na usab sa ubang sektor sama sa agrikultura ug enerhiya.
Dungan niini, gimanduan usab sa DENR ang Protected Area Management Boards sa pagpatuman og mga lakang batok sa pagpanigarilyo ug pagpanghaling sa mga lasang aron malikayan ang sunog.
Kining gipagawas nga panawagan sa DENR may kalabotan sa mas init nga panahon sa nasud karong tuig tungod sa El Niño. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Mar 17, 2015 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, Mar. 17 (PIA)–Gipagawas sa Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ang bag-ong implementing rules and regulations sa mas taas nga tax exemptions alang sa 13th month pay ug uban pang benepisyo sa mga kawani sa gobyerno ug pribadong sektor karong tuig.
Matud pa sa BIR, ang balaod alang sa pagsaka sa tax-exempt bonuses sa P82,000 dili pwede sa mga self-employed individuals ug income generated gikan sa mga negosyo.
“The amount shall only apply to the 13th month pay and other benefits paid on or accrued beginning Jan. 1, 2015, it does not apply to other compensation received by an employee under an employer-employee relationship such as basic salary and other allowances, sigun pa sa BIR.
Gipaseguro usab sa BIR sa mga employers ang saktong kwentada ug aplikasyon sa tax exemption alang sa 13th month pay ug uban pang benepisyo sa empleyado sa yearend adjustments.
Giingong ang computation angay nakabutang sa certificate of compensation withheld.
Kahinumdoman nga gilagdaan ni Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III niadtong Pebrero ang balaodnon nga nagsaka sa P82,000 sa tax exemption sa mga bonus sa mga kawani sa gobyerno ug pribadong kumpanya.
Kaniadto, P30,000 ang tax exemption ceiling sa mga bonus. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
