by boholbalita | Sep 20, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
GIKLARO sa Philippine Army nga dili tinuod ang ningtumaw nga taho nga dunay presensiya sa 50 ka mga armadong tawo didto sa bukirang bahin sa utlanan sa mga lungsod sa Dimiao ug Valencia.
Si Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, commanding officer sa 2nd Special Forces sa Philippine Army nga nakabase didto sa barangay Riverside, Bilar, Bohol nibutyag sa usa ka pakighinabi sa usa ka sibyaanan sa radyo.
Matud ni Brawner nga walay basehan ang ninggawas nga report kinsa nikatap human dunay tulo ka mga lalaki, usa niini nakuhaan og armas nadakpan didto sa lungsod sa Dimiao niadtong nakalabay nga semana.
Apan bisan pa niini, niingon si Brawner nga padayon gihapon ang ilang pagmonitor kalabot sa maong taho.
Sayo niini, ang probinsiya sa Bohol gideklarang insurgency-free atol sa Regional Peace and Order Council meeting sayo ning tuiga sa administrasyon ni kanhi Gob. Erico Aumentado. (Andy Nalzaro)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 27, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
ILLEGAL fire-arms which find its way to the hands of criminal elements in the region alarms authorities at the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC-7).
The alarm springs from the regional police assessment that loose firearms in the region factor to the prevalence of violent crimes, especially when Cebu registers 2090 theft and 668 rob cases within the last two quarters alone.
During the recent meeting held at the Bohol Tropics Resort in Tagbilaran City, Regional Police Intelligence Chief Melvin Ramon Buenafe, in a briefing to the council cited that although there were no high profile rob, kidnapping, terror attacks of media and VIP threats, the Cebu City cases involve loose firearms.
This is despite that fact that police has just capped its Operation Kontra Boga and Bilang Boga in the implementation of the national fire-arms control policy, added Buenafe.
In his quarterly data presented, Pssupt. Buenafe pointed to the erratic trends in illegal firearms in the region starting with the last two quarters in 2010.
Regional police records also show that only 11 thousand of the 49 thousand firearms were accounted during the Oplan Bilang and Oplan Kontra Boga in the police’s pre-election crime suppression operations.
While the last three quarters showed a slight reduction in loose fire-arms, regional cops also noted a a rise in confiscated firearms in the second quarter of this year.
Records said that in the 3rd and last quarter of 2009, police succeeded in recovering 495 and 424 fire arms respectively.
The same down-trending was noted in the 1st quarter of 2010 with 390 weapons accounted.
The 2nd quarter however (April-June) proved to be an anomaly with 473 fire-arms recovered by authorities, showing an up-trend.
Concerned about how to curb the proliferation of fire-arms sourced out by criminal elements from backyard gun manufacturers in the region, PCSupt. Lani O Nerez proposed more checkpoints, monitor and stop the operation of backyard manufacturers and conduct another inventory of firearms.
The tourist region still languishing in a relatively peaceful situation with a 18.17% decline in crimes during the period, the concern from regional peace authorities is surely no false alarm. (rac/PIABohol)
