Barker hacked to death

A jeepney barker was hacked dead and his body was dumped in a cane field in Purok Kabugwason, Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, at about 5:30 a.m. yesterday.

The bloodied body of Jimmy Duremdes, single, of Purok Paraiso, Brgy. Mansilingan was found by a truck driver who immediately informed the police, police reports said. Police reports said Duremdes sustained hack wounds on his chest, neck, upper lips and back portion of his head.

Acting Bacolod City police director, Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar, yesterday said he has instructed Insp. Adonis Rosales to put up checkpoints and intensify police visibility in Purok Cabugwason and other crime-prone areas in the city. He said Duremdes was a jeepney barker at the Bacolod Libertad Market and had previously been detained for theft and drug-related complaints.

On Monday, the body of Virginia Dequiña Magnifico, 65, of Dumancas, Iloilo, with a stab wound on her neck, was also found by several residents at 6th-Lacson streets, Bacolod City, police reports said.

Meanwhile, Reynold Magbanua Padilla, 29, married, of Purok Sambag, Brgy. Alijis, Bacolod City, was also stabbed dead by an unidentified person in the barangay Monday evening.

Padilla also succumbed to wounds on his neck and other parts of his body, police reports said.*DMG

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San Carlos PNP tops
performance rating

The San Carlos City Police Station topped the performance evaluation rating for the fourth quarter of 2006, besting 30 other police units in Negros Occidental.

The Valladolid Police Station headed by Senior Inspector Rico Santotome, meanwhile, outranked the E.B. Magalona Police Station by one point in the same performance rating, police records show. The 31 police stations and four provincial mobile groups under the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office are rated every quarter on police community relations, operation, intelligence, investigations, human resource and doctrine development, management of personnel and logistics, plans and comptrollership.

The city police station of San Carlos, a consistent awardee in the regional level as best city police station from 2001 to 2005, also topped the performance rating in the second and third quarters of 2006. It is headed by Supt. Ricardo de la Paz.

The police stations of Escalante and Silay ranked second and third, respectively, in the city category.

On the other hand, the Valladolid police ranked first in the collection of loose firearms in 2006, as it recovered 63 unlicensed guns under its Balik Baril program, and was cited by the Police Regional Office 6.

Police records also showed that the San Carlos police topped the ratings in the aspect of operation, intelligence and management of personnel, Escalante in police community relations and management of logistics, while Silay and Bago topped in investigations and human resource, and doctrine development. The 612th Provincial Mobile Group also bested the 614th, 613th and 611th PMGs in the performance evaluation rating.*GPB

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6 police chiefs in Neg. Occ.
to be affected by reshuffling

Director General Oscar Calderon has debunked reports that the reorganization of senior police officials occupying key positions in the Philippine National Police, including Chief Supt. Geary Barias, has something to do with the May 14 synchronized elections.

Calderon said in a statement, that the latest reorganization of PNP officials was triggered by the retirement of Deputy Director General Isidro Lapena, former Deputy Chief for Operations.

Chief Supt. Wilfredo Dulay is taking over the helm of the Police Regional Office 6 effective today, replacing Barias, who assumed the position of acting Director for Investigation and Detective Management on Wednesday at Camp Crame.

Calderon said the reorganization was recommended by Senior Officers Placement and Promotion Board chaired by Deputy Director General Avelino Razon, Deputy Chief for Administration. Dulay is expected to be installed today as PRO 6 director by Calderon at Camp Martin Delgado in Iloilo City.

The four other senior police officers occupying new positions are Deputy Director General Antonio Billones - Deputy Chief for Operation, Director Jesus Verzosa - acting Chief of Directorial Staff, Chief Supt. Edgardo Doromal - acting director, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and Senior Supt. Mario San Diego - officer-in-charge, Legal Service. Chief Supt. Ricardo Padilla also took over the Police Regional Office 5 command from Chief Supt. Victor Boco who retired from the police service.

The transfer of Barias to Camp Crame is also in anticipation of his promotion to Police Director, which is equivalent to major general in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.*GPB

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