Security heightened
for BacoLaodiat ‘08

Heightened security measures will be in place in restaurants, bars, and other leisure establishments in the city as the BacoLaodiat Festival kicks off today, the Bacolod police said yesterday.

Bacolod City Police Office director, Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar, said they will also deploy more uniformed and civilian-clothed personnel at restaurants to prevent possible bar fights.

Pubs and cafes at Lacson Street and at the Goldenfields Commercial Complex will be manned by the officers, especially from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. , he said because aside from riots among revelers, thefts and robberies could happen there.

He also said they will ensure the safety of people joining the annual BacoLaodiat Festival, and see to it that their 10 police stations continue to secure the rest of the city's residents.*PP

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PAF needs
civilian auxiliaries

The Philippine Air Force is expanding the operations of its Search and Rescue Group by recruiting more qualified civilian auxiliaries, Maj. Marciano Jesus Guevarra, Air Force 5052 nd Search and Rescue Squadron commander, said yesterday.

He also said they hope to train with local government units and other government agencies in the search and rescue operations.

The Air Force Search and Rescue Group have 2,022 civilian SAR volunteers all over the country.

Guevarra said Air Force SAR provides air search and rescue missions, in support to government agencies, in time of calamities and disasters. He added that it utilizes the Amity volunteers in search and rescue missions in Negros Occidental

Guevarra yesterday briefed Acting Governor Isidro Zayco on their operations in Visayas.

The Air Force SAR motto is “Saving Lives Our Way of Commitment… So That Others May Live”.*GPB

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Robber nabbed

An eatery helper wanted for robbery charges was arrested by policemen in Bacolod City yesterday, the police said.

Jerald Tungol, 18, of Purok Bayanihan, Brgy. Villamonte, in Bacolod , was nabbed by Police Station 4 officers led PO2 Ely de la Llave on the strength of an arrest warrant for robbery issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 46 Judge George Patriarca, at about 10:45 p.m. yesterday.

Tungol, a helper in a barbecue shop at C.L. Montelibano Avenue , in Bacolod , is among the suspects in break-ins at the Homesite area before his arrest, De la Llave said.

The complainants who identified him included the employees of Felix Hagad whose house at Capitol Ville Subdivision, Brgy. Villamonte, in Bacolod , was allegedly burglarized by Tungol and his companions on June 23 last year, police reports said.

Tungol, however, claimed, the officers did not show him the arrest warrant and manhandled him when he was apprehended.

He admitted joining a group in previous burglaries but denied that he was among those who broke into Hagad's residence. He also said he has stopped engaging in illegal activities because he wanted to renew his life.

Tungol's guardian, a woman who only wanted to be identified as “Mighty”, said she can attest that he, indeed wants to stop his illegal activities but added she cannot do anything now, but let him answer for his past mistakes.*PP

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