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PRO8 INTENSIFIES CRACKDOWN AGAINST PRIVATE ARMED GROUPS

CAMP RUPERTO K KANGLEON, PALO, LEYTE        -           WITH THE CREATION OF SPECIAL UNITS THAT WOULD CONCENTRATE ON NEUTRALIZING PRIVATE ARMED GROUPS AND PART OF THE MEASURES BEING IMPLEMENTED BY PRO8 OPERATIVES TO ENSURE HONEST, ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL ELECTIONS, TWENTY-SIX (26) PERSONS WERE APPREHENDED RECENTLY AFTER JOINT ELEMENTS TRACK DOWN AND NEUTRALIZE SOME KNOWN MEMBER OF PAGS, IN FACT TWO OF THEM HAVE STANDING WARRANT OF ARREST ISSUED BY THE COURTS, ACCORDING TO POLICE REGIONAL DIRECTOR CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT REY LAQUIHON LAÑADA.

ON FEBRUARY 20,2010 AT AROUND 11:00 P.M, JOINT OERATIONS OF SPECIAL TASKED GROUP ON PRIVATE ARMED GROUPS UNDER POLICE SENIOR INSPECTOR IMPERIAL AND UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION OF CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT LAÑADA CONDUCTED AT BRGYS SAN JOSE, PATONG AND SINANTON, ALL IN CALBAYOG CITY BY JOINT ELEMENTS OF 8 REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT BATTALION, REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND DETECTION GROUP, GANDARA MUNICIPAL POLICE STATION AND CALBAYOG POLICE STATION RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF TWENTY-SIX (26) PERSONS, TWO WITH WARRANT OF ARRESTS AND CONFISCATION OF THIRTY-SEVEN (37) LONG FAs AND SEVEN (7) SHORT FAs AS FOLLOWS: ONE (1) M16 RIFLE, TWO (2) CAL .45 PISTOLS, ONE (1) INGRAM, 1357 REVOLVER, THREE (3) CAL .38, ONE (1) CAL .22 MAGNUM, EIGTHTEEN (18) IMPROVISED SHOTGUNS, AND SIX (6) MAGAZINE FED SHOTGUNS, ONE (1) INGRAM, ONE (1) KG9 SUBMACHINE GUN, FIVE (5) CAL .22 RIFLES, THREE (3) AIRGUNS, FIVE (5) MAGAZINES FOR M16, THREE (3) MAGS FOR CAL 45 AND ASSORTED AMMO FOR ABOVE FAs.

THE OPERATONS RESULTED ALSO TO ONE KILLED IN ACTION WANTED FOR MURDER WITHOUT BAIL MICHAEL TERGA, ONE (1) WOUNDED PO1 ABLINGA WHO WAS BROUGHT TO RTR HOSPITAL IN TACLOBAN CITY .  APPROPRIATE CASES ARE BEING READIED AGINST THE APPREHENDED PERSONS.

AGAIN, LAÑADA EXPRESSED HOPE THAT ALL SUCH GROUPS WOULD BE DISMANTLED BEFORE MAY 10 TO ENSURE PEACEFUL AND CREDIBLE ELECTIONS.

 

PRO8 ADVOCATES THE OBSERVANCE AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION

CAMP RUPERTO K KANGLEON, PALO, LEYTE -           POLICE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT REY LAQUIHON LAÑADA CONTINUOUSLY ENHANCES THE COMPETENCY AND PROFESSIONALISM OF ALL PRO8 PESONNEL AND VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS IN ORDER THAT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN THE FUTURE WILL BE PREVENTED, IF NOT REDUCED SUBSTANTIALY.

THIS HAS BEEN DONE DURING THE CONDUCT OF POLICE INFORMATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION AND PULONG-PULONG TO THE POPULACE THE SALIENT PROVISIONS AS WELL AS THE OBJECTIVES OF RA 9851 OR AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING CRIMES AGAINST INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, GENOCIDE AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, ORGANIZING JURISDICTION, DESIGNATING SPECIAL COURTS, AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BASED ON THE MEMORANDUM RECEIVED RECENTLY BY THIS OFFICE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PNP, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FORTIFICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS A WORLDWIDE CONCERN. RAGING VIOLATION OF THE SAME IS A PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.  OUR GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS THOSE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN A STRONG MANNER AS IT CAN BE.  AS SUCH,  MEASURE HAS BEEN INITIATED FOR ITS PROTECTION. SIGNIFICANT IS THE ENACTMENT OF RA 9851, WHICH WILL SUBSTANTIATE OUR LOCAL LAWS IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. AND TOGETHER WITH ITS IMPLEMENTATION, THERE IS A NEED FOR CONTINUOUS AND VIBRANT INFORMATION CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT SECTORS TO REALIZE ITS THRUST.

APART FROM METING OUT STIFF FINES AND PENALTIES TO THE PERPETRATORS OF GRAVE CRIMES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE LAW WOULD ALSO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF THE VICTIMS, WITNESSES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
“IT SHALL ENSURE THAT THE LEGAL SYSTEMS IN PLACE PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE AND GENDER-SENSITIVE AVENUES OF REDRESS FOR VICTIMS OF ARMED CONFLICT,” THE LAW STATED.
RA 9851 MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE LAW SHALL APPLY EQUALLY TO ALL PERSONS WITHOUT ANY DISTINCTION BASED ON OFFICIAL CAPACITY.

“IN PARTICULAR, OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A HEAD OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT, A MEMBER OF A GOVERNMENT OR PARLIAMENT, AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OR A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SHALL IN NO CASE EXEMPT A PERSON FROM CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THIS ACT, NOR SHALL IT, IN AND OF ITSELF, CONSTITUTE A GROUND FOR REDUCTION OF SENTENCE,” ACCORDING TO THE LAW.
ONLY THE PRESIDENT IS IMMUNE FROM SUIT AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE CONSTITUTION.
THE CRIMES COVERED IN THE LAW WERE CLEARLY DEFINED AND PLACED UNDER THREE CATEGORIES, NAMELY WAR CRIMES, GENOCIDE AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
AMONG THE CRIMES PUNISHABLE UNDER THE NEW LAW ARE WILLFUL KILLING, TORTURE OR INHUMAN TREATMENT, WILLFULLY CAUSING GREAT SUFFERING OR SERIOUS INJURY, TAKING OF HOSTAGES DURING PERIODS OF ARMED CONFLICT.
GENOCIDE, IN THE LAW, IS DEFINED AS ANY OF THE ACTS MEANT TO DESTROY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, A NATIONAL, ETHNIC, RACIAL, RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL OR ANY OTHER STABLE AND PERMANENT GROUP.
IN THE CASE OF OTHER CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, THESE WOULD INCLUDE WILLFUL KILLING, EXTERMINATION, ENSLAVEMENT, ARBITRARY DEPORTATION, RAPE, TORTURE, ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE OF PERSONS AND APARTHEID.
THE COURTS ARE TASKED TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF THE VICTIMS AND WITNESSES DURING THE COURSE OF THE HEARINGS.

CHIEF WCPC, PROMOTES PROTECTION OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS

CAMP RUPERTO K KANGLEON, PALO, LEYTE        -           POLICE REGIONAL DIRECTOR CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT REY LAQUIHON LAÑADA, URGES HIS MEN TO UNDERGO SEMINARS AND TRAININGS IN IMPROVING THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF POLICEMEN HANDLING CASES, OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. THUS, A ONE DAY CONFERENCE WAS CONDUCTED AT LEYTE PARK RESORT HOTEL, TACLOBAN CITY IN WHICH THE GUEST SPEAKER IS NO LESS THAN PCSUPT YOLANDA TANIGUE, CHIEF OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND PROTECTION CENTER.

ACCORDING TO PCSUPT TANIGUE THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ACT OF 2003, R.A. NO. 9208, IS A CONSOLIDATION OF SENATE BILL NO. 2444 AND HOUSE BILL NO.  4432.  IT WAS ENACTED AND PASSED BY CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES, SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PHILIPPINES ASSEMBLED ON MAY 12, 2003 AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO ON MAY 26, 2003. 

FURTHER, SHE SAID THAT THE LAW INSTITUTES POLICIES TO ELIMINATE AND PUNISH HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS.  IT ALSO AIMS "TO PROMOTE HUMAN DIGNITY, PROTECT THE PEOPLE FROM ANY THREAT OF VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION, AND MITIGATE PRESSURES FOR INVOLUNTARY MIGRATION AND SERVITUDE OF PERSONS, NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT TRAFFICKED PERSONS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO ENSURE THEIR RECOVERY, REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF SOCIETY”, SHE SAID.
RIGHT NOW, THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT IS RELYING HEAVILY ON NGOs AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VICTIMS. VICTIMS WERE ENCOURAGED TO FILE CIVIL CASES AGAINST TRAFFICKERS.
THE CONFERENCE IS WELL PARTICIPATED NOT ONLY BY PRO8 PERSONNEL BUT ALSO BY VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.

EVEN A MANICURIST, NOT SPARED DURING GUN BAN

CAMP RUPERTO K KANGLEON, PALO, LEYTE        -           AS PART OF THE GUN BAN IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC) IN PREPARATION FOR THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS ON MAY 10,  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHECKPOINTS IN STRATEGIC AREAS APPEARED TO HAVE BOOSTED THE POLICE CAMPAIGN AGAINST STREET CRIMES, ACCORDING TO PCSUPT REY LAQUIHON LAÑADA, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE 8.  THIS IS ALSO TO ENSURE HONEST, ORDERLY, & PEACEFUL ELECTIONS, HE ADDED.

ON FEBRUARY 14, 2010 AT AROUND 12:15 NOON, POLICE PERSONNEL  OF ISABEL POLICE STATION LED BY PSI JOEL CAMACHO, CHIEF OF POLICE WHILE CONDUCTING CHECKPOINT AT THE FERRY TERMINAL LOCATED AT SITIO PINGAG, BRGY MATLANG, ISABEL, LEYTE ARRESTED PILAR LUZANO, 41 YRS OLD, WIDOW, A MANICURIST, A RESIDENT OF BRGY SUBA, DANAO CITY, CEBU.  CONFISCATED FROM HER ACTUAL POSSESION & CONTROL THREE (3)  CAL .45 COL ; ONE (1) CAL .45 REV SMITH &WESSON;  FIVE (5) CAL .38; ONE (1) CAL . 22 MAGNUM BLACK WIDOW; TEN (10)  CAL .45 MAGS, AND TWO (2) SILENCERS OF CAL. 45.
TO RECALL, UNDER COMELEC RESOLUTION 8714 ISSUED LAST DECEMBER 17, 2009, ALL PERSONS ARE BANNED FROM CARRYING FIREARMS AND DEADLY WEAPONS IN PUBLIC PLACES INCLUDING PUBLIC BUILDINGS, STREETS, PARKS AND PRIVATE VEHICLES DURING THE GUN BAN PERIOD.

ONLY LAW ENFORCERS IN PROPER UNIFORM ARE THE ONES AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS.

IN GUN BAN, ONLY REGULAR PLANTILLA MEMBERS OF PNP/AFP AND OTHER LAW ENFORCERS (WHO ARE RECEIVING REGULAR COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED) ARE AUTHORIZED TO BEAR/CARRY/TRANSPORT FIREARMS OR OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS, IN PRESCRIBED UNIFORM SHOWING CLEARLY AND LEGIBLY HIS NAME/RANK/SERIAL NUMBER, IN CASE RANK AND SERIAL NUMBERS ARE INAPPLICABLE, HIS AGENCY IDENTIFICATION CARD SHOWING CLEARLY HIS NAME AND POSITION (WHICH ID CARD SHALL REMAIN VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES), WITH VALID MISSION/LETTER ORDER AND IN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF ELECTION/OFFICIAL DUTY OR GOING TO AND RETURNING FROM HIS RESIDENCE OR STATION.

RIGHT NOW, THE MANICURIST IS DETAINED AT ISABEL POLICE STATION FOR PROPER DISPOSITON, PCSUPT LAÑADA SAID.

PRO 8 STARTS IMPLEMENTING TOTAL GUN BAN

CAMP RUPERTO K KANGLEON, PALO, LEYTE        -           NEWLY-INSTALLED POLICE REGIONAL DIRECTOR CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT REY LAQUIHON LAÑADA WILL STRICTLY IMPLEMENT TOTAL GUN BAN FROM JANUARY 10, 2010 TO JUNE 09, 2010 FOR THE MAY 2010 ELECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT H.O.P.E., OR HONEST, ORDERLY, PEACEFUL ELECTIONS WILL PREVAIL.

WITH THIS HE URGES THE PUBLIC TO REPORT TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION, ANYONE NOT IN UNIFORM WHO IS CARRYING A GUN ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC PLACES DURING THE ELECTION PERIOD.  FURTHER HE SAID THAT THE ELECTION GUN BAN COVERS EVEN POLICEMEN AND ALL PERSONNEL OF SECURITY FORCES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHO ARE NOT ON OFFICIAL DUTY OR THOSE NOT DULY DEPUTIZED IN WRITING BY THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC) FOR ANY ELECTION DUTY.

THE COMELEC PROMULGATED ON DECEMBER 16, RESOLUTION 8714 TITLED “RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE: BEARING, CARRYING OR TRANSPORTING OF FIREARMS OR OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS AND EMPLOYMENT, AVAILMENT OR ENGAGEMENT OF THE SERVICES OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR BODYGUARDS, DURING THE ELECTION PERIOD FOR THE MAY 10, 2010 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS.”

CENTRAL TO RESOLUTION 8714’S PROMULGATION OF THE GUN BAN IS SECTION 32 OF REPUBLIC ACT 7166, WHICH PROHIBITS ANYONE TO BEAR, CARRY OR TRANSPORT FIREARMS OR OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS IN PUBLIC PLACES, INCLUDING ANY BUILDING, STREET, PARK, PRIVATE VEHICLE OR PUBLIC CONVEYANCE EVEN IF THESE ARE LEGALLY REGISTERED AND OWNED.

HE IS ALSO APPEALING TO ALL GUN OWNERS, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY PNP PERSONNEL, TO ABIDE BY RESOLUTION 8714 AND “JUST BE PROUD TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION” WHICH THE GUN-BAN MEASURE WILL HELP ENSURE— CLEAN AND CREDIBLE ELECTIONS.

MOREOVER, HE WARNED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AND CRIMINAL SANCTIONS WILL BE METED AGAINST POLICE PERSONNEL CAUGHT IN VIOLATION OF RESOLUTION 8714.

MEANWHILE, IN JOINT LETTER DIRECTIVE: AFP-PNP JOINT OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR 2010 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS REGARDING PROVISION OF SECURITY DETAIL PROMULGATED THAT ONLY BONAFIDE PERSONNEL OF THE PNP, AFP, NBI AND PROTECTIVE AGENTS OF PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY SHALL BE DEPUTIZED AS SECURITY DETAIL DURING THE ELECTION PERIOD. PROVIDED, THAT THEY SHALL BE IN PROPER UNIFORM IN THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL SECURITY DUTIES.
FURTHERMORE, ONLY CANDIDATES FROM MAYOR UPWARDS CAN AVAIL WITH PNP/AFP SECURITY DETAIL SUBJECT FOR APPROVAL OF THE REGIONAL JOINT SECURITIES CONTROL DESKS WHILE OTHER CANDIDATES MAY ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF PROTECTIVE AGENTS; AND NOT MORE THAN TWO (2) REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE PNP OR AFP OR NBI SHALL BE DETAILED AS SECURITY FOR EACH POLITICIAN, WITH THE ADDITION, UPON REQUEST, OF NOT MORE THAN TWO (2) PROTECTIVE AGENTS, SAVE IN EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, WHERE ADDITIONAL SECURITY DETAILS MAY BE REQUESTED BY CANDIDATES FOIR NATIONAL ELECTIVE POSITIONS, SUBJECT TO SUCH CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT THE COMELEC MAY IMPOSE, HE ADDED.
ONCE AGAIN, HE ADVISED THE PUBLIC TO BE PROACTIVE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN ACHIEVING HONEST AND PEACEFUL ELECTIONS.

 

 

PRO8 DESTROYS 100K WORTH CONFISCATED ILLEGAL  FIRECRACKERS

CAMP RUPERTO K KANGLEON, PALO, LEYTE        -           POLICE DIRECTOR CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT REY LAQUIHON LAÑADA LED  THE DESTRUCTION OF MORE THAN 100,000 PESO WORTH OF BANNED FIRECRACKERS CONFISCATED RECENTLY IN A SERIES OF OPERATIONS DURING HOLIDAY SEASONS AT SPECIAL TRAINING UNIT, CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, PALO, LEYTE.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMAND GROUP, DIRECTORIAL STAFFS, COP OF TACLOBAN CITY POLICE OFFICE, STU PERSONNEL, AND FRIENDS FROM THE MEDIA WITNESSED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ILLEGAL FIRECRACKERS.

PCSUPT LAÑADA SAID THAT AMONG THE ITEMS CONFISCATED AND DESTROYED WERE THE LOLO THUNDER, BAWANG, PLA-PLA, SUPER LOLO, WATUSI , GIANT WHISTLE, ATOMIC BOMB, PICCOLO, AND BIG JUDAS BELT.   

FURTHER HE SAID THAT THESE PERSONS/VENDORS  OR SELLERS  WERE APPREHENDED BECAUSE THEY HAVE VIOLATED SECTIONS 3 AND 6 OF RA 7183 OR THE ILLEGAL SALE AND DISPLAY OF OVERSIZED AND IMPORTED FIRECRACKERS, THUS APPROPRIATE CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINSTS THEM FOR VIOLATING SAID ACT.

MOREOEVER, HE SAID THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY REMINDING THE PUBLIC AND THE VENDORS MONTHS BEFORE THE YULETIDE SEASONS THAT PRO 8 IS A PARTNER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN ITS OPLAN IWAS PAPUTOK. SO THAT IS WHY, WE HAVE BEEN  ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY NOT TO USE THESE FIRECRACKERS IN THEIR CELEBRATION OF THE NEW YEAR,” HE SAID.

 

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