Ecija cops rewarded for operation vs ‘Huks’

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Bacalzo pins Kagalingan medal on a police officer who joined an operation that killed eight alleged rebels in Rizal town

CABANATUAN CITY - Philippine National Police Director Gen. Raul Bacalzo pinned on Tuesday the Medalya ng Kagalingan on ten policemen who led and joined the recent operation that resulted to the killing of eight alleged rebels in a supposed robbery attempt in Rizal, Nueva Ecija.

Bacalzo, along with Senior Supt. Roberto Aliggayu, Nueva Ecija police director, said he toured this city to show love to the policemen who may also get hurt or wounded in enforcing the law.

He also underscored the success of some police forces, that managed to defend their station from attacking rebels despite being outnumbered. One police station, he said, with only eleven men, including two trainees, managed to resist the assault of some 100 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels.

The awardees were Supt. Ricardo Villanueva, head of the provincial intelligence branch; Supt.Edgar Allan Okubo, head of the provincial public Safety Company (PPSC) Insp. Romel Dela Vega, SPO2 Jaime Magno, Jr., PO2s Aristeo Gumarang, Jacinto Gregorio Jr., Julius Lalosin, Erwin Benedicto, Ruel Acosta and PO1 Joel Dimuan.

They were rewarded for the “highly commendable performance displayed during operation” that resulted to the killing of the alleged rebels who were reportedly about to stage a hold-up in the area. The operation was made with soldiers from the Army’s 81st and 46th Infantry Battalion last Friday.

“Such tenacity in the performance of duty is a manifestation of the intense desire of these police officers to rid our society of criminal elements who violate the law and take advantage of our helpless citizens,” the citation reads.

He said the shortage in equipment has been offset by the police’s readiness and skills.

This as the government implements some programs, he stressed, to beef up the PNP capability. These include procurement of firearms, P200 million worth of communication equipments and construction of some 39 municipal police stations. There still 15 stations in the pipeline, he said.

“Sunod-sunod ang training na ating ginawa because the basic component of readiness is training, developing confidence and skills,” he said.

By Armand M. Galang
punto.com.ph

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7-day Retraining sa Talavera Police Force

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NAGSIMULA noong Martes ang retraining program ng lahat ng Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel ng Talavera Police Station.

Ang Talavera police personnel ay isinailalim sa retraining program matapos ang shooting incident na nangyari noong Bagong Taon sa harapan ng police station.

Binaril at napatay ni Inspector Bernardo Castro, deputy police chief ng Talavera, ang kanyang hepe si Supt. Ricardo Dayag Jr.

At sa pangyayaring ito, nagpalabas ng memorandum ang PNP National Headquarters sa Camp Crame, Quezon City na magsagawa ng unit training or retraining program sa lahat ng city at municipal police stations.

Sang-ayon kay Chief Supt. Alan La Madrid Purisima, Central Luzon police director, ang 46 Non-Commissioned Police Officers (NCPO) at ang Officer-In-Charge na si Supt. Wilfredo Paulo ng Talavera police ay isasailalim sa seven-day training.

Noong Lunes, ginanap ang opening ceremony ng training sa Clark Freeport, na kung saan si Police Director Danilo Querubin Abarsoza, director ng Human Resource Doctrine and Development, ay guest of honor and speaker.

Si Chief PNP Director General Atty. Raul Bacalzo, na siyang dapat magbubukas ng City and Municipal Police Station training ay hindi nakarating dahil sa maraming commitments sa Manila.

Isasagawa ang nasabing training sa loob ng Camp Olivas, Pampanga at iba’t iba rin ang magsasagawa ng lecture sa kanila, ayon kay Purisima.

At dahil isinailalim sa training ang lahat ng Talavera police force, pinalitan ito pansamantala ng mga miyembro ng Provincial Safety and Management Unit ng Nueva Ecija.

Ayon kay Sr. Supt. Melchor Reyes, head ng Regional Human Resource and Doctrine Division, ay ibabalik din ang mga ito sa kanilang police station pagkatapos ng training.

Mahigit sa 84 NCPOs mula sa National Capital Region Office ang sumailalim din sa training dahil sa nangyaring hostage taking noon sa Quirino Grandstand sa Manila.

Sang-ayon kay Purisima, ang objective ng nasabing training program ay para ma-enhance ang kaalaman ng pulis sa iba’t bang aspects ng police work at para maging “productive” ang mga ito.

Naging “first batch” ang Talavera sa sumailalim sa training program dahil sa nangyaring shooting incident doon.

Napag-alaman na ang susunod na isasailalim sa training ay ang San Leonardo Police Station. Hindi lang malaman kung kailan sila magsisimulang mag-training.

Kaya kayong lahat na nasa Police Stations ay maghanda na rin sa nasabing training program dahil susunod na rin kayo…

by Ric Sapnu
www.sunstar.com.ph/

2 killed in Ecija heists

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CABANATUAN City – Police reported three separate robbery incidents Friday in one of which two gunmen on a motorcycle killed a business couple.

Police identified the fatalities as moneylenders Irineo Bartolome, 47, and his wife Elizabeth, 42, of Barangay Calabasa, Jaen, Nueva Ecija.

The coule just collected money in Barangay Lawang Kupang, Jaen, Nueva Ecija and were heading home at 6 p.m. on a motorcycle when the suspects riding a red Bajaj motorcycle overtook and shot them repeatedly.

The suspects took Elizabeth’s shoulder bag containing P10,000 and escaped. Recovered at the scene were five shells for .45 pistol.

In Talavera town, a woman waiting for a bus ride for Manila was robbed at knifepoint by two motorcycle-riding men at 3:45 a.m.

Police said Rhodora Galicia-Miranda, 34, of Barangay Pulong San Miguel, together with her  nephew and a niece were on the roadside when the suspects stopped in front of them.

The backrider alighted and declared a hold-up. The suspects then divested the victim of her bag containing two international cash cards, a mobile phone, assorted jewelry worth P38,000 and P20,000 cash and fled.

At 10:30 p.m., two suspects robbed the house of Turadio de Guzman, 73,  in Purok Mulawin, Barangay Lourdes, Cabanatuan City.

The suspects entered the house by destroying the rear windows. They carted away a gas tank, an electric fan and a double cassette component worth P18,000.

Police said one of the victim’s grandsons, Rodrigo Ramos, who lives nearby, was awakened. He quickly notified his grandfather who called up the police, resulting in the arrest of one of the suspects, Larry Guinto, 34, a resident of the barangay.

Guinto’s cohort, Jeffrey Cauzon, escaped.

Police recovered the stolen items  from Guinto.

by Steve A. Gosuico    
www.journal.com.ph

Nueva Ecija hospitals’ annual budget for 2011 slashed by P20-M

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CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija -- The budgets of 10 provincial government-run hospitals in Nueva Ecija were slashed by some P20 million in the proposed 2011 annual budget submitted to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

The proposed budget showed that the cuts will be implemented on Eduardo L. Joson Memorial Hospital (ELJMH), San Jose City General Hospital (SJCGH), Bongabon District Hospital (BDH), Gapan District Hospital (GDH), Guimba District Hospital (Guimba DH), San Antonio District Hospital (SADH) and the Sto. Domingo District Hospital (SDDH) and the Carranglan Medicare Community Hospital (CMCH), Gabaldon Medicare Community Hospital (GMCH) and the Gen. Tinio Medicare and Community Hospital (GTMCH).

The overall budget of the ELJMH was reduced to P69.3 million from the 2010 budget of P69.79 million. Benefits for its health workers were also reduced from P4 million in 2010 to only P2 million in 2011.


The SJCGH was allocated P44.37 million as its 2011 budget, up from P43.1 million for 2010. However, its benefits for health workers were reduced by P1.3 million from P2.68 million in 2010 to P1.38 million next year.

The budget of the BDH, on the other hand, dipped to P27.04 million, some P808,114 less than the 2010 budget of P27.85 million. Benefits of health workers were also reduced by P1 million.

The GDH, Guimba DH and SADH all were allocated higher overall budgets but benefits for health workers and hazard pay were pruned down from a minimum of P500,000 to P2 million.

The SDDH’s overall budget was also brought down to P5.67 million some P433,000 less than the current operating budget of P5.36 million.

The aggregate overall budgets of the CMCH, the GMCH and the GTCH shrunk by P985,227. Their respective allocations for health worker benefits and hazard pay also went down by an identical P300,000 each and P700,000 each, respectively.

Governor Eduardo Umali, in his budget message to the SP, earlier said the proposed 2011 budget will be highlighted by the “substantial commitment” of funds for programs, projects and activities of the various sectors in the province.

He said this is line with the e provincial government’s desire to make the budget an “instrument for the economic and social upliftment” of the province. (PNA)

Farmers find carabao raising more profitable than rice farming

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MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija – Milk is not forever.

On average, a female carabao lactates for 10 months, followed by two months when she is dry.

And for Leoncio Callo, 49, the drought came at a crucial time. "Five of my cows simultaneously stopped producing milk, so my son was forced to quit college this semester for the time being, for lack of money," he says. "He’s helping with farm work now."

"We had money for tuition but not for his daily transportation and allowance," he adds. "I’ve been milking cows continuously for five years each and every day, and this is the first time that they went dry all at the same time."

There were hard times before when tuition money was needed and he was forced to sell even a female calf, which is highly valued for its potential milk. A five-month-old female is easy to sell, he says, even at P15,000, compared with a male of the same age which goes for P10,000.

This time, the only calf in the farm is too young to sell.

One-legged dancer wows crowds in Nueva Ecija

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He was born with just one leg and a whole lot of groove. Elie Cutaran, a 16-year-old dancer from barangay Concepcion, Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, wows the local crowd with sick dance moves and dizzying triple back flips.

The youngest of six children, Elie was born without a left leg. But with determination and strong support from his parents, he was able to move past his disability to pursue his love for dancing.

New rice facilities opened in Nueva Ecija

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SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija, Nov. 19 (PNA) -- New rice facilities that aimed to increase efficiency and productivity of the government’s leading rice research agency is now operational.

The International Training Center, National Center, National Rice Seed Buffer Stock Warehouse and Farm Operations and Machinery Center were formally opened during the recent silver anniversary celebration of the Philippine Rice Institute (PhilRice) here.

The launching was led by Sen. Francis Pangilinan.

The International Training Center was renovated with 48 redesigned rooms equipped with flat TVs, comfort area and air-conditioning unit.

The National Buffer Stock Seed Warehouse, on the other hand, will be used to house a safety stock of rice seeds in reserve against the risk of stock shortage.

Funded by the Department of Agriculture’s Rice Program, the warehouse has a total floor area of 1260 square meters (30 m x 42 m) and can store 10,000 sacks of rice at 40 kg/bag.

Established at PhilRice stations in Nueva Ecija, Isabela, Negros, Agusan and Midsayap, the warehouse aims to increase the access of growers and farmers on seeds, particularly in times of natural calamities.

PhilRice also opened the Farm Operations and Machinery Center which was built to house and store farm machines and equipment of the Farm Operations and Mechanization Unit.

The center will mechanize seed production farm operations and research.

With a total area of 647 square meters, the center will house various machinery including land preparation equipment, hauling trucks, tractors and trailers.

Source:  Positive News Media Philippines

(PNA)
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Nueva Ecija top cop vows continued drive vs loose guns

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CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Nov. 14 (PNA) - The election gun ban has lapsed but the intensified drive against loose firearms will continue in the province.

Senior Supt. Roberto Aliggayu, director of the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office (NEPPO) issued this warning following the arrest of a businessman who was found possessing a .45 cal. pistol with several rounds of live ammunition, magazines and silencers and bullets for M-16 Armalite rifle Thursday morning.

Aliggayu identified the suspect as Danilo Bautista, 54, a resident of Barangay Luna, Santa Rosa town.

A taste of summer afternoon in Nueva Ecija

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There are certain dishes you could gladly eat all your life, but there are some that could make you feel a wave of nostalgia at first bite.

For actor and former senator Tito Sotto, nibbling on bite-size squares of bukayo pleasantly reminds him of the summer afternoons he spent in his grandfather’s ancestral house in Nueva Ecija. And as the former senator mused about his fondest memories of the province, the members of media were treated to a quick culinary trip to Central Luzon through a silver tier of Nueva Ecija’s native delicatessens during the monthly Filipino afternoon tea at the lobby of Manila Hotel.

Nueva Ecija Town Vice Mayor Shot Dead

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Gunmen shot dead yesterday morning the incumbent vice mayor of a Nueva Ecija town, the latest of the spate of killings involving government officials in the country in this month alone.

Senior Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr., spokesman of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said Licab, Nueva Ecija Vice Mayor Luisito Caraang died in a nearby hospital after sustaining at least two bullet wounds.

Caraang was reportedly jogging at the vicinity of Barangay San Casimiro at around 5 a.m. when motorcycle-riding gunmen shot him from behind.

Cruz said investigation is still being conducted to determine the motive and identify the perpetrators.

Village heads in Nueva Ecija urged to put gun possession in order

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Barangay officials were urged on Monday to properly turn over possession of guns to their respective successors or have their registration renewed to avoid “police actions.”

Sr. Supt. Roberto Aliggayu, director of the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office (NEPPO), said incumbent barangay heads who are leaving positions after the barangay elections should have the short certificate of registration duly accomplished in favor of their successors while reelected ones must renew their licenses.

Nueva Ecija gov opposes Cabanatuan City’s HUC bid

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CABANATUAN CITY, Nov. 8 (PNA) -– Governor Aurelio Matias Umali is opposing the city’s bid for a highly urbanized city (HUC) status, saying it is not yet ready for a change in status.

“I am against its bid to become a highly urbanized city,” Umali said in response to the early HUC bid of the city under Mayor Julius Cesar “Jay” Vergara.

“I think that as of now, Cabanatuan cannot still stand on its own that’s why we are against its conversion into a HUC,” Umali said, adding that he was never consulted by the mayor about this move.

Umali, however, would not specifically state whether he would wage a campaign against the city’s bid to attain HUC in the manner that the Josons did in 1997 when the issue was presented to the city’s residents in a plebiscite called for the purpose.

The governor regards Cabanatuan as still very much a part of Nueva Ecija, which is its “Big Brother.”

In the 1997 plebiscite convoked by the Commission on Elections called for by President Fidel V. Ramos in Proclamation No. 969, dated Feb. 13, 1997, the anti-HUC votes prevailed.

Once the city gains HUC status, the city’s voters – numbering about 200,000 – will no longer vote for governor and other provincial officials in succeeding elections and shall be independent from the province where resolutions and ordinances approved by the city’s Sanggunian would no longer be presented to the provincial SP for review.

The city would have its own representative in congress.

Mayor Vergara earlier stated, “We have had enough politics for the past 60 years. We are the first municipality in Central Luzon to have gained city status, but we still dwell in the cellar of inactivity. It is about time we get down to thinking about raising the economic stature of Cabanatuan. All these we can do by being independent, free from political interference of self-serving politicians who treat us as pawns for their political pursuits instead of as partners for growth, progress and development.”

“If we push for either having a lone congressional district, or an HUC status, we get to have congressional representation and for which the priority development assistance funds or ‘pork barrel,’ that go with it would surely go a long way towards maximizing economic development and over-all growth not only in Cabanatuan but spread throughout Nueva Ecija,” the mayor rationalized.

He also said he will present the matter of the city’s status to the city’s inhabitants in public consultations such as this present seminar conference. (PNA)
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Source:  www.allvoices.com

Nearly entire Nueva Ecija affected by floods

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Nueva Ecija stands out among the provinces of Central Luzon as suffering the worst flooding from the relentless rainfall brought by typhoon "Pepeng," according to information from the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council.

The RDCC reported that as of 7:30 a.m. Sunday, 28 of Nueva Ecija's 32 towns - or 87 percent - are submerged in floods.

Mapping by GMA News Research

A closer study of the map will show that although the flooding in Nueva Ecija is not as deep as in adjacent towns such as La Paz in Tarlac province (the deepest so far at 4-5 feet), it remains the most extensive among the Central Luzon provinces.

Those in light green are towns with "affected" populations - still flooded but less than 1-foot deep. (See the map inset that contains color legends.)

Among the deepest floods are in Cuyapo town, Nueva Ecija, which is adjacent to Pangasinan and suffers the same overflow of the Agno River due to the release of water from the San Roque dam.