CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, PALO, Leyte- At about 10:50 pm of April 7, 2019, personnel of Javier Municipal Police Station (MPS) received a report from a concerned citizen that a shooting incident transpired at Barangay Binulho, Javier, Leyte.
Immediately, elements of Javier MPS led by PSMS Roan Ramos responded to the area and discovered the dead body of the victim, identified as Norlito Naraja,50, with a live-in partner, jobless and a resident of the said village, lying on his back with a note “Huwag Tularan, Tulak Yan! Ikaw Ang Susunod!” with one piece white transparent plastic sachet containing of white crystalline substance attached to the paper.
An interview conducted to one Jay-Ar Tormento said that he and the victim were having a drinking spree prior to the incident.
According to him, the victim went outside to urinate and later heard four gunshots and when he came out to check, he saw the victim lying on ground with a gunshot wounds on his body.
Inquiry to other witnesses disclosed that they saw a single motorcycle, with red and white color combination, being driven by unidentified person wearing a mask who hurriedly left the scene heading towards the direction of Poblacion, Javier, Leyte.
Elements of Javier MPS requested members of the Scene of the Crime Operatives for crime scene processing and immediately coordinated with adjacent MPS to conduct dragnet operation for the possible arrest of the suspect. (PR)

To ensure safety of the participating delegations

TACLOBAN CITY- The Philippine National Police regional headquarter deployed 246 policemen at the various venues of the ongoing Eastern Visayas Regional Athletic Association (EVRAA) Meet in Ormoc City.
This was disclosed by Police Brigadier General Dionardo Carlos, police regional director, who said that the deployment of additional police force is meant to ensure the safety and security of the participating delegations.
The regional sporting event, which opened on Sunday (April 7) and to end on the 12th, is participated by close to 10,000 young athletes and their trainers and coaches coming from the 13 school division of the region.
According to Carlos, the augmented force were deployed in the 27 playing venues and 13 billeting areas around the city to provide security to the athletes and to all its visitors.
On top of the police augmented force, the Philippine Army and other force multipliers deployed about 542 personnel to further strengthen the security around the city.
“Stringent security is all set for the success of EVRAA 2019,” Carlos, who attended the opening of the said sporting event, said.
Carlos also encouraged the public and all the participants to report any unusual activity and/or suspicious person that may cause disorder of the event.
(LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)

NAVAL, Biliran- The Biliran Communicators Network (BilComNet) in coordination with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) – Biliran Provincial Information Center conducted its first ever training-workshop on basic journalism on February 27 , 2019 at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)- Biliran District Engineering Office (DEO).
About 50 BilComNet participants attended the said training eager to learn on basic journalism that will be useful in their information dissemination job.
BilComNet is composed of information officers (IOs) from government and private offices, media practitioners and community development information officers (CDIO) from 13 municipalities in the province of Biliran.
According to Dionisio Oliva, BilComNet president, the purpose of the workshop is to improve one’s technical capabilities.
“This workshop endeavors to give us a better tool on how we put across the message from our agencies to the people we serve,” said Oliva.
“This is a good opportunity for all of us and take advantage of it and hopefully this will provide us the strength and insight personally as member of the BilComNet, professionally as information officers or the like in your agencies and with patriotism as we strive to do better in our jobs for the benefit of majority of us Biliranons,” he added.
Ninfa Illuminada Quirante, PIA-8 regional editor and Alicia E. Nicart, PIA-8 assistant regional head, were invited as resource speakers for the workshop.
In the morning, Quirante gave lecture on news and feature writing and photo journalism. She briefly discussed on the elements of news, picture captioning, grammatical structure, news gathering and tips in writing a good news article.
“In writing a news article, first write all the facts, know your readers and answer all the questions which are unanswered then add facts,” Quirante said.
“Make it accurate and simple,” she added. After her lecture, a workshop on news writing was conducted.
Based from the submitted news articles from the participants, Quirante chooses the best “lead”. The lead is the opening statement of the first paragraph of the news article.
Among the participants, Quirante rewarded Felix Carcellar, CDIO of Kawayan, Biliran for having the best lead.
She also recognized participants who submitted a good news articles. Before the morning session ended, Judith O. Precato, Junior Analyst of SSS Ormoc Branch, presented their agency’s programs and updates.
In the afternoon, Nicart conducted a lecture on media ethics and responsibilities.
According to her, media ethics creates guidelines for journalists to follow and helps maintain a sense of equality. The lecture on media ethics draws lots of questions from the participants which make the discussion interesting.
The one-day training workshop ended with the distribution of certificates and pictorials of the participants with the resource speakers. (PR)