ORMOC CITY- The police here arrested a 35-year old man who was charged with homicide inside his house in Barangay Hibunaon on Thursday (January 19)
Inspector Rito Pallomino, chief of police station 2, identified the arrested suspect as Renato Beronilla who did not resist when the police served him the warrant of arrest issued by judge Girlie Borrel-Yu of Regional Trial Court- Branch 35 that was issued on January 16, 2017.
Beronilla faces murder in relation to section 12 of Republic Act 10586 otherwise known as An Act Penalizing Persons Driving under the Influence of Alcohol, Dangerous Drugs, and Similar Substances, and for Other Purposes.
Pallomino added that the suspect was drunk when he got involved in a vehicular accident in Barangay Luna sometime in September last year that caused the death of another single motorcycle driver.
He is currently detained at the station while his family prepares for a surety bond worth P30,000.
(ELVIE ROMAN ROA)
Man arrested for homicide thru reckless driving
Hot lumbers seized in Northern Samar town
CATUBIG, Northern Samar- More than 2,640 board feet of illegally cut lumber of various species were recovered by the police this town.
The forest products recovered by the members of the police operatives of this town headed by station chief, Senior Inspector Gary Nee Tungala, were found near Irawan Bridge on Tuesday (January 17).
The sawn lumbers were valued at P79,365.
The anti-illegal logging operation was launched acting on a tip coming from an informant on that same day.
“Confiscated lumbers were turned over to CENRO-Pambujan Office for custody and proper disposition. However, owners of said confiscated forest products amid nationwide ban on illegal logging are still unknown as of the moment,”Tungala said in a press statement.
Police provincial director, S/Supt.Ceasar Tannagan, solicited the public’s cooperation by giving information to the police for any omission of forestry laws in order to protect and conserve the environment. (PR)
Farmer Ruperto Alesna
14 mayors no show during Digong’s meeting
TACLOBAN CITY- The regional office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported that 14 mayors from the region did not attend the meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday(Jan.11).
Of the 14 mayors, six of them were from Leyte; two from Samar; three from Southern Leyte and one each from Biliran, Northern Samar and Eastern Samar.
Pia Monina Lovete, chief of the local government monitoring and evaluation division of the DILG-8, said that all the 143 city and town mayors of the region were given an invitation to attend the Malacañang meeting course through their office.
“As far as our office is concerned, all the city and municipal mayors were invited and confirmed their attendance,” she said.
Asked if these 14 mayors who failed to attend the Malacañang meeting would be asked to explain for their absence, Lovete could not ascertain.
“I am not really sure but it was just an invitation…” she said whose department was among those in charge on this matter.
The invite was signed by DILG Undersecretary Austere Panadero.
Among those who failed to attend was Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez who was scheduled to leave for London, Lovete said.
Also absent from the gathering were Palo Mayor Remedios Petilla; Hindang Mayor Betty Cabal; Isabel Mayor Marcos Cerillo; Tunga Mayor Amando Aumento Sr. and MacArthur Mayor Rene Leria, all in Leyte.
From Samar, Mayors Ananias Rebato of San Jose de Buan and Leonilo Costelo of Talalora were also no show during the meeting as well as Mayor Dominador Agajan of Almeria.
In Southern Leyte the mayors of Hinundayan (Evelyn Lee), Malitbog (Alan Go) and Tomas Oppus (Agustin Escaño) were not also around in the meeting.
In Eastern Samar, the mayor of Gen. MacArthur, Jaime Ty was absent as well as Mayor Isidro Bandal of Capul, Northern Samar.
Meantime, Barugo, Leyte Mayor Ma. Rosario Avestruz, who attended the gathering, said that Pres. Duterte asked them to help his all-out war against the proliferation of the illegal drugs.
“Actually, I am supportive of his campaign against the illegal drugs and with his (latest order), I will further intensify our war against illegal drugs,” she said.
But she stressed that while she will intensify the campaign, she would make sure it would “possibly save lives.”
Avestruz was apparently alluding to killing incidents that have attended the brutal campaign of the Duterte’s administration on the illegal drugs.
Dolphin rescued in Eastern Samar town
Photo courtesy Salcedo Municipal Police.
TACLOBAN CITY- A wounded dolphin was rescued on Wednesday (Jan.11) off the coast of a village in Salcedo town, Eastern Samar.
The dolphin, measuring over one meter in length and 29 in diameter, was seen floating about 6 am near the wharf of Barangay Butig, three kms away from the town proper, said Chief Inspector Emerson Badilla, police chief.
According to Badilla, the dolphin was first seen by the fishermen of the village around 6 am with wounds on its fins, face and some parts of its body.
“They first tied the dolphin so it would not hit some hard objects floating in the waters and they then called the MENRO(Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office) to help them rescue the wounded dolphin,” Badilla, in an interview, said.
Danilo Duran, head of MENRO, in turn, called up the office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources located in Guiuan town for assistance with the help of the local police.
A motor boat was used to bring the dolphin, which was visibly weak, to the wharf so it could be treated of its wounds, Badilla said.
It was not clear what caused the injuries of the dolphin.
The waters of Butig is facing the Leyte Gulf, it was learned.
“Perhaps the dolphin, which has injuries, was just carried away by the currents. It was the first time that such animal found its way to the village,” Badilla said.
The dolphin was later released back to the waters after it was treated of its injuries. (JOEY A. GABIETA)
50 women receive sewing machines from Mayor Romualdez
TACLOBAN CITY- About 50 women from various barangays of the city each received one unit electric sewing machine donated to them by the city government through Mayor Cristina Romualdez.
The sewing machines will serve as a source of livelihood for these beneficiaries who are all survivors of the supertyphoon “Yolanda,” Mayor Romualdez said.
Mayor Romualdez led the turnover of the sewing machine units together with Bernadeth Navarra, Leyte north field office head of the Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE) and Mely Cruz, head of the Public Employment Service Office last January 12 held at the lobby of the City Hall.
“Alagaan niyo ini nga mga sewing machine dako ini nga bulig ha iyo,” Mayor Romualdez said in her talk, addressed to the beneficiaries.
The city chief executive likewise thanked DOLE for the support and assistance they extended to the city government in helping the people regain their livelihood after Yolanda’s onslaught three years ago.
“Salamat Mayor Kring & DOLE for picking me as one lucky recipients, now I can give the needs and support my students,” Flor Sudario of Barangay 77, Fatima Village, said. (GAY B.GASPAY-TISAT/Kanhuraw Media Team / PHOTOS: TIM CANES)