BY GLENDA TAYONA and RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
CAPIZ – Five high-value drug suspects were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Intongcan, Pontevedra town on Thursday, March 30.
They were couple Ermelio Jimenez, 48, and Gemma Jimenez, 58; Cyril Delos Santos, 38; Adrian Bauson, 46, all residents of Barangay Tanque, Roxas City; and Mary Grace Dela Cruz, 29, of Bantayan, Cebu.
“Si Ermelio Jimenez lang talaga ang subject namin pero noong nag-conduct kami ng buy-bust nakita namin, caught in action silang dalawa ni Delos Santos na gumagamit pa (illegal drugs),” said Police Major Leomindo Tayopon, chief of the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) of Capiz Police Provincial Office.
Joint operatives of the PDEU and Station Drug Enforcement Team of Pontevedra Municipal Police Station seized 24 sachets of suspected shabu weighing 120 grams and valued at around P816,000.
Also recovered were a .38 revolver with three ammunition, cellular phone, and P20,000 in buy-bust money.
The suspects were detained at the Pontevedra Municipal Police Station. They face charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
DSWD releases P40.8-M aid to oil spill victims in Caluya
BY IME SORNITO
ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 released P40.8 million in humanitarian assistance to oil spill-affected residents of Caluya, Antique as of March 29.
Here is the breakdown of the assistance:
* 8,300 family food packs worth P4,380,800
* non-food items (P189,150)
* financial assistance (P36,251,586)
Non-food items included 50 pairs of boots, 20 modular tents and 25 rolls of sakoline, said Claud Jan Marquez, focal person of DSWD-6’s Disaster Response and Management Division – Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center.
Financial assistance, meanwhile, included emergency cash transfer, cash-for-work and assistance to individuals in crisis situation (AICS).
Here is the breakdown of those who received cash aid from oil spill-affected areas:
* Barangay Alegria – 800 beneficiaries (P6,489,600)
* Barangay Semirara – 1,732 beneficiaries (P12,997,452)
* Barangay Sibolo – 151 beneficiaries (P774,696)
* Barangay Tinogboc – 924 beneficiaries (P7,267,338)
For cash-for-work:
* Barangay Alegria – 293 beneficiaries (P1,968,750)
* Barangay Semirara – 375 beneficiaries (P2,529,000)
* Barangay Tinogboc – 378 beneficiaries (P2,517,750)
For AICS:
* Barangay Semirara – 346 beneficiaries (P1,038,000)
* Barangay Sibolo – 148 beneficiaries (P444,000)
* Barangay Tinogboc – 75 beneficiaries (P225,000)
Under the emergency cash transfer, each beneficiary were given P338 per day for 15 days, or a total of P5,070 each while for AICS, each beneficiary received P3,000.
DSWD-6 data showed 7,195 families or 27,145 persons from four barangays were affected by oil spill:
* Barangay Alegria – 901 families, or 3,713 persons
* Barangay Sibolo – 424 families, or 1,660 persons
* Barangay Semirara – 4,934 families, or 18,167 persons
* Barangay Tinogboc – 937 families, or 3,605 persons/PN
