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BY RUBY SILUBRICO
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
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ILOILO City – Chief Superintendent Jose Gentiles reminded police station chiefs to make themselves available for press interviews.
Responding to journalists is important, “especially kung may insidenteng nangyari,” the regional police director stressed.
Some reporters seeking follow-up information on the shooting of an Indian moneylender complained that Chief Inspector Herbert Ballego, Jaro police chief, was not answering calls to his mobile phone or acknowledging text messages.
The 34-year-old Rupinder Kaur Chahal of Barangay Buhang, Jaro was gunned down in a car accessories shop around 3 p.m. on Tuesday on Jalandoni Street, Barangay Our Lady of Fatima, also in Jaro.
“It is so unfortunate na ganoon pala ang attitude ng ating chief of police,” Gentiles said. “Police chiefs ang talagang may firsthand information kung may insidente sa area nila.”
He said he will issue a memo requiring all police station chiefs and city and provincial police directors to make themselves available for press interviews all the time.
Those who will refuse will be investigated and slapped with appropriate sanctions, Gentiles warned.
“The media is our partner, so we have to accommodate their queries,” he said. “It is necessary to inform the public about incidents happening around.”/PN
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