Wake-uppers:
Seen: Benjie Oliva on CPG: President
Carlos P. Garcia (CPG) has been my inspiration in pursuing my career in
government with utmost integrity, excellence and performance starting as a
casual employee of the provincial government of Bohol to National Youth
Commission (NYC) Commissioner and currently as Cooperative Development
Authority (CDA) Administrator. His virtues and brand of leadership has been my
guide that honed me as a better public servant and a better Boholano. His
principle and his being a nationalist has been my direction in d formulation of
policies and development programs. How I wish I could follow his footsteps in
politics.
Scene: World Wildlife
Fund for Nature (WWF), the world’s largest conservation organization, named
lawyer Ingemar Macarine aka Pinoy Aquaman as one of its three environmental
“heroes” this year for “pioneering solo channel swimming in the Philippines to
promote marine conservation.”
Scene: Ramon Einstein Acuña on the
‘”no show” of James Reid and Nadine Lustre (JaDine) in Bohol: Inuulit ko pong humihingi ako ng kapatawaran
sa Viva, sa Vantage International Bohol, kina James Reid at Nadine Lustre, sa
mga taga suporta ng 'JaDine' at sa lahat ng taong naloko ko sa ginawa kong
panlilinlang. Lahat ng bumili ng tikets para sa 'big event' ay bibigyan ko po
ng refund.
Benjie Oliva with Rep. Leni Robredo at the Tagbilaran Airport. Robredo was the guest of honor during the 119th birth anniversary of Pres. Carlos P. Garcia on Nov. 4. Contributed Photo |
Scene: Bohol police were able
to execute 26 search warrants, nabbed 53 personalities, recovered two high
powered firearms and seized 355 grams of shabu with an estimated street value
of about P4.2 million in its “One-Time-Big-Time Anti-Criminality Campaign
(OTBT),” a provincewide operations against drug personalities, syndicated
criminal gangs and wanted criminals on Nov. 5-6. To capture 50 personalities
was also the “gift” of police chiefs to PSSupt. Dennis Agustin who celebrated
his 50th birthday on Nov. 5, said Supt. Nicomedes Olaivar, head of the
provincial Public Safety Company.
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Bohol-Buhol at
Artologist Gallery
The Artologist Gallery will
present an art exhibit entitled “Bohol-Buhol” on Nov. 10.
Featured artists
include Boggs Castro, Rhants Anunciado, Eric Catot, Edgar Cornito, Jhacky
Curambao, Roi Ferre, Irish Glori Galon, Joey Labrador, Glenn Lumantao, Henri
Cainglet, Sam Penaso, Rico Tompong, Jeff Sisican, Melbourne Aquino, Chrisylli
ibaya, Daisy Daqs, Elvin Vitor, Gay Bernaldez, Geovanni Abing, Gladys Bojo,
Glems Barte, Josefino Montano, Joselito Alipala, Joseph ingking, Lloyd Lusica,
Lucell Larawan, Milagros Fullido, Polo Joeven, Sandra dela Serna, She Lee, Vida
Tirol- de Juan and Vincent Omar Daydayan.
The artists are a vibrant mix
of established and emerging artists who are natives of Bohol, some of whom are
still based in their hometown and some based in Manila. Their works showcase
the wealth of Boholano artistry spanning a healthy breadth of genres from
realist works that stress the island’s natural wonders, to abstractions that
have challenged the works of contemporary artists in the country and around the
world.
The Artologist Gallery is
located at 81 Xavier St. Xavier residences Unit 203, Greenhills San Juan
(across Xavier School).
Bohol-Buhol will run
from Nov. 10, ( 6 p.m.) to Nov. 20.
For details, contact 5460169/
09178403585.
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The recent incidents
of “laglag bala” (bullet dropping) or "tanim bala" (
bullet planting) scheme at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) is
quite alarming.
Cynthia Velasquez, 52, sealed
her luggage with a packaging tape at her home in Anda town before she went to Tagbilaran
Airport.
Cynthia Velasquez/Leo Udtohan |
“This is 100 percent safe,”
she said, gesturing toward her luggage, visibly secured by packaging tape on
the outside.
“They are indiscriminate in
choosing their victims,” said Velasquez, referring to the tanim-bala extortion ring. “Better safe than sorry,” she said.
But according to the PNP-Aviation Security Group, there is no reported “laglag-bala” incident in Tagbilaran Airport.
But according to the PNP-Aviation Security Group, there is no reported “laglag-bala” incident in Tagbilaran Airport.
Tagbilaran City is the main
gateway to the province.
Maria Glendale Ramos, Intel
Officer III, Civil Aviation Security Bureau in Tagbilaran said that screener
officers were also subject for a check-up before entering the airport.
“Our screeners undergo a
pat down and secondary screening to make it sure they don’t bring anything,”
said Ramos.
The “no touch policy” at
the Tagbilaran Airport was also strengthened to prevent such incident. Screeners are not allowed to handle or touch baggage to prevent any
incident of so-called planting of contraband or other illegal items on
passengers’ belongings.
Aside from these, Ramos said
that lists of prohibited items are posted inside and outside the airport to
warn passengers.
Closed-circuit televisions
(CCTVs) were installed in departure and arrival areas, airport lounges,
screening areas, and other key places in the passengers terminal, according to
Ramos.
No lag-lag bala at Tagbilaran Airport/Leo Udtohan |
Ramos said if anything
suspicious appears on the X-ray machine, police and a witness would be called
and the passenger would be the one to open his or her bag for checking.
If a bullet, or any banned
substance, is found, a police officer would conduct an investigation and
determine probable cause to file a case.
However, she said that although there were no reported incidents of “laglag bala” at Tagbilaran Airport, but there were cases of passengers found with bullets.
“Passenger carrying a
bullet is not a new case,” she said.
She said, however, most of
these bullets were amulets or anting-anting. “Many people
believed that a bullet can be an amulet, that it has the power to protect its
owner from danger or harm,” she said.
In 2012, a passenger was
arrested for carrying bullets at the Tagbilaran Airport. Seven live
cartridges were found neatly packed and kept in the passenger’s bag when
screening officers found it on x-tray. The passenger could not offer a
satisfactory explanation or the necessary documents for carrying the
bullets. Passenger was immediately apprehended. A case was filed against
the passenger.
Carrying ammunition on a
plane is prohibited by law.
The incidence of bullets being
“planted” in the luggage of travelers is very scary and I am sure, you don’t
want to happen to you.
Tagbilaran Airport/Leo Udtohan |
Here are five tips to avoid
the tanim-bala racket: keep a close
eye on luggage and never allow strangers to handle these; close all zippers,
pockets of luggage and seal these; keep an eye on the luggage as it passes
through X-ray machines and metal detectors; quickly retrieve bags in the X-ray
machines; and never accept luggage from strangers.
Do not accept packages (padala/pasalubong) from anyone. If you accept any padala/pasalubong, check thoroughly its content even if it came from your relative and friends.
Do not accept packages (padala/pasalubong) from anyone. If you accept any padala/pasalubong, check thoroughly its content even if it came from your relative and friends.
In a Facebook post, the
Philippine Expats/OFW Blog Awards gave four tips on what to do when an airport
personnel accused a traveller of having a bullet in his or her luggage.
1. Don't agree to have your baggage opened. Ask for the airport police or a relative who can immediately call a lawyer for you. Don't also agree when airport personnel ask you to open the luggage yourself.
2. When airport police are present, ask them to open the bag and retrieve the bullet. If the bullet found in the luggage is not really yours, it won't have your fingerprint.
3. After the bullet is retrieved by authorities, ask them to do a fingerprint test.
4. If the result shows that no traces of your fingerprints were found in the bullet then you can file a case against the airport personnel including damages for lost time and inconvenience.
1. Don't agree to have your baggage opened. Ask for the airport police or a relative who can immediately call a lawyer for you. Don't also agree when airport personnel ask you to open the luggage yourself.
2. When airport police are present, ask them to open the bag and retrieve the bullet. If the bullet found in the luggage is not really yours, it won't have your fingerprint.
3. After the bullet is retrieved by authorities, ask them to do a fingerprint test.
4. If the result shows that no traces of your fingerprints were found in the bullet then you can file a case against the airport personnel including damages for lost time and inconvenience.
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