Wake-uppers:
Seen: Several fans have claimed to have spotted
Korean pop star Sandara Park in Bohol province last week. According to VRS at Tagbilaran Airport, Park
arrived last Monday via Cebu Pacific.
She was seen opting for a more casual look and wore a cap, white, loose
shirt matched with light blue joggers. She
had two companions (elderly women) who told people not to take photos of Park,
according to VRS. Park, who left Bohol
on Tuesday morning, did not post any photos of her stay in the province on her
Instagram account. She did, however, share an aerial photo of Tagbilaran City
on Friday. The singer, considered to be
the main vocalist of 2NE1, left the group in 2010.
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Look:
Sandara Park spotted in Bohol last week.
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Scene: Days after winning a pageant, this model is
now suffering from hydrocephalus. According to VRS, he forgets people easily. “Well, I hope he will enjoy the
moment of glory because soonest the glitz will fade,” warns (the bitter?) VRS. Clue:
Latin for King.
Scene: Clarin Mayor Allen Ray Piezas was elected
president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines-Bohol Chapter.
Scene: The Pokemon fever continues in Bohol province. Tagbilaran is littered with a few
PokeStops (which are often
landmarks)--places that allow players to collect items such as eggs and more
Poke Balls. Pokestops are the anchor symbol of
PMI Colleges, Bohol Provincial Library, Cogon Shrine, Bohol Museum, Plaza Rizal
(the fountain and the statue of CPG), Garden Cafe, Knight of Columbus Statue on
K of C, Datoda Terminal and Island City Mall’s fountain. There are gyms for
fight – Bohol Tropics and St. Joseph Cathedral.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) issued warnings against
trending mobile game Pokémon Go. PNP said Pokemon Go fans must be alert while
playing the extremely popular mobile game. PNP's friendly reminders: Do not
play while driving, better to hunt Pokémon with companions, avoid dark areas as
much as possible, always be mindful of your surroundings, secure your carry-ons
while playing and don’t trespass; always ask owner’s permission of private
premises.
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With
little money left in his pocket, the controversial policeman SPO1 Adonis Delos
Amantes Dumpit left Cebu City for Bohol on Thursday night.
He
withdrew what money was left from his ATM account, P1,000---before going to
Cebu City Pier. On board a slow boat, he arrived in Tagbilaran City at around 4
a.m. Friday. At 10 a.m. he reported to Camp Francisco Dagohoy, headquarters of
the Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO), donning a complete police uniform,
to report to his new assignment.
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Controversial
policeman Adonis Delos Amantes
Dumpit: "I'm comfortable here in Bohol.' Leo Udtohan/Chronicle
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Dumpit,
a sharpshooter and multi-awarded policeman, was one of three policemen who were
transferred to Bohol Police Provincial Office (BPPO) on Friday. The two others
are SPO2 Ritchell Sala Tejano and PO3 Romeo Borinaga Batuhan. They were the
police escorts of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña.
They
were ordered relieved and transferred to Bohol. However, as of 5 p.m. Friday,
it was only Dumpit who reported to BPPO.
Police
Senior Inspector Basilides Ytol Balistoy, chief admin of the Human
Resource and Doctrine Development (HRDD) of BPPO, confirmed Dumpit’s arrival
in his office.
“He
is welcome here,” said Balistoy.
He
said, however, they will have a meeting to where Dumpit will be assigned.
“For the meantime, Dumpit will report at the BPPO,” he said.
Dumpit,
53, was relieved from the Firearms Explosives Security Agencies and Guard
Supervisory Section (FESAGSS) of the Regional Operations and
Plans Division and reassigned to Bohol Police Provincial Office.
Dumpit
said he didn’t expect to be transferred to Bohol.
“I
don’t have a choice. Whatever will be the instruction, where I will be
assigned, I am willing to accept,” he said.
He
said he didn’t worry he was transferred to Bohol.
“I am comfortable here. I am not worried but I am happy
I am assigned here in Bohol. People here are law-abiding citizens. In Bohol, if
you go to a house, they will invite you to eat. You can’t find that in Cebu,”
he said.
Bohol
is also close to his heart. Dumpit was assigned in Bilar town as a member of
the Regional Mobile Force from 1992 to 1994.
Asked
which unit he preferred to be assigned, Dumpit said he wanted his superiors to
put him in the field where he is effective.
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SPO1
Adonis Dumpit (with yours
truly and Jessa
Agua-Ylanan,
formerly of The Freeman)
who is now assigned in Bohol.
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“If
possible I don’t want to be assigned in office, anywhere I am willing to
accept,” he said. His last assignment before he was detained was at the
FESAGGS.
Dumpit,
who has no salary for two months after he resumed work, is trying to make ends
meet.
“I
have not received my salary for two months since I was released from jail. I
have debts,” he said.
During
interview, he received calls from his brother asking him if he reached Bohol.
Then, he was teary-eyed. He said he just missed his 83-year-old mother,
Liwayway, who is in Davao Oriental whom he met last June 6 after he was
released in jail. He also said he missed his 22-year-old son who is in
Cebu.
Dumpit
said he didn’t inform Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña of his new
assignment in Bohol.
“I
didn’t inform him but I know he knew I am now in Bohol because Mayor Tom is
intelligent,” he said, “But I will inform him this Sunday.”
Dumpit
was imprisoned for six years for shooting dead a 17-year-old suspected robber
in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City in 2004. He was released from the Leyte Regional
Prison in Abuyog town, Leyte last June after the Court of Appeals allowed him
to post P250,000 in bail pending resolution of his appeal because he had served
his minimum prison term of six years and he exhibited good behavior during his
incarceration.
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