Police gun down 2 Motortrade robbers

CRIME DOES NOT PAY
Ruel Publico lies lifeless on the ground after being shot at the head.

by Elvie Roman-Roa

IT was a productive week for the men of Precinct 1. Not only did they capture one of the masterminds in the Motortrade robbery, two of the suspects were killed when they tried to fight their police escort. But all these wouldn’t have happened if not for the information given by an anonymous tipster.
 

Killed by the police were Ruel Publico alias “Gagang,” 25 and Anderson Perez, 26. On the other hand, the police are holding in their custody Ruel Manidlangan, one of the two masterminds. The three are accused of robbing the Motortrade store in Cogon last Dec. 31 of P45,421.
 

A lead on their identities fell on the lap of Precinct 1 OIC Insp. Alvin Shevert Machete through an anonymous letter sent by Publico’s neighbor last Jan. 4. The letter specifically named the perpetrators and how they fled after robbing Motortrade by crossing the Anilao River to Cantalib.
 

A sketch map was attached to the letter pointing to Publico’s house at Purok Tondo, Bagong Buhay, this city. The tipster said he had always been suspicious about the suspects who seemed to be awash with cash despite being unemployed. He didn’t bare his identity for fear of his family’s safety.
 

Insp. Machete immediately acted on the tip which led to the arrests of Publico and Perez in Sto. Niño that afternoon. They were positively identified at Precinct 1 by Motortrade manager Rail Agner and credit collector Edwin Monares. During interrogation, the two identified their masterminds as Manidlangan and another one whose identity the police wouldn’t bare.
 

At 8:55 that night, the policemen brought the two to Dongol where one of the masterminds supposedly resides. They rode on a convoy of two vehicles. The first vehicle carried the suspects while Insp. Machete rode the second one. When they reached a sugarcane field however, Publico tried to grab SPO3 Tomas Serrano’s 9mm service firearm.
 

They struggled until the three fell off the open-type police vehicle. SPO3 Serrano was jumped from behind but he freed himself by elbowing Perez and giving him a head butt. Publico got the pistol and was about to shoot SPO3 Serrano but he was shot first by the cops in the second vehicle.
 

The suspects were rushed to Ormoc District Hospital but they were declared dead on arrival at past 9:00 pm. Taken from Publico and Perez during their arrest were two backpacks, each containing a loaded cal.38 revolver and hand grenade exactly as the letter sender wrote. One of them also had a 2” knife.
 

On Jan. 6, the police conducted an operation to arrest Manidlangan. He was nabbed noontime near his home in Danao. He was also armed with a cal.38 revolver for which he is charged for illegal possession of firearm. Insp. Machete said they found other evidences that would link them to the robbery at Cogon Family Bakeshop last Dec. 21.
(WLWE Jan. 3-9, 2011)

Tax Code defended from critics

by Felix N. Codilla III
COUNCILOR Ruben Capahi, chairman of the committee on ways and means admits that not all the provisions contained in the proposed 2011 Comprehensive Tax Code will be implemented this year. The City Council deferred passage of the Code to incorporate the suggestions they gathered from the public hearing, he said.

This development already disputes critics’ accusation that the administration is bent on passing the measure by hook or by crook and that the public hearing was only a moro-moro (for a show). On the contrary, it is the noisy critics who refuse to listen to the Council’s reasoning, Capahi adds.
 

One explanation is the fact that many of the rates charged by the local government unit (LGU) were last adjusted in 1992, ’97 and 2000, and need to be updated. An example is the P5 certification fee which is being raised to P20 when other LGUs are charging P50 for the same.
 

Citing also the same certification fee, Capahi said the proposed adjustment is 300% which critics are bloating when in fact the increase is negligible from P5 to P20. One participant at the public hearing insists that the LGU subsidize the rates as a form of social service.
 

Other increases like the 426.3% business tax to be imposed on fastfoods and restaurants from P190-P1,000 are one-time payments annually. Capahi points out that these increases are still miniscule compared to those charged by neighboring towns of Ormoc.
 

Capahi also defends the proposed water rate increase, saying the prevailing P3.50/m3 is not enough to maintain the chlorination and pumping process as well as the operations in general of Ormoc Waterworks and Sewerage Administration. Moreover, the proposed P7/m3 rate is still lower than the P15 and P17/m3 charged by Merida and Albuera towns, respectively.
 

Capahi is also dismayed that provisions of the Code that benefit taxpayers are not trumpeted like the 5% prompt payment discount and reduction of the amusement tax from 30% to 10%. Despite the deferment, there was no word of appreciation from those who demonized the Council as insensitive.
 

Even if the Code has been thoroughly scrutinized for more than a year, Capahi said they are willing to study it further because even members of their committee have their own suggestions. He did not specify however what provisions will be implemented this year and the next.
(WLWE Jan. 3-9, 2011)

'Payong-payong' is back at the food park

by Felix N. Codilla III

THE infamous payong-payong at the food park is back, this time with a wholesome image. Last Jan. 8,the  Ormoc Food Park Vendors Consumer Cooperative (OFPVENCCO) held a blessing for the “reopening” of the payong-payong area, named as such due to the umbrellas festooned at the tables.

The area was vacated last May because of the huge outstanding balances of beer vendors from their daily rent. The moniker payong-payong also earned a notorious reputation as a red light district. But the place has shed off this unsavory image with the takeover by OFPVENCCO of its operation.

OFPVENCCO Consultant Edwin Codilla said a set of guidelines in the tenants’ contract will assure that the place will maintain its wholesome atmosphere. Under the guidelines, ladies’ drinks and obscene behavior are prohibited. A 2:00 am curfew will also be observed. OFPVENCCO President Pacita T. Martinez assures they can police their own ranks.

The payong-payong also has a new look with 18 stalls that allow vendors to sell foodstuff like burgers, pizza, sizzling steaks, etc. (except barbecue). Asia Brewery Inc. donated tables and umbrellas to the stalls. Each stall is allowed only four tables but exceptions on this rule and on the curfew will be made during special occasions like the fiesta, Tugob festival and holidays.

Each stall is charged P25 a day whether it opens for business or not of which P20 is remitted to the local government unit (LGU) and the P5 goes to OFPVENCCO. The LGU and OFPVENCCO are expected to earn at least P129,600 and P32,400 respectively annually.
(WLWE Jan. 3-9, 2011)

Editorial: Ormoc needs the Tax Code

THE decision by the City Council last week to defer the passage of the proposed 2011 Comprehensive Revenue Code should not be misconstrued as an admission of fault by its members. On the contrary, the move is a manifestation of our councilors’ sensitivity to the people’s pulse.

It’s a given that any increase in taxes is an unpopular move, but that doesn’t make the Revenue Code anathema to public interest as what its critics succeeded in painting, no thanks to the publicity they generated in cooperation with media outlets identified with the opposition.
 

Though not perfect, the Revenue Code is a thoroughly studied and well-crafted piece of legislation. Still, it is open for improvements that were sought at the public hearing. While the procedure managed to solicit helpful inputs, some participants succeeded in drowning the Code’s well-meaning intentions by twisting facts to make it unpalatable to public opinion.
 

What was supposed to be a tool that would help keep Ormoc in its growth path has been politicized by personalities whose motives are highly dubious (they’re the same characters who contributed to discrediting the administration in the last election). And they just happen to be the noisiest at the public hearing which they ironically denounced as undemocratic.
 

Now that the Code’s implementation is deferred, you won’t hear them give credit to the Council for yielding to their wish. What is seen from them is an overbearing smugness for beating the Council to submission. The consultation process has been reduced into a propaganda war which they won – or so they thought.
 

Their plot to sabotage the Code is apparent by their unreasonable demands and shallow arguments like when they insisted that tax breaks provided by all Philippine laws be put in the Code even if it would be impossible to keep track of tax exemptions in all Republic Acts, Executive Orders and memorandum circulars of every government agency. This will also entail constant amendment of the Code whenever a tax exemption is repealed or newly enforced .
 

A position paper submitted by private sector leaders hinted that the policy environment in Ormoc is not conducive for business and economic activities, reason why many investors have bypassed the city in favor of Baybay. Now why does that sound familiar? Oh, it’s a rehashed election issue against the administration.
 

But let’s indulge them on their argument. By investors, they must be referring to the two oil mills and pulp plant in Baybay. Of course those industries will bypass Ormoc because copra and abaca are in abundance in Baybay. Whereas it’s sugarcane for Ormoc, reason why we have the country’s first bio-fuel plant here. But they didn’t they mention that.
 

We are constantly bombarded by the disinformation that Ormoc is not business-friendly, as if there is a synchronized effort to direct the people’s mindset to that direction, maybe to provide Richard Gomez an excuse for failing to fulfill his electoral promise of bringing big-ticket investments to Ormoc like Teletech.
 

It is every Ormocanon’s wish to see their place improve and keep up with bigger cities. What we don’t consider is the fact that residents pay bigger taxes in big cities. Now that Ormoc is growing at an unprecedented pace, the LGU needs more resources to respond to the expanding needs and new challenges brought about by progress.
 

Otherwise, it will be us Ormocanons who will bear the brunt of inadequate social services, aging infrastructure, public fiscal deficit and a breakdown in peace and order. It’s as simple as that. No need to wrack our brains on unreasonable demands and shallow arguments.

(Jan. 3-9, 2011)

Why the Church is against family planning

(From the column "Eureka!" of Dr. Sydney Shahid)

WHY is the Catholic Church so adamantly opposed to any scientific method that ensures proper birth control? Why has the Catholic Church stubbornly maintained its ridiculous position against family planning during the last 64 years? Why has the Catholic Church been so opposed to birth control in spite of all the available scientific data clearly showing the dangerous consequences of large families on the physical, mental and spiritual health of parents and children?
 

The more logical question is, why does the Catholic Church provide all the irrational, unhealthy, unscientific, ignominious and ridiculous excuses to support their vague and baseless arguments against any family planning based on scientific methods of contraception?
 

The answer lies on the Pope’s stand on papal infallibility (ultramontanism).
 

Stephen D. Munford, PHD, president of the Center for Research on Population and Security, Chapel Hill, North Carolina wrote in his article “Why the Church Can’t Change:
 

“Hans Kung, the renowned Swiss Catholic theologian, best summed up the problem of Catholic Church accounting against contraception when he said, ‘It is not possible to solve the problem of contraception until we solve the problem of infallibility.’”
 

In his book, “How the Pope Became Infallible,” Catholic historian Bernhard Hasler describes in great detail what Küng meant: Hasler wrote: “For more than a millennium, the Vatican had possessed temporal power which ensured its survival. With the loss of the Papal States in 1870, it appeared all but certain that a strong Papacy would simply disappear. The Vatican urgently needed a new source of power. Papacy needed a group of conservative and influential leaders including Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) who came up with a brilliant idea for a new source: ‘an infallible pope.’”
 

What is infallibility of the pope? According to Catholic dogma, the pope is God’s representative on earth and God guides him as he cares for His flock. When the pope formulates a doctrine, he is simply transmitting this dogma on God’s behalf. Therefore, the teaching cannot be in error. Thus, the pope’s teachings are absolute, final and infallible. Such an arrangement placed enormous control and power in the hands of the pope. (To be continued next issue)

(WLWE Jan. 3-9, 2011)

Let me share this

(Hard Punch column of Mr. Mario Serato)

AS we prepare to face this New Year, we always promise ourselves improvements, if not change, for the better. I’m sharing with you some of the articles I find useful in this world where we have to cope with a lot of toxic elements that are not of our own making but we are compelled to deal with. This would be my gift to the loyal followers of my column in this paper. This article, “Harnessing good stress,” is from MSNBC:

“Stress is not always a bad thing — it’s what you do with it that’s key. Here are some ways to avoid the pitfalls of pressure overload:
 

· Think of the glass as half full. We can’t make stress go away but we can change how our brains react to it. An optimistic look at life can give more of a feeling of personal control and help limit the elevation of stress hormones.
 

· Focus on the task at hand. An unexpected deadline at work or home can give a burst of hormone-related energy, but don’t feel you have to do everything at once. If you feel overwhelmed, say no to taking on more tasks.
 

· Fight the urge to be a superman or wonder woman. You’re not perfect, so don’t expect it from others. Prioritize and be realistic about work deadlines. Don’t hesitate to ask for help.
 

· Exercise. Regular, moderate exercise helps make your body more resistant to the negative effects of psychological stress.
 

· Meditate. Try to think of pleasant moments or nothing at all. Just 10-20 minutes of quiet time can relax you and increase your tolerance to chronic stress.
 

· Be alert to stress clues. Frequent colds, cold sores, backaches, headaches, difficulty thinking clearly, irritability or insomnia are signals that your body and immune system are suffering from too much stress.”
 

To those who, like me, have so many things to do and so little time to do it, sleep is a luxury. This reminder to myself may be useful to others, too.
 

Six reasons you need a good night’s rest:
 

1. It maintains a strong immune system. Sleep deprivation compromises immune function and makes you more vulnerable to disease.
 

2. It slows aging. Too little sleep elevates levels of stress hormones and lowers levels of growth hormone necessary for cell repair. In one study, young, healthy sleep-deprived subjects had the hormonal profiles of much older people.
 

3. It prevents diabetes. Sleeplessness increases insulin resistance, a precursor to type 2 diabetes.
 

4. It keeps you slim. When you’re sleep deprived, you have more of the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin in your blood and less appetite-curbing leptin, a combo that leaves you longing for junk food.
 

5. It helps maintain a sharp memory. Even one sleepless night impairs concentration and memory and can affect job performance.
 

6. It can make you happier. Insomniacs face a higher risk of depression, alcoholism and suicide.
May we be able to sleep better on 2011.

(WLWE Jan. 3-9, 2011)

Medina inaugurates new Isabel terminal

by Felix N. Codilla III

MAYOR Jun Medina led the inauguration of the new land transport integrated terminal last Jan. 8 in Isabel town. The terminal sits on a 1.4-hectare land at the highway in Sto. Niño, less than a kilometer from the poblacion. Contractor Rex E. Morales took 12 months to finish the project.

The terminal was built at a cost of P34 million through a 15-year loan obtained from Development Bank of the Phils. at 4.8-7% (variable) interest depending on market rates. It accommodates all forms public utility vehicles (PUV) in Isabel like buses, multicabs and tricycles.
 

The terminal is complete with amenities like an administration building, passengers’ lounge, two comfort room buildings and 42 commercial stalls that have all been reserved. Terminal Supervisor Manuel M. Enmil Jr. identifies some of the tenants as a travel and tours office, three Internet shops, four feedstock stores, six eateries, two meat shops, computer store, lotto outlet, computer repair shop, etc.
 

Mayor Medina hopes the terminal, being the show window of their “humble but ambitious town,” will leave a lasting impression to tourists along with their decent lodging places. Waiting for PUVs is no longer stressful and irritating, while law enforcers are present to secure the passengers’ safety, he said.
 

Mayor Medina is hopeful the commercial component of the terminal will trigger new economic activities that would result to more employment opportunities. He also hopes tourist buses will make Isabel their endpoint of inter-island travel so that drivers will spend their days off in Isabel.
(WLWE Jan. 3-9, 2011)

Acetylene Gang still in jail despite bailable case

by Elvie Roman-Roa
THE lawyer of the Igorot Acetylene Gang, Atty. Julius Calumnag, arrived from Mt. Province to post bail on its members who were caught breaking into Cebu Gold Pawnshop last Christmas. All eight suspects are charged of frustrated robbery which is bailable at P24,000 for each suspect.

But the suspects remain in jail as the police wants to make sure there are no other cases filed against them in other places. So far, Precinct 1 received only one feedback from the National Bureau of Investigation. Suspect Elvis Lawig has a pending case of theft at RTC Branch 6 in Baguio.
 

He also has four criminal records namely two cases of illegal possession of deadly weapon in Mt. Province filed in July 12 and 16, 1982 and he was sentenced for robbery with violence and intimidation in Feb. 11, 1991. It is not yet clear if he has already made time for these offenses.

(WLWE Jan. 3-9, 2011)

Goodbye 2010, welcome 2011

(Column ni Mr. Lungsoranon)

ISIP Lungsuranon ug yanong magbubuhis, sulayan ko paglingi bisan sa makadiyot ang tuig 2010, pamasinm nga duna tay mahagpat, maayo man o dautan, aron atong mahisgutan ug ikapaambit sa atong mga binating lungsoranon. Dunay panultihon sa Tagalog nga nagkanayon: “ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa patutunguhan.”

Unsa ba ang mga dagku ug mga maayong panghitabo sa atong dakbayan sa bag-ong migikan nga tuig 2010? Ang pagkahuman sa bag-ong City Hall ug pagbalhin sa serbisyo sa Gobyerno Lokal gikan sa karaang city hall nganhi sa hamugaway ug modernong Balay Lungsod.

Ang malampusong pagladlad sa mga dagkong tubo sa tubig gikan sa city proper ngadto sa utlanan sa Merida, Kananga ug ang padulong sa Albuera ana-a sa Brgy. Ipil.
 

Ang pagtudlo og dugang mga doktor, nars ug comadrona sa mga 3-in-1 building sa syudad aron ang serbisyo sa maayong panglawas moabut ngadto sa kinahilitang dapit sa atong dakbayan.
 

Ang malampusong pakig-alayon sa Gobyerno Lokal sa Departamento sa Edukasyon nga miresulta sa pagpamarug sa mga tag-dos andanas nga school building.
 

Ang sinserong tinguha sa pagtabang sa mga igsoon tang Ormocanon nga desididong mopadayon pag-eskuwela bisan may edad na pinaagi sa pagbukas og mga tunghaan para kanila pinaagi sa Alternative Learning System. Padayon ang pagtabang nga ang night school sa New Ormoc National High School magmalampuson.
 

Ang pagkural sa mga tunghaan sa mga barangay.
 

Maantigo ug suhito na ang atong mag-uuma sa protected vegetable farming, greenhouse ug ubang modernong sistema tungod kay may suwerte kita nga ang Ormoc gihimong pilot area sa Visayas State University sa mga binag-ong paagi sa pananum ug paghatag kanato og mga bag-ong variety sa humay, mais ug utanon.
 

Ang pagtukod og freshwater fish hatchery and nursing project anha sa Integrated Agri-fisheries Demo Farm, slaughterhouse complex sa Macabug aron pagtubag sa kakulang sa supply sa isda. Maoy tinguha sa Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources nga hatagan ang mga igsoon ta sa Ormoc nga dunay fishpond og mga tilapia ug pongaseus fingerlings pamasin nga kini makatabang sa ilang inadlaw nga panudl-an u gang sobra niini makapono sa ilang kita.
 

Kun duna may makalipay sa mga panghitabo sa 2010, aduna usay makapasubo ug makapa-iknat sa kilay. Ang sunod-sunod nga holdap ug tulis nga nanghitabo sa atong pinanggang dakbayan, ang yano nga panglabni sa mga cellphone ug bag sa maglakaw tang mga igsoon sa adlaw nga dako.
 

Hinoon, salamat na lang nga 99% sa maong gma hitabo nasulbad sa atong kapulisan. Ngadto kang Direktor Nilo Donayre, hepe sa tulo ka presinto: PP1, PP2 ug PP3: Insp. Shevert Alvin L. Machete, Insp. Mark Nalda ug Insp. Harris Rebato, dawata ang among kinasingkasing pahalipay. Ipadayon ang inyong maayong trabaho.
 

Laing kadaugan sa atong kapulisan sa ilang pakig-gubat batok sa krimen mao ang pagdakop sa walo ka sakop sa Igorot Acetylene Gang nga ang mga sakop niini gikan sa nagkalain-laing dapit sa Luzon. Ato usab panghinauton nga ang pagsulod sa tuig 2011 maghatag og dugang grasya ug kalamboan sa pinagga tang dakbayan.
 

Pangayoon usab nato sa City Director, sa mga hepe sa tulo ka presinto nga ilang limpyohan ang ilang mga presinto sa mga pulis nga gikan sa ubang munisipyo nga scalawags, dunay binuhi nga mga drug addict, kawatan, holdaper ug mga akyat bahay. Ang inyong liderato masulayan kun unsa ka kasinsero ug kadeterminado pagtuman sa katungdanan.
 

Hangtod sa sunod semana, salamat.

(WLWE Jan. 3-9, 2011)

Nalapsaw na ang pagbati

Dear Ruby,

Ako si Bebot, dunay koy kapuyo. Medyo sayo pa ko nasulod sa usa ka sersoyo nga realsyon, 20-anyos pa lang ko adto mao nga makaingon ko nga linghod pa ko adtong panahuna. Pero sulod sa 13 ka tuig sa among relasyon, maayo man ang among pamuyo. 

Naa mi duha ka anak, usa ka 12-anyos nga babaye ug 8-anyos nga lalaki. Wala pa mi nakasal tungod sa pinansyal nga problema. Nagkasabot mi nga magpakasal na unta sa sunod tuig kay medyo nakatigom naman mi. Pero karon nagkaproblema ko kay sa dili nako ma-esplikar nga rason, mura’g nalapsaw ang akong pagbati ngadto sa akong kapuyo. Nagduha-duha ko nga ipadayon na ang akong pagpakasal ka niya.

Ingon man gud Rub, naa koy nagustohan nga laing babaye, silingan ni sya sa kauban nako sa trabaho. Ganahan gyud ko niya apan minyo na pod sya ug nay tulo ka mga anak. Nagkagusto gyud ko pagmaayo niya mao nga pirmi ko muadto sa balay sa akong kauban aron lang makakita ko niya mao nga akong nasayran nga nagkaproblema sila karon sa ilang pamilya.

Ang akong gikalibgan karon mao ni: unsa man, ipadayon pa ba nako ang akong pagpakasal sa akong kapuyo nga nalapsaw naman ang akong pagbati ka niya? Unya, ipaporsiger ba nako ang akong plano nga panguyaban kining laing babaye? Kay kahibalo gyud ko nga kung ako siyang tingohaon dili gyud ko mapakyas sa iya. Hatage ko’g tambag be. Salamat.

                                                                                                                                      Bebot

Hello Bebot,

Sa imong gihatag nga sitwasyon, wala man koy nakit-an nga problema kay una, ulitawo ka man apan naa kay kapuyo ug medyo dugay na mo unya naa na pod moy duha ka mga anak. Pero dunay kalibog karon sa imong kaugalingon kay ingon pa nimo nalapsaw na ang imong pagbati ngadto sa imong ka kapuyo mao nga dili na lang ka mupadayon sa inyong plano nga pagpakasal.

Para nako dili lalim ang 13 ka tuig nga panag-uban. Lawom na gyud nang inyong relasyon ug dali na mawala. Sa termino nga imong gigamit nga nalapsaw na, sayon ra na -- naa may daghang pampa-ispiso karon, pili lang ka. Naa ra na sa imo kung ikaw gusto ba nimo nga pa-ispisohon og balik o paundayunan na lang nimo ang kalapsaw. Huna-huna-a baya nga naa na moy duha ka anak, dagko na. Ug nagdako sila nga kauban ka nila sa ilang kiliran. Kaya mo ba nga mubiya sa ila tungod lang anang imong gipasangil nga pagkalapsaw?

Ang imong asawa nagdahom nga matuman ang inyong kasal. Imagine, 13 ka tuig siya nimo nga gipahuwat kay walay budget, karon nga naa na basta-basta na lang nimo siyang i-disappoint kay naa kay nakit-ang lain? Maayo unta kanang lain walay kabilinggan sa kinabuhi.

Nganong tuyuan pa man nimo ang maguba ang inyong isig ka pamilya? Pag-focus sa imong kaugalingong pamilya. Sulbara nang imong kaugalingong problema sa pagkalapsaw. Dili ko motoo nga dili na ninyo masulbad kay sa ka dugay na ninyong panag-uban, daghan na mong problema nga naagian ug nasulbad nga nag-uban mo.

Sagdi tong problema sa pikas babaye sa iyang pamilya, wala kay labot ato nila. Unsay pagtoo nimo sa imong kaugalingon, lifeguard nga andam muluwas sa relasyon sa naay relasyon samtang ang imong kaugalingong relasyon dili nimo sulbaron? Ang pagtalikod sa problema dili maoy solusyon. Dili na kasulbaran nga imong biyaan ang usa ka problema pinaagi sa pagsulod sa mas labing dako na hinuon nga problema.

Pakig-istorya sa imong asawa. Sultihi siya kung unsay imong nakita nga kausaban sa imong asawa nga tengali maoy nakapalapsaw sa imong pagbati niya aron makahibaw siya. Sigurado ko willing niya nga ayohon para nimo. Hala sige, hatage ko’g feedback ha kung unsa nay dagan sa inyong relasyon ug kung asa man gyud imong gipili.

                                                                                                                                         Ate Ruby

Magtutudlo gikawatan sa iyang tinun-an

ni Dong Arañez

USA ka magtutudlo ang nangayo og ayuda sa kapulisan human gisakiyo ang iyang mga butang sa iyang kaugalingong estudyante niadtong Enero 6. Ang reklamante nailhan nga si Rogelio Basas, ulitawo, lumad nga taga-poblacion, Giporolos, Eastern Samar ug nagtudlo sa Eastern Visayas State University.

Samtang ang naglabot sa iyang mga gamit mao ang iyang tinun-an nga si Roy Boy Pangan, 19-anyos, ulitawo ug silingan ra usab niya sa Cogon, ning syudad diin nag-abang siya og balay. Sa detalye nga nakuha gikan sa kapulisan, nasayran nga nakit-an mismo sa duha ka mata ni Basas nga gikan ang iyang tinun-an sa iyang gipuy-an.

Dakong kahibulong niya hinungdan nga iyang gisusi ang balay ug nasuta nga wala ang ang iyang white gold nga kuwintas gibana-banang mokabat sa P50,000, lima ka botelya imported nga alak ug ingon man P1,000 nga salapi. Tungod niini, iyang gipaabot sa kapulisan pamasin nga makuha og balik ang iyang mga gamit ug kuwarta. 

(WLWE Jan. 3-9, 2011)