OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017


METROPOST 2 NEWS and UPDATES


Three suspects accused of violating RA 9165 otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 were sentenced to suffer stiff prison terms by Regional Trial Court Branch 34 Judge Rosendo Bandal, Jr. during promulgation Thursday.


Drug suspects convicted


Alfredo Ventula, and Philip Desales, after finding them guilty of committing such crimes. Mostaril hails from Zamboanga City, migrated to Dumaguete


to sell pirated DVDs and CDs, Cialis, Viagra and watches, among others, and that one of his customers for Viagra and Cialis had complained to the police for defrauding him on August 23, 2011.


bought from Mostaril one box of Cialis, but when he opened it, the box contained peanuts. A follow-up operation the following day resulted to the arrest of Mostaril at the Rizal Boulevard in Dumaguete City and as a standard operating procedure Mostaril was bodily searched, which resulted in the recovery of three matches of marijuana leaves and rolling papers from his pockets. He was sentenced to a maximum of 14 years and fined P400,000 for the three match boxes of marijuana leaves found in his possession. Meanwhile, Ventula was meted with a stiff prison term of


with Section 5 for selling shabu because the crime was not consummated, when he noticed he was transacting with undercover operatives. However, he was subdued when he tried to run and operatives recovered from his possession one plastic sachet of shabu, supposed to be the subject of the buy bust operation. He was sentenced to suffer an imprisonment of a 12 years


and one day to a maximum of 14 years and fined P400,000. (Juancho Gallarde/PNA)


MACIAS....FROM P. 1


Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital (NOPH). According to Macias, after the government set the price ceiling for medicines, no supplier dared to participate in the bidding with DOH-imposed prices and so a failure of bidding was declared.


having implemented a consignment program for medicines.


life imprisonment and an additional of 14 years maximum for pushing and possession of illegal drugs, in a buy-bust operation October 22, 2011 in barangay Looc, plus a fine of P900,000. On the other hand, accused Desales could not be charged


According to the foreigner, John Hardy Cottingham, he


Officials of Barangay Tangulogan, Bais City, meet with Cong. Manuel Sagarbarria (center) during a consultative visit last week, along with Bais City Councilor Jed Goni (seated, right) (Photo by Elvira Alagao)


Judge: PDEA unfit for anti-drug drive


Trial Court Branch 34 Judge Rosendo Bandal, Jr. believes is was not a good idea to leave the anti-drugs campaign to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Admnistration (PDEA) because the job requires a lot of resources, personnel and intelligence operatives. With nine personnel in


Negros Oriental Regional


Negros Oriental in the anti- illegal drugs operations. Aside from lack of


personnel, they are also ill- equipped, they don’t have a photo copying machine, which is badly needed in the preparation of complaints as well as lack of vehicles. Several RTCs in the


As a result, Macias and some members of the Provincial Board visited the government-owned Vicente Sotto hospital in Cebu to learn from their experience


However, it was learned that the consignment program was stopped because of problems with Commission on Audit regulations. But the good news is the provincial government can purchase medicines directly from the Vicente Sotto hospital being a certified wholesaler of medicines. (Juancho Gallarde/PNA)


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24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25


not giving up meeting together, as some


the province, four of whom are office staff, Bandal said on Thursday it will embolden those subject personalities to ply their trade elsewhere, unless they are caught enflagrante delicto by police personnel.


He said the drug problem has become a menace to society, good if it will destroy only the lives of those concerned, Bandal pointed out. As a mother of all crimes, drug addiction will lead to other crimes including rape, robbery, hold up and even riding in tandem activities. Meanwhile, Investigation Agent 1 Jason Cabataña of PDEA Dumaguete admits a huge vacuum is happening in


province have noticed that they have not received additional drugs cases since PDEA took over the helm of the anti-drug campaign.


lead agency in the campaign, but the anti-drug enforcement units of every police station, including the Provincial Public Safety Company, the Provincial Intelligence Branch, the Special Operations Group, the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, the National Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, even the highway patrol group, the Maritime Police, were responsible for their commendable performance. (Juancho Gallarde/PNA)


Valencia roads cleared


The Municipality of Valencia has cleared and repaired the roads leading to Barangays Caidiocan, Malaunay, and Puhagan that were damaged due to heavy rains brought by Typhoon Paolo last week, with assistance from the Energy Development Corporation (EDC).


“The roads have already been passable to light vehicles since October 23. However, our Civil Works team estimats that complete road clearing and repair will take at least another nine working days,” said EDC Senior Manager Vicente D. Omandam. Although the company has already delivered relief packs to


its host communities last October 19 and 20, it is still evaluating the extent of the damage in its three host barangays, and in the projects of EDC’s assisted farmers’ associations. (EDC/P.R.)


Ever since PDEA was the


Cleft patients in Dumaguete have received assistance from Operation Smile Philippines (OSP) and employees of Smart Communications Inc. During the medical mission conducted by Operation Smile at Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital to treat cleft patients for free, sales and engineering employees of Smart helped in gathering patient information by using the OSP patient mapper app. Around 900 beneficiaries


Cleft patients get new look


have been treated, while more than 600 patients have been encoded in the mapper app this year. “Developed through the initiative of Smart, the OSP mapper app enables the user to securely store patient data, which is used by Operation Smile to generate a heat map of patients and efficiently plan succeeding missions. The app is available as a free download for Android and iOS devices,” said Smart Sales Manager Art Lamayo, Jr. Volunteering for a worthy


cause is part of being a Smart employee, said Lamayo. “It’s good to be able to


help other people, especially chi ldren,” Lamayo said, adding that it is also a good opportunity to get to know subscribers better. “It’s also connected to our work since some of the patients are also our subscribers,” he added. Lamayo likewise expressed appreciation for the app and encouraged other people to help Operation Smile get more patients by volunteering and using the program. “Volunteers may use it. For instance, if they’re at a mall and spot someone with cleft, they can encode the patient information immediately and let the patient know how Operation Smile can help them,” he said. Engr. Anthony Sherwin CalCal, senior wireless access and transport engineer at technical operations center, also lauded the app for its offline capabilities. “It’s a powerful tool because it can be used even if there’s no internet,” he said, adding that the app is useful for patients in areas with limited connectivity.


TO PAGE 10 Judge Bandal identified the three as Lemuel Mostaril,


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