NEWS 2 NEWS 2 NEWS 3 FEATURE 4 BARANGAY BF CELE- Pagaduan LEADS CENSUS IN PARAÑaque PCCI-PQUE HOLDS brates NUTRITION MONTH POLICE FORCE IN BF BEGINS AUGUST 10 73RD GMM Resident’s/Business Copy IMPORTANT NUMBERS BARANGAY BF HOMES AMBULANCE 809-8670 BARANGAY BF HOMES TANOD 809-8843 BARANGAY BF HOMES FIRE STATION 842-4682 BARANGAY BF HOMES POLICE Resident’s/ 809-3604 Business Copy BARANGAY CAA AMBULANCE YOUR INDEPENDENT Not For Sale 871-3901 SOURCE OF COMMUNITY Las Piñas CITY POLICE NEWS & INFORMATION 873-1948 NOT FOR SALE BFFHAI SECURITY 807-3115 Vol.3Vol.2 No.No. 1613 JuneAugust 26 - July6 - 19, 9, 20142015 Brgy. BF joins Metro NBI, Brgy. Team raid Drug Den lements of the National transparent plastic sachets N AN action-packed thirty minutes, Baran- Bureau of Investigation containing crystalline substance, gay BF Homes, Veritas Parochial School (VPS), (NBI) and the Barangay one transparent plastic box BF PNP PCP-5 Main police station, Pergola E I BF Homes Peace and Order Team containing assorted drug ‘Shake’ drill Mall, Robinsons BF and other members of the recovered illegal substances and paraphernalia and one wooden Phase 1 business community banded together drug paraphernalia after they chest box also containing to conduct the local version of the Metro Manila conducted a warranted search at assorted drug paraphernalia. Over “Shake” Drill – or the metro-wide earthquake drill a house along Nicanor Jacinto St. at V. Fernandez St., the enforcers – which started precisely at 10:30 AM on July 30, and another along V. Fernandez discovered and confiscated and which saw roughly a thousand people walk St. inside BF Homes, Parañaque a full grown marijuana down the streets to converge at the Elsie Gatches City. The barangay Peace and plant, methamphetamine St. parking area in front of the Resurrection of Our Order Team is composed of hydrocholoride (shabu) weighing Lord Parish (ROLP). Kagawad Rey “XO” Casanova, 42.2068 grams, dried marijuana, The drill commenced as scheduled with the Executive Officer Ruben Rosales, as well as several pieces of used use of emergency vehicle sound systems and Franco Salamat, Lauro Carabeyo aluminum foils, an improvised the ringing of church bells. Much to the surprise and Jonadin Dacanay. lighter and a weighing scale. of officials of Barangay BF Homes and VPS, sev- Armed with search warrants The NBI recommended for eral office employees from a nearby building and issued by Judge Jaime M. Guray prosecution, for violation of from other businesses also joined in, resulting into of the Parañaque Regional Section 11 Art. II of Republic Act a bigger-than-expected crowd converging at the Trial Court, the law enforcers Number 9165 (Comprehensive parking area. Most of the VPS people, and em- recovered from the Nicanor Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002), ployees from Pergola, Robinsons and Barangay BF Jacinto St. site two heat-sealed people at the /Cont’d. to P8 The VPS rescue team demonstrates team work and coordination to help “disaster” victims /Cont’d. to P8 Water Service Interruption Las Piñas busts fake car sticker syndicate affects BF he City Government of Las Piñas mastermind while Pineda worked as a se- offered to sell the FR sticker for P1,000 and announced on July 20 that it had curity guard at the BF Resort Village. agreed to meet up with the undercover aynilad Water Ser- their seven-foot-tall water pipe- busted a syndicate that was alleg- The four suspects will be charged for buyer at the parking lot of SM Center in vices, Inc. (Maynilad) line along Juan Luna St. and Her- T announces water mosa St. in Tondo, Manila, to give edly selling bogus Friendship Route stickers violation of the Republic Act Number 8293 Barangay Pamplona 3 at around 3:00 PM M to motorists who wanted to access several (Intellectual Propert Code), falsification and of July 13. When arrested with two pieces service interruption schedule in way to the flood interceptor proj- private subdivisions around the city. violation of City Ordinance Number 715-06 of sticker and marked money, he confessed August, affecting areas in Cavite ect of the Department of Public The city’s law enforcers organized an (Friendship Routes creation). to have secured the counterfeit sticker from and Metro Manila, including ar- Works and Highways (DPWH). entrapment operation on July 13 and appre- How the syndicate was busted Mancela who yielded five (5) more stickers. eas within Barangay BF Homes Although, the service inter- hended four suspects namely Ferdie “Jojo” The first to fall in a series of sting op- Next to fall was Pineda who was nabbed in Parañaque City and BF Homes ruption is scheduled at various R. Reyes, James R. Berocal, Rowel T. Pineda erations led by retired Police Senior Inspec- while on duty at his post at BF Resort Vil- subdivision enclaves in Muntin- times from August 10 - 13 and and Lilibeth P. Mancela – all residents of the tor Joe Gonzales, head of the Mayor’s Of- lage and found in his possession another lupa and Las Piñas. According to from August 17 – 18, interruption the company, they are realigning in BF is scheduled /Cont’d. to P5 city. Of the four, Reyes is believed to be the fice’ Civil Security Force, was Berocal who five (5) stickers. /Cont’d. to P8 2 NEWS August 6 - 19, 2015 BFFHAI reports half-year accomplishments PQUE gives birthday cash gifts to BF seniors Less than a year after taking over of the af- yuga, Batac Tuazon-Elizalde, Tehran-Aguirre and fairs of BF Homes subdivision, the BF Federation Tropical-4S, and installed movable gates manned Over one thousand and three hundred se- nior citizens of Barangay BF Homes lined up hop- of Homeowners Association, Inc. (BFFHAI) recently by security guards at Elizalde street, El Grande Av- ing to be given their much awaited birthday cash reported that it has provided assistance and ser- enue, Metrocore gate and BF Mariposa. gifts by the City Government of Parañaque and vices concerning their members but also the entire On the theme park located along Pilar Banzon the Office of Senior Citizen Affairs – Parañaque subdivision in general. street, the BFFHAI reported restoring the combat (OSCA-Parañaque) in coordination with Barangay For the period of January to June of 2015, the wire, the playground amenities, cleaning the park BF Homes and the Senior Citizens Association of federation reported that they managed to fabricate and hired 3 grass cutters. The theme park was also Barangay BF Homes, Inc. (SCABBI) on July 21 at the and install perimeter fences at enclaves or locations used as the venue for the BF Saturday Market which Phase 1 gym along Pilar Banzon street, BF Homes, located at the edges of BF Homes subdivision such operated on most Saturdays since February 14 giv- Parañaque City. as BF Mariposa, Garden Homes at Abelardo, BF ing sellers a new place to sell food, fresh products Under the rules, senior citizens who are certi- Garden Homes Rio, Rio de Janeiro extension, Kan- and other items to buyers who flocked in. The park fied SCABBI members carrying OSCA Cares pro- luran, BF Parklane, Concha Cruz drive, BF Interna- hosted the June 24 disaster awareness seminar gram cards and whose birth months fell within the January to June period were qualified to receive As PQUE city officials looked on SCABBI Vice President tional Central, F. Cruz, Kyoto street, Munich street, that saw PHILVOLCS director Renato Solidum and Nitz Wenceslao, OSCA-Parañaque OIC Dante Pacheco Metrocore, Legacy Homes and at the boundary of other important speakers share valuable informa- their respective birthday cash gifts worth P500. Be- fore receiving the gifts however, each of them had and SCABBI President Elpidio Padama blew the candles on UPS5 and BF Homes. The federation claimed that tion to the community. top of a birthday cake in honor of the BF senior citizens. these projects were done in response to enclaves Other services reported include the upgrading to confirm their presence by lining up at registra- that called their attention about walls that were of the community closed circuit television (CCTV) tion tables and showing their cards. The gifts were released after several speeches Parañaque had not confirmed the exact number of broken or non-existent. system; flood control and de-clogging in coopera- delivered by guests that include Parañaque City recipients of the cash gifts. Regarding the roads in BF Homes, the federa- tion with the Metro Manila Development Authority Mayor Edwin Olivarez, Vice Mayor Rico Golez, Value of gifts for seniors tion said it repainted the humps along main roads (MMDA); installation of lights along Tropical Av- Barangay BF Chairman Jeremy Marquez, OSCA- During his keynote speech, Mayor Olivarez re- of the subdivision, repaired or restored holes and enue, Elizalde street and Palace street; restoration Parañaque officer-in-charge Dante Pacheco, City iterated the message that the City Government will damaged roads (Tirona street, Pilar Banzon street, of community main gates; and declogging, grass Councilors Beng Amurao, Wahoo Sotto, Jackie continue to care for its senior citizens and that they Aguirre Avenue and Concha Cruz drive), repainted cutting, trimming and de-fogging services to hom- Bustamante-Mendoza, Tess de Asis, Binky Favis, would not be forgotten no matter what happens. intersection boxes at the corners of Aguirre-Ma- eowners, among others. v former Councilor Bhong Benzon and expected can- “Five hundred Pesos is a small amount to give didate Kenneth Amurao. As of press time, OSCA- to our elderly citizens but what /Contd. on P8 Barangay BF celebrates Nutrition Month Through its Education Committee head- BFFHAI installs parking barriers in front ed by Kagawad Rocel Espino, Barangay BF Homes celebrated again Nutrition Month with a special activity held at the Phase 1 gym which attracted of Elizalde complex roughly two thousand children, parents and offi- Recently the BF Federation of Homeowners “I did not argue with them over their idea and cials on the morning of July 30.