ome badjaos have been arrested by members of Task Force Dumaguete and detained in the Spolice station for begging in the streets, which is against the law and makes both the giver and the beggar liable for mendicancy. Based on the moni- those Badjaos that have toring of the City Social not yet been taken into Welfare Office there are custody. 106 Badjaos, 62 of them The Task Force ar- are children. However, the To page 16 figures failed to account e w l y - a s s u m e d N N e g r o s Oriental Provincial PSSupt Edwin Portento declared that in Dumaguete, it is not the number of arrests made that will count but the quality of anti-drugs operations being conducted by the po- lice. n order to get the widest viable options for that Portento issued the that President Rodrigo elusive sanitary landfill site, the city has ex- statement in the wake of panded its search to the neighboring towns that the observation that de- Duterte and PNP Director I General Ronald dela Rosa could help identify a lot that will pass the standards spite arrests done almost of the Department of Environment and Natural everyday, illegal drugs wanted the men in uni- form to strictly observe Resources. continue to proliferate in administration to close the espite efforts of the city government to find the province. police operational proce- Mayor Felipe Anto- dure during the conduct of nio “Ipe” Remollo has Candau-ay dumpsite and a suitable lot to establish the proposed sani- Portento stressed tary landfill for the safe during a courtesy visit to raids, implementation of made it the priority of his To page 17 D To page 3 Governor Roel Degamo To page 17 timely question to ask on Civil Service Month of September: Is City Hall tolerating prob- Alem employees at the expense of efficient gov- ernment service? Human Resources Depositario said, until and Development Officer such time that the employ- Dinno Depositario is ees continue to become quick to answer this ques- incorrigible, do not follow tion with a resounding no. office policies, and con- He said that the City Hall tinue their inefficiency is giving all poor perform- and tardiness to name a ers a chance to improve few violations of Civil and maintain their liveli- Service rules, despite their hood for the families “un- relocation to departments til it hurts.” which fit their qualifica- M e a n i n g , To page 16 2 September 10, 2017 Just released: Miss Dumaguete bets Ely P. Dejaresco ([email protected]) Only parents can stop the PH drug menace here is no amount of drug enforcement op- eration that can stop or eradicate the drug Ten ladies have been chosen as the officials candidates for the 2017 Miss Dumaguete edition after Thursday’s Tmenace in the country, except a united force screening. In photo, the candidates and the members of the screening committee namely are from left to right: raised by PARENTS OF DRUG USERS> If the Lexandra Bliss dela Cerna, Gerlie Mae Princess Montero, Mekaila Angelie Elemia, Ivy Cara Sangangbayan, Bianca parents cannot stop their children from using drugs, Jane Dagoy. Screening committee members Angelo Villanueva, Glynda Descuatan, Councilor Michael Bandal, then the problem is hopeless. The enforcers can’t. Marc Calumpang. Ellise Anne Dolleton, Maydel Faburada, Vanessa Kimberly Ganser, Dharla Anne Aquino, Nastassja Let’s face it. No Duterte can stop it, he can just Amigo. Mayor Felipe Antonio “Ipe” Remollo extends his warmest congratulations to the official candidates who minimize it. PRRD has already admitted that. passed the screening and to compete during the pageant slated on November 22, 2017. -o0o- Where and how does drug-using start? ......When parents are absentee from their children’s reach. When parents work so hard 7am up to 8pm and are too ex- TOP OF THE WEEK hausted to lambing with their children at night. The children will find other outlets of their need to lamb- ing, video computer games, barkada, and then drugs. Barrio bets to file Josy is 30th richest -o0o- And parents continue to give money to their among 294 solons children because they could not be with them at meal bids on Sept. 23 time. Some parents think they can compensate ex- mid earlier talks that the terms of all incum- egros Oriental’s three district congressmen pression of their love by giving the kids all the money bent barangay officials will be extended for are certified millionaires thanks to their in “for food” at least. Children then eat lunch and the second time by the Duterte administra- vestments in diverse business ventures and dinner outside with friends. And anything goes af- A N ter that. tion, the Commission on Elections served notice that their wealthy background. the filing of the Certificates of Candidacy will start First District Con- 2016. -o0o- on September 23 to end September 30, 2017. gresswoman Jocelyn The lady solon re- If Congress fails to push through. Limkaichong was listed as ported total assets of P Pushers are just around the corner. Drug trade is pass a law postponing the Each barangay will the 30th richest solon in the 136.6 million, only P 381, easy and big money. A gram of shabu is said to cost Barangay and elect one Punong House of Representatives 537.00 liabilities thus she P11,000 now. A kilo can earn a million pesos. 21,000 Sangguniang Kabataan Barangay, 7 Members of based on their declared as- was worth P 136.2 mil- grams confiscated by the Binas PNP watch per his re- elections, the October 23, the Sangguniang sets, liabilities and net lion. port, means P210-million pesos changed hands here 2017 scheduled polls shall worth as of December 31, To page 18 To page 17 and where did money to buy drugs come from?—the parents of course. A jobless person will surely take the risk of selling drugs because of the big easy money. There you go, this explains why those extrajudicial NIR dissolution Region 8 were lured to Central and Western killings, happen. apply in the new posi- Visayas. Under NIR 14 tions with the promise of regional offices were in -o0o- displaces workers promotion or higher pay. Bacolod City and 16 other Both Regions 7 and 8 al- offices of national agen- So triad could be source he abrupt demise of the youngest region of ready filled up the va- cies were based in among other illegal drugs the country, the former Region 18 or Negros cated positions with an- Dumaguete City., There seems to be an emerging pattern on how Island Region, has left hundreds of “orphans” other set of appointees Nevertheless, others the illicit and illegal drug trade operates in the coun- T were more prudent like in or government workers who were rendered with- upon the departure of the try. Basically, its bulk is baked abroad or on board out mother units and their jobs. original office holders to the Department of Educa- ships at high seas, then transhipped into our wide shore- transfer to NIR. tion when Schools Divi- lines, sent via “hook shots” into our local jails for Effective October 7, of those hired under the sion Superintendent Gil- all regional offices created This situation were repacking by inmates, and it’s good to go to the mar- new items as particularly true in the Department of bert Sadsad of Negros ket the next day. Simple no? including the items in per- the Job Orders or under Occidental and Schools sonnel shall have ceased Social Welfare and De- Those who stand on the way: bribe them or contracts in the soon-to-be velopment, Department Division Superintendent ppfffttt... them. to operate and must either dissolved regional offices Salustiano Jimenez and go jobless or return to of Health, Department of will have nowhere to go. Budget Management and many other administration -o0o- their parent units in Re- It was learned that upon officials did not vacate gion 7 or Central Visayas other agencies. But many the creation of regional of those hitherto regional their original and perma- But this is just our calculated guess based on or Region 7 Western offices, many of those nent posts as they chose to Visayas. offices will try to absorb current Congressional investigations , after the su- serving in Region 7 and per tube of billions of pesos worth of shabu slipped However, hundreds many of the workers in To page 17 out of Customs, definitely with the backing of big shots and their faces are now emerging. “Get your butts outta here:” City orders -o0o- here have you seen city workers collect- Truth is different from evidence. What people all the cigarette butts that can be found along the way believe as true need may not be backed by evidence ing cigarette butts in the streets of the city? by participants who are employees of the city govern- —only in Dumaguete . In Davao, Digong which is hard to prove. You know there is wind when W ment. you feel the breeze. lets the smokers eat their butts. Every department was represented by at least five It is enough that people know, and soon at the Instead of holding a fun run in connection with employees to join the butt race scheduled early morn- th right time it will explode in their faces. Like the People the 117 Civil Service Month celebration, the human ing on Saturday, September 9, 2017. Included in the resource office has decided to conduct the so-called Power revolution.