At the second-floor conference room of the new Catanduanes Police Provincial Office building where Rep. Teves and PD Ador took snacks after the turnover ceremony and Talk to the Troops last April 22, 2024, one part of the wall up near the ceiling was occupied by a row of framed pictures of former PNP provincial directors.
Unfortunately, the pictures were incomplete as they covered only those who served beginning in 2005: PSSupt. Victor Deona, PSSupt. Lito Pitallano, PSSupt. Eduardo Chavez, PSSupt. Adel Castillo, PSSupt. Ronald Briones, PSSupt. Jeffrey Fernandez, PSSupt. Jonathan Panganiban, PSSupt. Paul Abay, PCol. Brian Castillo, and PCol. Benjamin Balingbing Jr.
Current officials, especially at the HRD section, should endeavor to complete the wall by securing photos of former PDs and Philippine Constabulary provincial commanders like Col. Antero Javier, Saadra Gani and others.
This is not only to honor who served the people of Catanduanes at the helm of law enforcement at one time in the past but also to preserve the history of Camp Francisco Camacho.
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In House Bill 7709 sponsored by TGP Cong. Jose “Bong” Teves Jr., which seeks to establish a forensic DNA database in the Philippines, there is a provision that allows the deletion of one’s DNA profile from the database.
The provision states that “a person whose DNA profile is contained in the voluntary or missing person’s indices may request that their DNA profile, and any related information, be deleted from the DNA databank at any time.”
Members of law enforcement agencies and the Armed Forces of the Philippines may also request the same upon retirement or resignation from service.
Under the proposed law, the DNA laboratory official in charge of the database shall, within six months from the time of notification of such request, delete the DNA profile and any information in relation to the profile.
It makes you wonder why the government would be willing to give up the DNA profile upon request, since there is no guarantee that it will not be needed in the future.
Well, anyone who is planning to commit a perfect crime would probably want to avoid giving DNA samples or request the deletion of his record.
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At least three local developments failed to make it to the news section of this paper.
One was a gun buy-bust operation conducted by the CIDG Provincial Unit and the PNP that led to the arrest of a security guard of “SPX Forwarder” who reportedly tried to sell a loaded Danao-made (paltik) Cal. 45 revolver to an undercover police officer last Saturday night, April 27, 2024 in Cavinitan.
The second was the drowning of an individual at Hicming Falls the following Sunday, with the body only surfacing on Monday morning.
The third was the Department of Energy’s notice of termination of a Small-Scale Coal Mining Permit issued to a certain Adelbert Almario of Obi, Caramoran, after the SP sent a copy of the ordinance that repealed the measure temporarily suspending the Anti-Mining Ordinance.
More on this next week.
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EASY CHOICE. Three men gathered together for a round of golf on The Fourth of July. The men were quite surprised at being “let out” for the day, and each wanted to know how the other got away from their wife.
The first man said: “I bought a dozen red roses for my wife, and she was so happy that she let me go.”
The second man said: “I purchased a diamond ring for my wife, and she was so thrilled with me that she let me go.”
The third man said: “I woke up this morning, rolled over, looked at my wife, and said to her, ‘Golf course or intercourse,’ and she said, ‘Wear sunscreen, it’s hot outside.’”