If there is anything that Councilor El Cid Familiaran must be given credit for, he has expressed alarm over the spate of big time crimes in Bacolod City.
And he is right in that these incidents could deter investors from coming into the city to make their business here. When they find out that they cannot be sure of police protection for their investments. That’s a reality. And City Mayor Evelio Leonardia need not remind Supt. Edgardo Ordaniel of the Bacolod City police not to allow robberies like that of the F & C Pawnshop and Jewelry Store to recur. Unfortunately, the warning has become superfluous with the most recent and spectacular break in of the pawnshop by more than a dozen robbers. That was just one of the several major criminal incidents that had rocked Bacolod the last few months. And most of these remain unsolved. Like the murder of Atty. Chua of Barangay Villamonte. That was why I was sort of alarmed recently when I spotted a lot more tanod outposts in several subdivisions areas of the city. Not only in Capitol Heights where police inaction to calls for help had remained unheeded by the local lawmen. Now, if you will notice, most of these incidents had happen in Villamonte. And Familiaran is right. If this continues, there may come a time when those already inside the city may eventually pack up and go elsewhere as in Talisay City, where the chief policeman, Supt. Tomas Martir, has been doing great guns in running after criminals. One reason for the decision to put up tanod outposts in the Capitol Heights are the report by local residents that their call for police assistance in curbing robberies have remained virtually unheeded. And efforts to get the police to solve thefts and robberies have remained forgotten. So, what do the local residents do? Hire their own security force, not ideal because it means added expense to subdivision villagers, but a must if one wants safety to a certain extent. That was the reason why my daughter, Mate, paid through the nose for a contribution to the hiring of a Tanod to man the two outposts in Kalamansi Street. That is not supposed to be done. It is just another street, beside that of the adjacent one. But the Avocado outpost cannot prevent the entry into our street of thieves. These are reportedly form neighboring Fortune Town. And, perhaps, some other nearby haunt of criminals. Oh, the police will give you all their theories about who must have robbed your place. But that’s as far they can go. Nothing else after that. It is good that the Bacolod City Prosecutors office had filed a robbery in band charge against the 20 members of the so-called Ozamis gang and the driver of the van in robbing the F & C Pawnshop and Jewelry Store along Gonzaga Street, Saturday. Wagner Manggol of Camaloc Tabuk, Kalinga Apayao, Gudaneco Monopollo Jr. with unknown address: Henry Bagiwan of San Carlos Heights, Baguio City James Gonzales of Cubao, Quezon City, were among the names cited in the information filed by the City Prosecutors Office. They also named as Rolan Tambasen, 45, driver of the Maroon Escapade van rented by the suspects and 16 other John Does. Supt. Ordaniel said a witness saw Tambasen at the driver’s seat of the van while the robbery was in progress. After wards, when the policemen arrived in Brgy. 36, they are same the packing tape already around Tambasen’s neck. In fairness, Regional Police director, Chief Supt. Agrimeoro Cruz, immediately ordered the relief of BCPO intelligence chief, Senior Inspector Jose Mulleta Saturday. He appointed Insp. Mark Jungco as his temporary replacement while the search is going on for the permanent replacement of Multa. Frank Carbon, head of the Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the series of robbery incidents could send potential investors away. While Ordaniel also blamed the businessmen for failure to exert effort to secure their establishments. Negros Occidental Provincial police officer Senior Supt. Celestino Guara, claimed that three of the suspects were spotted in a resort in the eastern part of Negros Occidental after the Saturday robbery. If true, how come the police did not try to arrest the suspects? Afraid of a firefight? The Visayan Daily Star Rolly Espina
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