A TOP police official in Western Visayas said the proposal to legalize jai alai operation in Bacolod City requires further study by concerned local government officials.
“I do not know any local government unit running the operation of jai alai in the country. There are no basic guidelines about the city government running the jai alai operation,” Western Visayas police Director Cipriano Querol said. He said there is no other means to stop illegal gambling activities in the city except for the legalization of jai alai. “I know the police will be consulted on that and that would depend on the guidelines and who will be the beneficiaries,” Querol said. He said such numbers game could be run by private corporations. During Querol’s visit in Bacolod City on Monday he had assessed the police efforts against illegal gambling as above average. He said the one strike policy of the Philippine National Police wherein any chief of police who will be found to have poor performance in the campaign against illegal gambling will be relieved from his assignment. “So even without instructions from the higher command, they are conducting operations,” he said. Querol said jai alai operations run by small time operators are happening not only in Bacolod and Negros but also in other provinces. (Teresa Ellera-Dulla) Published in the Sun.Star Bacolod newspaper on December 28, 2010.
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