Ang Caviteno Newsweekly October 08-14, 2018 Issue | Page 3

Oktubre 08-14, 2018
AFP Chief of Staff to soldiers:
1Lt Julius Macasiray PAF, for
Be neutral
his conduct of aerial operations
By Jerome Carlo R. Paunan
QUEZON CITY -- The Chief
of Staff of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines (AFP) General
Carlito Galvez Jr on Monday
reminded soldiers not to take
sides in partisan politics.

“Let us not be disturbed
by the political noise and to take
sides. We need to uphold our oath
and obey the Chain of Command
from the President, SND
(Secretary of National Defense),
down to our office chiefs and
Section/Squad Leaders. Let us
remain solid and true to our oath,
mandate and always undivided,”
Galvez said during this morning’s
flag ceremony held at the General
Headquarters (GHQ) Canopy
Area.

The official also took
the time to award 14 soldiers and
four civilian personnel of the AFP
in recognition of their selfless
service and commitment to the
country.

“These public servants
are stewards of our institution – a
crucial aspect that keeps us on our
steadfast pursuit of becoming a
world-class AFP. For it is through
outstanding work that manifests
our dedications to better serve our
nation,” he said.

Awarded with the Gold
Cross Medal for their gallantry
in action during the war against
terrorist groups in Marawi City
last year were 1Lt Eddie Badol
from the Philippine Army (PA),
1Lt Jed Joseph Dandasan PA, Sgt
Julius Garsuta PA, Sgt Wayne
Fillalan PA, Pfc Marcelo Hora Jr
PA, and A1C James Gayotin from
the Philippine Air Force (PAF).
The
Distinguished
Aviation Cross was awarded to
President...
Fund (IMF), President of World
Bank, and Secretary-General of
the United Nations (UN).

The
leaders
are
expected to affirm the regional
bloc’s commitment to support
the roles of IMF, UN, and
World Bank “in addressing
development challenges.”

Moreover,
President
Duterte is expected to highlight
the government’s efforts to
improve its performance in
achieving
the
Sustainable
Development Goals.

The Chief Executive
will also urge all parties to
strengthen support for the
development of Micro, Small,
and Medium Enterprises and call
for economic resilience amid
prevailing global economic
uncertainties.

The President will also
encourage deeper cooperation
among ASEAN, UN, IMF, and
the World Bank to implement
ASEAN Community Vision
2025 and the United Nations
2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development as well as the roles
of the International Monetary
Fund, World Bank, and the
ASEAN+3
Macroeconomic
Research Office in building the
capacity of countries to reach
their sustainable development
targets.

Mahilum-West
said
Indonesia and Singapore are
during the liberation of Marawi.

Cdr. Gilbert Villareal
Jr and SCPO Mario Vasquez
both from the Philippine Navy
(PN) received the Distinguished
Navy Cross for distinguished
achievement as part of the Naval
Task Unit Marawi under JTF-
Trident during the liberation of
Marawi in 2017.

The Chief of Staff
Commendation Medals and
Ribbons were given to Maj
Jeremy Damonsong PA, SSg
Ariel Gregorio PA, and Sgt
July Lipaopao PA for eminently
meritorious
and
valuable
achievement as GHQ Planning
Augmentation Team during the
Marawi siege in 2017, and acted
as Liaison to GHQ to address
immediate concerns of the AFP
leadership.

Gawad sa Kaunlaran
were awarded to Col Noel Vestur
PA and LTC Resurrecion Mariano
PA for their CMO activities that
aimed to recognize soldiers’
sacrifices. The same award were
given to Mr Michael Manaois,
Ms Susan Bascon, Mr Mark John
Ulep, and Ms Myka Loraine
Nacionales, civilian employees
who significantly contributed in
the improvement of the quality
of life of beneficiaries of Killed-
in-Action personnel as well as the
welfare of the wounded soldiers
during the Marawi crisis.

“As we start another
week, may we continually
be motivated to work not for
ourselves, but always for the
benefit of our nation. May the
awardees, inspire and motivate
us to start the month of Oct. with
exhilarated drive to be productive
on our work,” Galvez said. (PIA-
NCR)
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scheduled to hold a press
conference after the meeting
but there would be no official
document to be issued by the
leaders.
She,
however,
explained that the outcome of
the discussions “is expected
to set the tone” for the 2018
Annual Meetings of the IMF
and World Bank Group also in
Bali, Indonesia on October 12-
14.

Asked
about
any
possible bilateral meetings,
Mahilum-West said the DFA
is “making arrangements” for
a meeting with Indonesian
President Widodo and two other
leaders.

Meanwhile, Mahilum-
West said that President Duterte
would take the opportunity to
personally extend the Philippine
government’s assistance to
Indonesia following a magnitude
7.4 earthquake and tsunami last
month that left hundreds of
people dead.

She said the assistance
would be coursed through the
ASEAN Coordinating Centre
for Humanitarian Assistance on
Disaster Management.

“This is a good chance
for the President to personally
relay to President Joko Widodo
our assistance under the
One ASEAN, One Response
Program in disaster assistance,”
she said. (PND)
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BALITA
CAVITE COOP MONTH OPENING SALVO
Cavite Governor Boying Remulla together with Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado-
Revilla and SP Chair on Committee on Cooperatives Board Member Valeriano Encabo led the ribbon-cutting ceremony
for the opening of the trade fair as part of the 2018 Cooperative Month celebration held on October 2, 2018 at the
Strike Gymnasium in the City of Bacoor. Caviteños warmly welcomed Governor Imee who served as keynote speaker
to the kickoff festivity, carrying this year’s theme:“One Cavite Cooperative Movement towards a Better and Stronger
Community.” They were joined by other guests including Board Member Edralin Gawaran, Cooperative Development
Authority (CDA) Regional Director Salvador Valeroso, Cavite Provincial Cooperative Development Council (PCDC)
Chairperson Fr. Arturo Balagat, PCDC Chairman Emeritus Mr. Rodrigo Camia, Governor Jonvic Remulla, and Indang
Municipal Councilor Ping Remulla. Thousands of members of strong cooperatives in the province proudly celebrated
the coop month filled with fun activities comprised of CO-OPlympics, and other exciting games, fostering camaraderie
among participants. Governor Remulla acknowledged the efforts of the Provincial Cooperative Livelihood and
Entrepreneurial Development Office (PCLEDO) under Mr. Alvin Mojica for organizing such activity which continue to
push for the province’s economic progress. October of every year marks the celebration of Cooperative Month in the
Philippines pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 493, series of 2003.
RPOC...
A’s plans and programs; best
practices; and strategic crime
interventions.

A 23.90% reduction on
crimes based on the comparative
distribution of eight focus
crimes (theft, physical injury,
robbery, murder, rape, carnap
mc, homicide and carnap mv)
was also noted for the period
January 1 to August 31, 2018 as
against the same period last year,
which Carranza attributed to the
sustained efforts of all provincial
police offices.

Pointing
out
the
downtrend on the number of crime
incidents, Carranza stressed that
there is a significant reduction of
crimes since his assumption in
June 2018, recording the all-time
low incidents in August 2018
with 602.

Reports on drug situation
in the region, on the other hand,
was presented by Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
IV-A Regional Director Adrian
G. Alvariño.

Dir. Alvariño said that
shabu is still the primary drug
of choice being used or sold in
the region, adding that previous
anti-drug operations revealed
the prevailing modus operandi
of manufacturing the illegal
substance with a number of shabu
laboratories raided.
He also cited the different ways of
smuggling drugs into the country
like the recent discovery of the
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four magnetic lifters in a leased
warehouse in General Mariano
Alvarez, Cavite.

Alvariño also reported
the arrest of two Chinese nationals
in a recent buy-bust operations in
Rizal Memorial Stadium by the
joint operatives of PDEA, Army
Intelligence Regiment, and other
counter-intelligence groups.

The Barangay Clearing
Program wherein users and
pushers were identified in a list of
drug personalities with the PDEA
operatives was also discussed. In
this program, suspected users will
undergo drug tests and if results
were negative then suspects’
names will be cleared from the list
while those who tested positive
will go through intervention
programs for rehabilitation and
counselling before going back to
mainstream society.

Suspected pushers are
categorized as ‘active’; those
who ‘stop’ for more than six
months and those that are ‘no
longer’ residing in the barangay.
Active suspects will be arrested
through anti-drug operations
while those that had stopped will
be placed under “suspense file”
for close monitoring and those
that are no longer residing in the
barangay should be certified by
the respective barangay captain
and attested by chief of police or
COP.

The Dangerous Drugs
Board (DDB) Resolution No. 3
series of 2017, a revised guidelines
in the conduct of drug clearing
operations was also discussed
along with DDB Resolution No.
2 series of 2018 which tackles
the guidelines for community
involvement in reforming drug
offenders into self-sufficient and
law-abiding members of society.

In relation to DDB
Resolution 2, Dir. Alvariño was
happy to share the news of the
launching of “Balay Silangan”
in the cities of Sta. Rosa, Laguna
and Lipa, Batangas which will
help in the complete reformation
of drug surrenderees/offenders.

Dir. Carranza’s also
presented the “Oplan Bandila,”
his brainchild program that
aims to promote patriotism and
sense of duty to the citizen of
CALABARZON.

The initiative deals
with proper decorum during
flag raising ceremonies and
singing of the national anthem
or the implementation of RA
8491 otherwise known as the
“Flag and Heraldic Code of the
Philippines.”

Carranza said that the
Oplan Bandila is timely because
some of the millennials nowadays
seem to lack a sense of patriotism
and love for country and this is a
good way to instill among them
the respect for flag, for the national
anthem, while also giving them
a sense of responsibility to be
productive citizens of the country.
(Ruel Francisco, PIA-Cavite)