Tuesday, March 04, 2008 (Philippines)

These policemen personally own the bikes, but they don't mind using them for Bicycle Patrol Unit, which the Cagayan de Oro Police Office (Cocpo) created Monday. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Joey P. Nacalaban) FIRE incidents in Cagayan de Oro City went up by 25 percent in 2007 compared to the previous year, with many of the fire victims negligent to warnings issued by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) every year. "Actually this is one of our serious problem. Fire occur because of the negligence of the victims," BFP's assistant regional director for operation Lindy C. Lauzon told reporters at the Talakayan sa PIA Monday. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo [full story]