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Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Micame: Lack of security measures
By Rel P. Micame
NEGLIGENT. Had the management of East West Bank on Archbishop Reyes Ave. heeded the advice of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Bureau Chief Paul Labra, the robbers would have thought twice before pulling another heist.
The bank was advised to install a surveillance camera, an alarm system connected to the nearest police station and other security measures. The management has yet to determine the exact amount taken by the robbers last Monday, although initial information obtained by Labra said the loot amounted to at least P50,000.
The management assured depositors that the bank’s assets are still intact.
Although there was no spy camera installed at the bank premises, the police are confident they can solve the robbery soon.
Last Jan. 31, the robbers allegedly led by Rey Torres robbed the bank of P500,000. The bank should now adopt the needed security measures.
PACK AND MOVE. Dealers of pirated or counterfeit goods should pack and move away. Counterfeiters can no longer do business in Cebu City, with the approval of an ordinance, which penalizes business establishments that sell fake goods.
However, local government units near Cebu City, like the cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and Talisay, and the towns of Consolacion and Cordova should also enact ordinances to ban and penalize the sale and display of fake merchandise.
Other local government units in Cebu should also enact measures outlawing counterfeit goods and merchandise.
SYMPATHETIC. It’s really nice and consoling for someone in trouble to find comrades who are sympathetic to his problem and misfortune. The action of the Cebu Municipal Mayors League in calling for a speedy and impartial investigation into the Bogo Land Bank robbery is a step in the right direction. Bogo Mayor Celestino “Tining” Martinez III should be cleared, if he has no involvement in the case.
APPREHENSIVE. A Cebuano expert on desalinization is apprehensive on Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena’s plan to get General Electric to install and operate a desalination plant at the South Reclamation Project (SRP).
The expert asked: “Are the services of the foreign installers and operators already included in the contract to produce purified drinking water out of the seawater off the SRP? What if the foreigners will collect per diems and allowances and hotel accommodations?”
“If the price of purified water will come out below P27 per cubic meter, that will be okay,” he added.
BAYBAY’S CITYHOOD. If Naga in southern Cebu becomes a city with the bill filed by Rep. Eduardo Gullas (1st district), there is no reason why Baybay, a first class municipality in western Leyte, will not also become one. Although both towns failed to meet the population requirements of 150,000, the two municipalities met the other two requirements. Naga has a land area of 10,221 hectares, while Baybay has 49,950 hectares. The income of Naga in 2004 was P83.6 million, while Baybay had P78 million.
Rep. Carmen L. Cari should also file a bill for Baybay’s cityhood.
At present, Baybay can boast of two big educational institutions— Leyte State University (LSU), located in Barangay Pagasugan, which is eight kilometers from the town proper, and Franciscan College of Immaculate Conception (FCIC), a Catholic institution.
SCRIPTURE READING. Suggested reading of the Holy Bible for today is found in the Gospel according to St. Luke 9:57-62 “Cost of discipleship,” and for Sept. 29-St. John 1:47-51 “Promise to Nathaniel.”
E-mail: relmicame@yahoo.com; tel. (6332) 423-9956.
(September 28, 2005 issue)
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