IN A bid to strengthen the anti-terror and anti-criminality efforts, the management of local hotels has been directed to ensure an efficient and regular profiling of guests “so this can be coordinated with proper authorities when the need arises.”
Zamboanga City Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said management of hotels should require submission of valid identification (ID) cards of all transient guests as this can be part of the security measures not only of the establishment but of the city as a whole.
Hotels refer to all establishments providing accommodations and other services for travellers and tourists.
These may include inns, motels, pension houses, boarding houses, guest houses, bed and breakfast, hostel and lodges among others.
It can be recalled that 11 people were injured in a bomb explosion at a pension house on October 9, 2011 in the village of Guiwan.
Three people were killed while 27 others were wounded in another bomb explosion at a pension house on November 27 of the same year in the village of Canelar.
Salazar said requiring valid IDs started last year and the same can be done not only during the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival in October but on a regular basis.
She reiterated her call for all sectors to help and cooperate in the anti-terror and anti-crime efforts, stressing that the police, military and the local government cannot do everything alone.