Request for Police Wehicles and Diagnostic Equipment

  The Bohol Provincial Development Council (PDC), Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC), League of Municipalities of the Philippines Bohol chapter (LMP-Bohol), Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), Provincial Tourism Council and representatives of the church and private sector, in a recent joint meeting passed four resolutions endorsing the request for police vehicles and diagnostic equipment.

  Gov. Erico Aumentado presided over the meeting at the Bohol Tropics Resort in Tagbilaran City that had Police Director General Avelino Razon Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), as guest of honor and speaker.

  Razon right there and then indorsed the LMP-Bohol resolution to PDir. Charlemagne Alejandrino, director for logistics.

  Anticipating that he will be handed resolutions requesting for vehicles, firearms and equipment, Razon said he brought Alejandrino along on his two-day Bohol visit, as well as PDir. German Doria, director for human resource and doctrines development. Doria had declared open the 45-day training for the prospective members of the Bohol Special Weapons and Tactics (Swat) team the following day.

  Aumentado earlier prepared to indorse a similar request, but for 13 towns only based on an inventory prepared by P/Sr. Supt. Edgardo Ingking, provincial director. He waived his request in favor of the LMP's that asked for 22 vehicles, and even added a request for one more vehicle for the use of Ubay town.

  Ubay is next to Tagbilaran City in terms in terms of population and voting population, and the biggest town where land area is concerned. One barangay, he justified, is even 42 kilometers from the town proper.

  The governor noted that the local government units, rather than the PNP, are tasked to maintain the police vehicles in running condition. As such, the mayors would know the condition of these vehicles, especially if these are already beyond economic repair.

  The councils also passed separate resolutions for the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) through its chair Ephraim Genuino and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) through its chair Sergio Valencia requesting that the government income-generating entities provide an MRI machine and a hyperbaric equipment, respectively, for the Bohol Diagnostic Center.

  Now undergoing construction, the center aims to provide diagnostic services to indigent patients in Bohol. As such, they will no longer need to go to Cebu and therefore cut down on expenses for fare, among others.