The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) is undergoing a major reshuffle to improve the performance of police offices, Senior Supt. Danilo L. Maligalig, PPO director, confirmed Saturday. Maligalig has designated Supt. Simnar S. Gran, PPO Investigation and Detection Management Branch chief, as officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Silang Municipal Police Station in lieu of Supt. Dario G. Roxas. He also assigned Supt. Ulysses G. Cruz, who was relieved as Imus chief of police several months ago, as chief of the PPO Intelligence Branch (S-2), replacing Supt. Cosme A. Abrenica. Abrenica now assumes the position left by Gran while Roxas was reassigned to the Office of the Director for the meantime. Maligalig also relieved most chiefs of police in the province’s four cities and 19 towns but he retained a few, including Supt. Marcos Estrada Badilla of the Dasmariñas City police and Supt. Dexter G. Rellora of Tagaytay City police. (Anthony Giron)

EX-MINERS EYED IN BREAK-IN

CARDONA, Rizal – Police are hunting a group of pawnshop burglars believed to be composed of former miners whose specialty is boring holes underground. Robbery investigators looking into Friday’s burglary at the JB Sanglaan Co. Pawnshop located at 1172 San Pedro Street, San Roque, in this city, discovered a tunnel dug underground leading to the establishment. At least P1 million worth of jewelry was looted from the pawnshop. The tunnel which ended up to an apartment unit, some 20 meters away, from the pawnshop was found. Probers said they are now hunting for a certain Jun Castro and his two alleged cohorts believed to be former miners and responsible for the burglary. (Nel B. Andrade)

FORBIDDEN LEAVES

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – Police roving in Barangay Gen. Luna, this town, seized the other day a kilo of dried marijuana leaves from a man who later turned out to be an alleged bigtime drug trafficker based in Olongapo City. Supt. Enrico Vargas identified the suspect as Haronico Divino of Gomez Street, Gordon Heights, Olongapo City. “The suspect has been on our target after he was identified as the main supplier of illegal drugs here, so we came up with a dragnet with the use of a buy-bust operation that resulted to the immediate arrest of the suspect,” said Vargas. Divino transported the marijuana from Benguet all the way to Bataan, Vargas added. Meanwhile, Sr. Supt. Arnold D. Gunnacao, Bataan police director, reported the separate arrest of one Albin Banzon and a certain Joy Ann Gueco in a buy-bust operation at St. Francis in Upper Tuyo, Balanga City. (Mar T. Supnad)

KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS

KIANGAN, Ifugao – Two schools here were picked to be partners of the Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc., which seeks to educate and empower poor and marginalized children through media. Department of Education (DepEd) District Supervisor Patricia Domingo named the schools as the   Kiangan Central School (KCS) and the Ifugao Academy.  Domingo disclosed that the foundation installed a TV screen and a disc at the KCS.  The disc was also connected to the adjoining high school building of the Ifugao Academy in order for the latter to access state-of-the-art learning through the programs being shown by the prestigious cable channel geared towards imparting knowledge to the people worldwide. (Dexter A. See)