HERMOSA, Bataan, Philippines — Police reported Tuesday the arrest of four suspects allegedly caught in the act the other night while engaged in illegal fishing in waters off Barangay Almacen, this town.

Chief Inspector Jeremias Dayo, Jr., chief of police here, reported that joint personnel of the Hermosa PNP and the Bantay Dagat members arrested the suspects after receiving information that illegal fishing activities were going on in the rivers of Sapang Bungo, Barangay Almacen, here.

The four arrested suspects were identified as Franciso Concepcion, Edward Saguni,both of Pantalang bago, Orani town; Ernesto Domingo and Teddy Domingo, both of Sapang Cauayan, Masantol, Pampanga. Their boat as well as other paraphernalia used in the alleged illegal fishing operations were confiscated by police, Dayo said. (Mar T. Supnad)

RIZAL CITED BY PHILGEPS

ANTIPOLO CITY, Philippines — The province of Rizal, the seat of which is at the Ynares Center compound here, has been cited for its effective utilization of the electronic procurement system of the national government.

This developed as the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PHILGEPS) chose this province to be the recipient of a plaque of appreciation for its dedicated utilization of the PhilGEPS in the province’s various procurement activities, as it celebrates the 10th founding anniversary of the government’s use of PhilGEPS under Executive Order No. 322.

In a letter to Rizal Gov. Jun Ynares, PhilGEPS Director Rosa Maria Clemente cited the provincial government for its continuous utilization of the electronic procurement system. (Nel B. Andrade)

MALOLOS TO REOPEN M.R.F.

MALOLOS CITY, Philippines — Mayor Christian D. Natividad of this city urged his constituents Tuesday to cooperate with the local government for an efficient waste management system.

Natividad’s call came a day after leading the mass oath-taking of newly-elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials at the Centro Escholar University Stadium. Natividad took advantage of the event to enjoin the village and youth officials to support waste segregation practices and recycling.

He expressed confidence that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be a partner of the city in the operating its Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) in Barangay Matimbo here which had been ordered closed by the same agency recently. (Freddie C. Velez)

C.O.P.S. 2011 LAUNCHED

CAMP FLORENDO, La Union, Philippines — Superintendent Eric Noble, who was one-time recipient of the Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) award, encouraged Tuesday other police officers to be loyal and dedicated to the performance of their duties as the search for COPS 2011 kicked off recently.

The award was launched last October 27 with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) among financiers and organizers of COPS 2011 – Metrobank Foundation Inc., the Rotary Club of New Manila East, the Philippine Savings Bank and the Philippine National Police (PNP).
 
The COPS award is now a career service award given annually to ten (10) winners consisting of four (4) Police Commissioned Officers (from Police Inspector to Police Superintendent) and six (6) Police Non-Commissioned Officers (from Police Officer 1 to Senior Police Officer 4). (Liezle Basa Iñigo)