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Six police chiefs sacked for poor performance

LINGAYEN—A week after 13 police chiefs in Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte and La Union
were sacked from their posts due to poor performance, six more from Pangasinan
municipal police stations were also relieved on August 8.

P/Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula, police regional director, ordered the relief
of police chiefs in the municipal police stations of Asingan, San Manuel, Sison, Sta.
Maria, Balungao and Aguilar for failing the monthly Chief of Police Performance
Evaluation Rating (COPPER).

“To make sure that the entire organization is working well starts with the placement
of competitive and dynamic leaders that will spearhead the organization,” Sapitula
said.

P/Superintendent Mary Crystal Peralta, chief of the Regional Public Information


Office, said, there are standards that need to be met by police chiefs, not only in
illegal drugs operations but in the totality of their performance that includes anti-
illegal gambling anti-criminality, police community precincts, among others.

She said action taken in Pangasinan was delayed by Sapitula to give police chiefs
one-week extension owing to the severe flooding that hit many towns and cities.

The six police chiefs failed to pass COPPER (Chief of Police Performance Evaluation
Rating), Peralta said.

She said Sapitula had warned the police chiefs and told them to perform well or be
sacked.

Those relieved are assigned as checkpoint officers in their police stations while their
deputies take over as acting police chiefs, she said.

Meanwhile, Sapitula commended the dedication of the men and women of the
Mangaldan Police Station for refusing bribe money from a daughter of an arrested
suspected drug pusher.

According to P/Superintendent Jay Baybayan, OIC-police chief of Mangaldan Police


Station, Janila de Guzman, a resident of Mangaldan tried to bribe the duty police
officers to release her mother, Laila De Guzman who was arrested for violation of RA
9165.

P5,000.00 was recovered as evidence money for the crime. De Guzman was charged
for violation of Article 212 of Revised Penal Code (Corruption of Public Officials).
“Our regional director gives proper commendation to those who do good in their
job,” Peralta said. (PhilStar Wire Service)

EDITORIAL

Pinablin Ama na Dagupan: Mayor Al

If one would talk about one iconic politician in the history of Dagupan City, the name
Alipio Fernandez Jr. would easily come to mind.

His entry into politics in his early youth was immediately welcomed by Dagupenñ os
in mid 1980s as a councilor. Blessed with a charismatic yet easy-mannered
personality, his infectious commitment to serve endeared him to Daguapenñ os. He
topped the race for a seat in the city council. From thereon, his colorful career in
politics and public service had been remarkable that few past Dagupan politicians
could equal. His peers in politics and civic groups were one in acknowledging his
leadership and commitment to public service.

Thousands of those who worked with him, touched by his never-ending search for
better life for his constituents, would be quick to recall his friendly, easy smile and
patience to listen intently to all who needed to be listened to.

At 75, those know him too well will agree that Mayor Al is a class by himself. Many
regarded him as a visionary, a dependable and loyal ally, their tutor and best friend.

This was the Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. of the baby-boomers generation that lived
his life to the fullest for the country, his people and his city, and his family. And
SUNDAY PUNCH is proud to have had the privilege to have shared his vision from the
beginning with the people, to the end in the Lord’s loving embrace.

Back in Asiad

WITH the unmistakable imprimatur of President Duterte, our basketball team is


back in the Asian Games Aug. 18 to Sept. 2.

Give credit to Bong Go, the special assistant to the President, who successfully
convinced Al Panlilio (president, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas), Willie Marcial
(commissioner, Philippine Basketball Association) and Ricky Vargas (president,
Philippine Olympic Committee) to drop their original decision skipping the Asiad
basketball. It instantly drew praises from a nation madly in love with basketball
since time immemorial. We may not be competitive but the sports tenet, “it is not in
the winning, but in the competing,” was in play in the change of heart.
Let this be a lesson and serve as a beacon in crafting future decisions concerning
international competitions. Sports fosters brotherhood among nations. Everything
begins and ends in that dictum.

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