Baliwag, Bulacan Hosts Bulacan Police Provincial Office Advisory Council Meeting

The Bulacan Police Provincial Advisory Council Meeting at Baliwag, Bulacan.  

Baliwag, Bulacan hosts the Bulacan Police Provincial Advisory Council Meeting held last April 5, 2016, 6:00 P.M. at the Conference Room, Municipal Hall, Baliwag, Bulacan.  The meeting aims to update its council members of the latest peace and order situation of the province. 

The new members of the PNP Municipal Advisory Council with PSupt Froilan R. Uy and  Baliwag Mayor Ferdinand V. Estrella. 

Presided by Mayor Cipriano Violago of San Rafael, Bulacan, fruitful discussions were made on heavy traffic situation, substance abuse and control, police visibility, public safety, among others. Much of the discussions, however, focused particularly on Oplan Tokhang-Reloaded. The meeting was attended by Baliwag Mayor Ferdinand V. Estrella, BPPO Officers, Provincial Advisory Council members, PNP Baliwag headed by PSupt Froilan R. Uy, and the old and new Municipal Advisory Council members of Baliwag, Bulacan.

Deputy Provincial Director for Administration, PSupt Marlon R. Santos, presented consolidated data on drug watch lists in the Province of Bulacan from June 2016 to March 2017. He revealed that of the 44,937 suspected drug personalities under watch list, 39, 127 voluntarily surrendered; 1,327 were arrested, 120 died during police operations; 72 have deaths under investigation, 4 died by other causes and the rest remained under watch list. Santos served as the Chief of the Provincial Police Strategy Management Unit and Provincial Intelligence Branch. 

Mayor Cipriano Violago of San Rafael, Bulacan signed a deed donating a total of PhP 50,000.00 for PNP projects. 

Provincial Operations and Plans Branch Officer-In-Charge, PSInsp Joseph K. Fongayao, presented the provincial accomplishment for Double Barrel Alpha Reloaded between March 6 to April 4, 2017. He revealed that during the period, the PNP visited 139 houses, revisited 3,333 houses to ask suspected drug personalities to voluntarily surrender and submit themselves to government rehabilitation programs. Also known as Oplan Tokhang-Reloaded, the intensified campaign identified 100 drug users and 9 drug pushers who voluntarily surrendered. PNP conducted 168 drug operations and arrested 265 suspects. Seventeen (17) died during police operations.

PSInsp Espamela M. Sarsaba presented some updates about the many Bahay Pagbabago established around the province. Bahay Pagbabago is a government-ran reformation center, where drug dependents may submit themselves to rehabilitative, therapeutic and reformative programs designed to heal substance addiction and abuse. The Province of Bulacan has twenty-five (25) Bahay Pagbabago. This include one which is exclusive for women, operated by the Police Bulacan Provincial Office and inaugurated on September 5, 2016. The 25 centers, so far, yielded 1,520 graduates. They underwent moral recovery programs, physical exercises, livelihood training and medical check-ups. PSSupt Romeo M. Caramat, Jr., Acting Provincial Director, however, clarified that at Bahay Pagbabago, they do more of detoxification rather than rehabilitation. The program envisions for a “Drug-free Bulacan.”

New members of the Municipal Advisory Council took their oaths of office before Mayor Ferdinand V. Estrella.    

During the same meeting, the following are the new members of the Municipal Advisory Council of Baliwag, Bulacan took their oaths of office before Mayor Ferdinand V. Estrella:

Mr. Enrique V. Tagle
Municipal Administrator, Baliwag, Bulacan

Mr. Lowell C. Tagle

Public servant, Baliwag, Bulacan

Igg. Dingdong V. Nicolas

Councilor, Baliwag, Bulacan

Atty. Robert John I. Donesa

President, Baliwag Polytechnic College

Ms. Esther V. Cabigao

Human Resources Management Officer, Baliwag, Bulacan  

Mr. Ariel F. Cabingao

Punong Barangay, Tarcan, Baliwag, Bulacan

Mr. Roberto E. Santos

Head, Baliwag Traffic Management Office, Baliwag, Bulacan