2,000 DAVAO RESIDENTS PROFILED FOR ‘OPLAN BULABOG’

THE Davao City Police Office ( DCPO) profiled 2,007 residents of Davao City by registering their identification cards or other personal credentials in its directory as part of its “Oplan Bulabog” campaign on Thursday night. Senior Insp. Ma. Teresita Gaspan, DCPO spokesman, said out of the 2,007 people profiled, about 1,839 have identification cards, while 168 have none. Gaspan revealed that six people were also arrested in the operations, identified as Mark Binalay for frustrated murder; Sunny Enquio – rape; Lala Gumahid – robbery; Rex Jimena – illegal gambling; Virginia Antiado – falsification of private documents; and Alfred Jubahib – slight physical injury. Some 14 temporary operation permits for minor traffic violations and another for violation of anti- smoking ordinance were also issued to he residents by the Davao police.

11 TRIBE MEMBERS- TURNED- NPA REBELS SURRENDER IN SULTAN KUDARAT

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao: Eleven members of a tribal community in a village in Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat province, have surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 33rd Infantry Battalion ( IB) after a dialogue involving indigenous peoples ( IPs), local officials and tribal leaders. Lt. Colonel Harold Cabunoc, commander of the 33rd IB, said the surrender of the 10 men and one woman who had become members of the New People’s Army on Wednesday was marked by a tearful reunion with their families in Barangay Santo Nino, Bagumbayan. “They all belonged to Platoon Arabo of Guerilla Front 73 of communist [ NPA],” Cabunoc said. The woman was identified as Tata Isil, 22. Cabunoc explained to the tribal members the government’s determination to help them and improve their lives, protect their ancestral domain “because it is only the government that is capable of doing it, not the communist rebels.” Through the Balik Tribo program of the military and the local government in partnership with Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative ( IPMR), parents, relatives and local leaders of those who joined the communist movement were asked to convince them to avail of the government’s amnesty program. Mayor Jonalette de Pedro of Bagumbayan lauded the Army efforts and vowed to support the initiative all the way. A total of 101 indigenous peoples who joined the NPA have surrendered through the 33rd IB since May this year.

BIR- CAR EXCEEDS COLLECTION GOAL FOR 2017

BAGUIO CITY: The Bureau of Internal Revenue- Cordilllera Administrative Region ( BIR- CAR) surpassed its collection target for the first 11 months of 2017 by almost P146 million. Lawyer Douglas Rufino, BIR- CAR officer- in- charge, said the over- collection as of the end of November is about 29.70 percent more than the collection during the same period in 2016. As to the collection target set for BIR- CAR, Rufino said Cordillera’s 11- month collection goal for the year is P634,213,000 and it has already collected P636,878,770 or P2,665,770 past the target. Rufino explained that the region’s high collection emanated from the withholding tax remitted by the Department of Public Works and Highways- Cordillera deducted from the infrastructure project contractors in the whole region. He said tourism- related establishments like hotels and restaurants, especially in Baguio City, were the contributors to the high collection rate. The province of Abra recorded the highest over- collection at 171.17 percent or P41,503,345; Ifugao at 55.44 percent or P12,097,442; and La Trinidad with 26.89 percent or P22,149,856.