SECURITY TIGHTENED IN CEBU, BOHOL
Police, local officials assure that security measures for Holy Week travel rush are already in place Embassies of Canada, the UK also advise their citizens to take precautions while visiting Central Visayas Presidential Assistant Michael Dino appeals for
ALL CLEAR. After a safe series of ASEAN meetings in Cebu, the attention shifts to Bohol, where top-level meetings will take place on April 19 to 22. A no-fly and no-sail zone will be enforced in Panglao as part of security.
After boarding Ceres bus at the South Bus terminal, police officer drops unconscious, exposing his gun Provincial police to look into the incident, call the attention of police officer, who was bound for Barili at time of incident
An allegedly drunk police officer caused a commotion at the Cebu South Bus Terminal after he accidentally dropped his firearm inside a bus bound for Barili, Cebu at dawn yesterday.
During the incident, the police officer with a rank of PO1 was in civilian clothes when he dropped his 9mm firearm while he was inside the bus.
The passengers saw what hap- pened, and in their fright jumped out of the bus.
The officer allegedly boarded the Ceres bus 8410. But after a few steps inside, he lost consciousness and dropped on the floor.
His gun slid out when he fell down.
The other passengers did not know that the man was a police officer. They alerted the terminal’s security personnel, who retrieved the gun.
After two minutes, the policeman woke up and introduced himself as a police officer. He said he is detailed with the Public Safety Battalion.
He allegedly forced the security personnel to return his gun. He rode the bus home to Barili.
The Provincial Investigation and Detective Management Branch will look into the incident and will call the attention of the police officer/
Thou shall not fire thy gun indiscriminately as it may hit, kill and injure thy neighbor. RONALD DELA ROSA PNP Director General, when he quipped last New Year’s Eve that additional commandments were needed to prevent indiscriminate firing of guns