Evasco reinvigorates peace and order body
Posted on July 30, 2007
MARIBOJOC. Mayor Leoncio “Boy” Evasco, Jr. put fresh blood Monday to the Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC) during its first session in his incumbency.
Though they are not regular members of the peace-keeping body as mandated by law, the 22 punong barangays of this coastal municipality were advised to attend so they could get first-hand information on the peace and order condition of this community.
DILG Municipal Local Government Operations Officer Victor Lapez, Jr. chairman of the MPOC Secretariat, delivered the opening salvo. He discussed the Integrated Public Safety Plan of the municipality and stressed the role of the council which include, among others, a periodic assessment of the peace and order situation of the area.
Municipal Social Welfare Office Loreta Pusta reported four cases of child abuse and two incidents of violence against women. Dr. Rey Belderol municipal health officer, bared dengue cases in Lagtangon, Poblacion and Cabawan.
After all the reports were collated, Mayor Evasco discoursed on the need to maintain peace and order in this coastal town to attain progress and prosperity. “Peace and order should be the concern of all. We took our oath to look after the welfare of the people,” he stressed.
“It is our bounden duty to prevent threats to life and property and to maintain a drug free community,” he further emphasized.
On the same forum, the town’s chief executive stressed that the Philippine National Police in coordination with the barangay captains, should establish a functional Barangay Intelligence Network (BIN).
He also bared that he will soon call to a meeting the alleged drug users and their parents. Exaltacion, Bayacabac, and Pagnitoan are reportedly rampant with drug abusers.
Meanwhile, Mayor Evasco conducted last July 27, 2007 an ocular inspection of all water sources in this municipality. He visited Buloc-buloc Spring, Jandig, San Isidro, Candavid, Tinibgan, Toril, Busao, San Roque, and the Swades Spring at barangay Aliguay. He was accompanied by Waterworks in-charge Ric Nacorda and this writer.
Fred C. Fuertes
MPIO-Designate, Maribojoc, Bohol
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