A series of robberies involving a grassroot- oriented lending company has alarmed Police Senior Supt. Edgardo Ingking, provincial director of the Philippine National Police, that he warned of more incidents if opportunity remains a tempting option for suspects.

The provincial police director's warning came on the heels of the successful busting of a notorious robbery gang that resulted in the arrest of its members following a daylight heist of the Bank of Commerce Tagbilaran branch. The bank was held up by the dreaded Garcia Robbery Gang last August 28 carting away P90,000 in cash.
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HAD the Bank of Commerce (BOC) robbery been a week later, its outcome could have been different.

In fact, that week, BOC branches nationwide were initiating a revamp in security procedures, a change that could make the job doubly hard for the robbers to grab the money, shared Police General Prospero Noble Jr.
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NOT liabilities, but given the opportunity - assets too.

Thus Mayor Jose Jono Jumamoy described the differently-abled in this town. As such, he gave full support to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) that recently conducted an Organizational Management and Planning Workshop for the Inabanga Association of Differently-abled Persons (IADAP).
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EDITORIAL
Fighting the enemy from within

Tagbilaran basked in the limelight at the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) public governance forum, its star shining brightly alongside the cities of Marikina and San Fernando .

The three "dream cities" were given the ISA accolade for their proficiency in public governance system, something which other cities in the country are desperately trying to adopt.
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