Zambo Sur police receive new motorcycles

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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, April 21 (PNA) –- The local police received a boost in terms of mobility with the distribution of new motorcycles by Camp Crame through the Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9).

Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre, provincial police director, said Tuesday his office received 16 units of new motorcycles with complete accessories to be used by the police force in this province.

Chief Supt. Ricardo Zapata Jr., PNP logistics chief, turned over the new motorcycles to Ecaldre last Friday at the PRO-9 headquarters in Zamboanga City.

Ecaldre said the motorcycles will be distributed to the different police stations particularly to those that needed to augment its mobility.

Ecaldre said the 16 motorcycles were part of the 45 units the PRO-9 received from Camp Crame. (PNA)
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9-hour daily rotational brownout up in Zamboanga del Sur

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By Hirohito D. Cadion

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, April 15 (PNA) -- The thousands of member-consumers of the Zamboanga del Sur Electric Cooperative-1 (Zamsureco-1) will have to contend with nine hours daily rotational brownout brought about by the drop of power supply.

Liberal Cabatcha, Zamsureco-1 information officer, said the imposition of nine-hour brownout took effect Tuesday as the energy supplied by the National Power Corporation (Napocor) to the cooperative dropped by more than half.

Cabatcha said Napocor only supplies nine megawatts (MW), which is 11-MW lesser of the 20-MW contracted power supply to Zamsureco-1 following the reduction in power generation.

Cabatcha said this came after the power generation of the Agus and Pulangi hydro-electric power plants dropped by 55.5 percent from the total of 1,000-MW to only 445-MW.

He said the cause in the reduction in power generation is the receding water level in Lake Lanao due to the dry spell.

With the situation, he said Zamsureco-1 has a power deficit of 19-MW since the peak load of the cooperative is 30-MW.

Aside from Napocor, he said Zamsureco-1 is supplied by two Independent Power Producers (IPPs)--Therma Marine, Inc. (TMI) and Mapalad Power Corporation (Mapalad).

He said that each of the two IPPs supplies five MW to Zamsureco-1.

The daily rotational brownout is being implemented three times a day at three-hour duration per service area.

Zamsureco-1, which was established in August 25, 1972, serves 69,857 connections in this city and in 24 of the 26 municipalities of this province. (PNA)
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Zambo Sur police file charges vs. kidnappers of 2 children, bakery worker

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By Hirohito D. Cadion

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, April 15 (PNA) -- The police have filed criminal charges against five people implicated in the March 31 kidnapping of two children and a bakery worker in the nearby town of Pitogo, this province.

Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre, provincial police director, said the charges against the suspects were filed on Monday before the provincial prosecutor’s office.

 

Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre

Ecaldre named the respondents as the follows: Mahbad Hassan and Alkim Hassan, both of Barangay Poblacion, Pitogo; Jalid Malali; Usman Jelanie; and, Usman Hassan all of Barangay Kalintana, Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay.

Ecaldre disclosed that two of the five suspects--Mahbad and Alkim--were arrested a day after 10 gunmen seized the victims but was not immediately announced as investigation is ongoing.

He said investigation showed the suspects have stayed at the residence of Mahbad and pretended to be fresh fish traders while monitoring the movement of their target to be kidnapped.

He disclosed that one of the five suspects--Usman--was captured in a video of the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) camera of CJ bakeshop of Chzarenia Kapa Sajulga, the kidnapping target.

The suspects seized Ace Jay Garban, three; Zynielle Jay Garban, two; and, Ledegie Tomarong, 17 after they failed to kidnap Sajulga, who locked herself inside a room when the kidnappers swooped down her bakery.

The Garban children are grandchildren of Pitogo Mayor Richard Garban.

The suspects grabbed the two children and Tomarong, who were at the fish port and escaped by using them as human shields during a shootout with pursuing policemen.

The suspects killed Zynielle Jay, whose body was fished out from sea by fishermen on April 3 near the shore of Pitogo town.

The kidnappers have demanded PhP60 million or at PhP30 each in exchange for the release of Garban and Tomarong.

Ecaldre said policemen in coordination with the military are continuously tracking down the whereabouts of the victims. (PNA)
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Kidnappers demand PhP60-M ransom for 2 captives seized in Zambo Sur town

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Kidnap victims

By Hirohito D. Cadion

PITOGO, Zamboanga del Sur, April 13 (PNA) – Mayor Richard Garban has appealed to the kidnappers holding captives a child and a bakery worker to release their hostages on humanitarian grounds.

Still in the hands of the kidnappers are Ace Jay Garban, three, and a bakery worker, Ledegie Tomarong, 17.

Mayor Garban made the appeal in a press conference Sunday, citing the families of the two captives do not have the capability to pay ransom.

The appeal of the mayor came after the kidnappers have demanded PhP60 million ransom or at PhP30 million each in exchange for the release of the two captives.

The mayor said the kidnappers made known of their demand through text messages sent to the families of the two hostages.

Garban and his younger sister, Zynielle Jay, two and Tomarong, were seized by 10 gunmen during a shootout in the afternoon of March 31 at the fish port in Barangay Poblacion, this town.

The shootout ensued as alerted policemen pursued the gunmen, who failed to seize their kidnapping target, businesswoman Chzarenia Kapa Sajulga, who owns a bakery in Barangay Poblacion and the employer of Tomarong.

The gunmen made good their escape as they grabbed the three children, who were at the fish port, and made them as human shields that prevented the policemen from further pursuing them.

The gunmen killed Zynielle Jay, whose remain was fished out from sea by fishermen in the morning of April 3 near the shore of this town.

The Garban children are the grandchildren of the mayor of this municipality.

Police and military operatives are continuously tracking down the whereabouts of the victims. (PNA)
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