Tuesday, March 23, 2021

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Environment officials recover endangered eagle specie

Posted: 23 Mar 2021 04:23 AM PDT

THE Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte has taken into custody a South Philippine Hawk Eagle for rehab and eventual release into the wild.

Rosevirico Tan, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional information officer, said Tuesday, March 23, that the eagle, also known as Pinsker Hwak-eagle or Mindanao eagle, was retrieved by Cenro-Liloy headed by Dionisio Rago on March 19 in Poblacion village, Gutalac, Zamboanga del Norte.

Tan said Maria Flor Amplayo told the Cenro officials that her son went to Pitogo village in Gutalac town and saw the children feeding the bird and told them to surrender it to DENR.

The children turned it over to Amplayo's son, who eventually reported to DENR-Zamboanga Peninsula official social media page for proper disposition, knowing it was an endangered species based on a YouTube video he saw.

Tan said that further inquiries revealed that the raptor was retrieved by the children at the forested area of Kipit village, Labason, Zamboanga del Norte and brought it home.

Tan said the raptor was estimated to be five months old, weighs 500 grams, and has a wingspan of 34 inches and 14 inches in height.

He said the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the South Philippine Hawk eagle as endangered because it is threatened by habitat loss.

He said the raptor will be released back to the wild once it is fully rehabilitated and declared fit. (SunStar Zamboanga)

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Zamboanga City police relentlessly enforce health protocols

Posted: 23 Mar 2021 04:22 AM PDT

THE Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) relentlessly enforced health and safety protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the city, a top ZCPO official said.

Police Colonel Rexmel Reyes, ZCPO director, said they have recorded 237 violations of Covid-related protocols and regulations for operations conducted Monday, March 22.

Reyes said that of the total violations, 42 involved non-observance of safe physical distancing, 10 curfew violations, 43 non-wearing of face mask, three unauthorized motorcycle back-riding, 21 no valid identification cards and 118 non-wearing of face shield.

Reyes said the apprehension was done by policemen conducting mobile checkpoints in different areas of the city.

"We reiterate our appeal to the public to continuously comply with the minimum health protocols to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the community and in the entire city," he said.

Meanwhile, Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has instructed the 74th Infantry Battalion to coordinate with the ZCPO in guarding the city's entry and exit points and borders, including the highways, to ensure that people entering the city from nearby provinces are properly profiled.

Salazar said incoming travelers passing through the borders must be properly screened and profiled for contact tracing and other purposes to ensure that the people of the city are safe. (SunStar Zamboanga)

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Police officer escapes death

Posted: 23 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PDT

A VIGILANT police officer escaped death while about to report for duty at Camp Colonel Romeo Abendan, which houses the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula headquarters in Zamboanga City.

This, as Police Lieutenant Dexter Villanueva of the Regional Operations Management Division of PRO-Zamboanga Peninsula discovered a grenade inside his mail box set as a booby trap.

Police Captain Edwin Duco, PRO-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, said Villanueva noticed a wire while the latter was about to open the gate of his compound around 6:45 a.m. Monday on Gonzales Drive, Sampaguita Road in Guiwan village, Zamboanga City.

Duco said Villanueva discovered that the wire was tied to the safety pin of a grenade placed inside his mail box. He immediately reported it to the Explosive Ordnance Demolition Team (EODT).

The EODT personnel led by Police Chief Master Sergeant Rodel Lopez Bazan safety retrieved the MK2 fragmentation grenade and took it into custody for safe keeping.

Duco said the Zamboanga City Police Office's Station 5 is still conducting investigation to determine who was behind the attempt on the life of Villanueva. (SunStar Zamboanga)

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86 Hawksbill turtle hatchlings freed in Sibugay

Posted: 22 Mar 2021 04:12 AM PDT

PERSONNEL of the Department of Environment and National Resources (DENR) have released some 86 Hawksbill turtle hatchlings in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, a DENR official said Monday, March 22.

Rosevirico Tan, DENR regional information officer, said the hatchlings were released last week in Pandilusan Island, Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay, by the Biodiversity and Conservation Unit personnel of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro)-Imelda of the same province.

Tan said the Cenro-Imelda personnel recovered the hatchlings following receipt of report from the Payao Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (Menro).

He said the responding Cenro-Imelda team released the Hawksbill turtle hatchlings after proper documentation.

The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae, according to the Wikipedia.

The hawksbill's appearance is similar to that of other marine turtles. (SunStar Zamboanga)

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2 most wanted persons nabbed

Posted: 22 Mar 2021 04:12 AM PDT

LAWMEN have arrested two of the most wanted persons, including a crime group member, in Zamboanga Peninsula in separate law enforcement operations, a top police official said Monday, March 22.

Police Brigadier General Ronaldo Genaro Ylagan, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula director, identified the arrested wanted persons as Victor Catada Retes Jr., 47, and Gomer Espina Patcho, 49.

Ylagan said Retes was arrested in a law enforcement operation around 10 a.m. Monday in Zone 1 in Kauswagan village, Cagayan de Oro City.

Ylagan said Retes is the number 10 most wanted person in Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte and has a standing warrant of arrest for qualified theft with P60,000 recommended bail.

Patcho, on the other hand, was arrested in another law enforcement operation around 9 a.m. Monday in Mount Tarak in Alas-Asin village, Mariveles, Bataan.

Patcho is the number 7 most wanted person in Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur and has a standing warrant of arrest for murder with no recommended bail.

Ylagan said Patcho is a member of the Ozamiz City-based Parojinog crime group involved in gun-for-hire, extortion and robbery hold-up. (SunStar Zamboanga)

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Maguindanao displaced families get relief aid

Posted: 22 Mar 2021 03:17 AM PDT

THE Ministry of Social Service and Development in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MSSD-Barmm) has provided relief assistance to families displaced by the recent clashes between government troops and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao.

Lawyer Raisa Jajurie, MSSD minister, said Monday, March 22, that some 2,781 families were displaced as government troops and BIFF clashed around 5 a.m. Thursday, March 18, in the town of Datu Saudi Ampatan, Maguindanao.

Jajurie that she and Datu Saudi Ampatuan Mayor Edris Sindatu distributed Saturday, March 20, some 1,300 food packs, 700 sleeping kits, and 1,500 dignity kits.

"During the displacement, we have provided other programs para masigurado na ligtas ang mga bata, mga nanay, at kababaihan, katulad ng psycho-social interventions for their mental health," Jajurie said.

"Ang panawagan namin sa ibang ahensya at ministries na maghanda, dahil kung tumagal man itong kaguluhan ay handa tayo na mag-abot ng assistance sa mga apektadong pamilya," she said.

Meanwhile, the United Nations Children's Fund and Health Organization for Mindanao provided 1,994 hygiene kits, 2,000 water containers and purification tablets, 91 recreation kits, and 1,000 plastic tarpaulins.

Sindatu has assured that safety of the displaced families is their priority. (SunStar Zamboanga)

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