Legal lottery. Money derived from Small Town Lottery
which is allotted to finance the government charity programs for the
indigents is being sabotaged by the continuous operation of “illegal
bookies”.
LUCENA CITY - An official of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO)
in Quezon urged authorities to stop the resurgence of illegal “bookies” of
government-run Small Town Lottery (STL) in different parts of the province
because, she said, it robs charity funds for the poor. “If the proliferation of
these illegal bookies would go on unabated, our source of funds for the poor
will be greatly affected. These bookies are robbing the money that is intended
to help the indigents,” Leti Renomeron, PCSO-Quezon branch manager, told the CPW
in an interview.
Most of the proceeds from STL operations are allotted to finance PCSO charity
funds, aside from the share of host local government unit and the police.
On the evening of July 29, five suspected members of a local “bookies” group
operating in nearby Sariaya town were arrested by operatives from the Department
of Interior and Local Government (DILG) based in Camp Crame.
October plebiscite sa hati-Quezon tiniyak ng
Comelec – Cong. Suarez By Danny J. Estacio
Congressman Danilo E. Suarez
LUCENA CITY – Kasado na sa Commission on Election (Comelec) ang pagdaraos ng
plebisito sa Oktubre para desisyunan ng taong-bayan ang usapin ng paghahati sa
lalawigan ng Quezon. Ito ang naging pahayag ni Congressman Danilo Suarez (3rd
District) sa panayam ng CPW
Sinabi ng kongresista na mismong si Comelec chairman Jose Melo ang nagsabi sa
kanya tungkol sa isasagawang plebisito sa isang pulong ng Congress oversight
committee na pinamumunuan ng una.
Ayon kay Suarez, base sa pahayag sa kaniya ni Melo, magpupulong muna ang ang
miyembro ng komisyon na kinabibilangan nina Commissioners Rene Sarmiento,
Nicodemo Ferrer, Moslemen Macarambon at Lucenito Tagle para sa en banc
resolution kung anong petsa ikakalendaryo ang plebisito.
LUCENA CITY – Hiniling ni Quezon Congressman Mark Enverga (1st District) sa
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) na mas higit na pag-ibayuhin ang
imbestigasyon upang makilala ang mga nasa likod ng lokal at transnasyonal na
sindikato ng droga na kumikilos sa northern Quezon.
Sa pagbubukas ng kongreso nitong nakaraang Hulyo 29, mariing kinundena ni
Enverga sa kanyang privilege speech ang nasa likod ng mga sindikato ng droga na
tinawag niyang “ruthless” na dapat lamang na mapatawan ng pinakamataas na parusa
na itinatakda ng batas.
Illegal fishers target “mameng” in Quezon
By Sonny T. Mallari
“Mameng” or Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulates sp.)
LUCENA CITY - The good news is that the presence of the endangered fish
species Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulates sp.) popularly known as “mameng,”
has been confirmed in the seas off Polillo Islands in Quezon.
The bad news: This rare fish is now being caught by illegal fishers.
Glenn Forbes, marine program officer of Tanggol Kalikasan (Defend the
Environment), said the Quezon police maritime group based in Real, Quezon,
recovered 11 “mameng” weighing an average of 1.7 kilos on July 21.
The fish, locally known as “dugsong laot,” were being kept by maritime police in
a water container.
After the “Task Force Sagip Likas Yaman” received the report, the group along
with Forbes rushed to Real to oversee the return of the fish back to the sea.
Department of Agriculture muling nagkaloob ng ‘hybrid
seeds’ sa SPPAQ
By Jason Q. Vallecer
Tinatanggap ni Congressman Proceso Alcala (kaliwa)
ang mga hybrid seeds na ipinagkaloob ni Department of Agriculture
regional director Abelardo Bragas.
SARIAYA, Quezon – Muling tumanggap ng “hybrid seeds” mula sa Department of
Agriculture ang Sentrong Pamilihan ng Produktong Agrikultura sa Quezon bilang
pagkilala ng nasyunal na pamahalaan sa aktibong pagsusulong nito sa ikauunlad ng
magsasaka sa lalawigan.
Sa turn-over ceremony na ginanap sa SPPAQ sa Barangay Sampaloc 2 nitong
nakaraang Biyernes ay tinanggap ni Congressman Proceso Alcala mula kay Avelino
Bragas, DA Region IV-A regional director, ang mga 500 bags ng hybrid palay
seeds, 50 bag ng yellow corn seeds, 50 bags ng white corn seeds at iba’t-ibang
uri ng pananim na gulay na nagkakahalaga ng P500,000.
