Pubdate: Thu, 05 May 2005 Source: Sunstar Bacolod (Philippines) Copyright: 2005sSunstar Contact: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1718 Author: Erwin Ambo S. Delilan Cited: Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency http://www.pdea.gov.ph Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/areas/Philippines 7 W. Visayas Cops Charged For Bungling Cases THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said that seven policemen in Region 6 were charged criminally and administratively for bungling drug cases that have been filed in court. They are Police Officer 2 Alfonso Precia, Police Officer 3 Stephen Siblag, Chief Inspector Carlito Guion, Police Officer 1 Albeto Precia Jr., Police Officer 1 Jovito Quiatchon, Inspector Roberto Nino and Police Officer 2 Armen Penuela. All are from Iloilo City Police Office and Iloilo Provincial Police Office, said Superintendent Rolen Balquin, PDEA regional director for Western Visayas. Balquin said charges filed against the seven are for violation of Section 92 of Republic Act 9165 or for the delay and bungling in the prosecution of drug cases in court. Aside from the seven, Balquin said his office also mulled the filing of the similar charges against four policemen in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental, including two or three Bacolod prosecutors. Bacolod City bested other local government units in Western Visayas on the number of recorded drug cases for 2005. Records of the PDEA Regional Office 6 showed Bacolod has a total of 1,193 cases. Only 14 cases were dismissed and 29 were already decided. Following Bacolod was Iloilo City with 724 drug cases, 14 dismissed and none was decided yet. Third was Negros Occidental with 306 cases, of which one was dismissed and two were decided. Capiz that landed the fourth spot has 211 cases, three were dismissed and two have been decided. Sharing the fifth place were Aklan and Iloilo Province with 134 cases each. For Iloilo, only one drug case was dismissed and none was decided yet while in Aklan, none was dismissed and none was decided. Guimaras was on the sixth and last slot with only 15 cases. - ---