Creative hide-and-seek

By Bebot Villar

 

WHILE the police officers are aggressively hunting down the illegal drug dealers, mas nagiging creative pa ang mga damuhong criminal in selling droga!

Patunay nito ay ang isinagawang raid last week ng Dagupan City police at mga agents ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sa isang apartment doon kung saan timbog ang isang pusher na babae.

Approximately 75 grams of shabu were confiscated during the operation headed by Dagupan City police chief, Supt. Christopher Abrahano.

Naging madulas noong una ang suspect dahil mahirap hulihan ng ebidensya na nagtutulak ito ng shabu. Paano nga naman, ibinabalot pala niya sa mga candy wrappers ang mga sachet ng shabu na ibinebenta niya! She is not only wise, but creative! Who will think that those like candies are shabu?

Subali’t dahil sa pagsisikap ng mga agents na ma-corner ang suspect, patuloy silang nagsagawa ng test-buy. At noong naging positibo, doon na nila isinagawa ang mas malaking operasyon.

Personally speaking, when criminals feel that they are in danger, they will find ways  how to continue their illegal activities but away from the prying eyes of the law enforcers. That’s what they thought! Kung maparaan sila, lalong maparaan ang mga alagad ng batas. Sabi nga, sa hinaba-haba ng procession, tiyak sa simbahan din ang tuloy. But in their case, sa kulungan ang tuloy.

Sa ating bansa, habang walang humpay ang campaign laban sa illegal drugs, ang mga malalakas ang loob na lamang na drugs dealers ang patuloy na sumusubok sa kakayahan ng mga alagad ng batas.  They are happiest whenever they think they got one over the law enforcers!

But I am sure, whatever tactics or gimmicks they have, wherever they hide, they will be snared by the long arms of the law sooner or later! Sigurado yan!

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Medyo tense ang situation sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Pangasinan during their session last Monday maybe because of two important issues.

First is the adoption of a resolution expressing the sentiment of Pangasinense against a TV program that aired about the mysterious illness spreading in the province.  Although nag-apologize ang TV program, hiningi ng provincial board na dapat tumulong ang ABS-CBN in restoring the good image ng lalawigan na sinira ng kanilang maling pagbabalita. Dapat lang naman! Exactly as I had written in my last column!

Now we know, hindi lahat ng big network know their big responsibility to their viewers and listeners! Because of their misleading reports, maraming turista na dapat sana ay magbabakasyon sa Bolinao at Hundred Islands ang umano’y nag-cancel ng kanilang mga reservations!

Maging ang mga church-goers ng Manaoag last Sunday, nabawasan din kung ikukumpara sa dati-rati’y hindi mahulugan ng karayom dahil sa kapal ng tao! See how irresponsible journalism affects people? I am hopeful that the soonest time, mabawi ng lalawigan ang mga tinatawag na lost opportunities lalo na ng ating turismo dahil sa maling news report.

The second hot issue that was discussed ay ang pamumutol ng punong-kahoy ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) sa tabi ng kalsada mula Rosales hanggang Sison.

Explanation and arguments from officials of DPWH and DENR, as well as environmentalists against tree-cutting, and former Cong. Mark Cojuangco who accepted the responsibility of the tree-cutting were aired.  Nag-adjourn ang session na ang tanging nagsalita ay ang DPWH at DENR. Sa susunod na Lunes na lang daw isasalang ang iba pang mga personalidad!

In a way, nakapanghihinayang naman talaga ang mga punong-kahoy na iyon. But still, we must also try to look and study the benefits of widened roads for the continued progress of the province.

Things like these should be carefully studied. Para sa lahat dapat ang magiging benefit nito at tunay na makatutulong sa ating progreso. Magtulungan tayo.

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