Drug trading inside provincial jail, too?

By Bebot Villar

 

IT certainly looks like there are jail guards and inmates at the Pangasinan Provincial Jail who think they can replicate the drug trading activities of their peers at the New Bilibid.

It was a good thing alert si Jail Officer I Marvin Zara at nakuha ang tatlong sachets na may shabu from one inmate last week. Dahil sa pangyayaring ito, nangako ang Lingayen PNP it will conduct an investigation.

Obviously, may intention ang iilang tiwali na gawing kuta ng drug pushers ang loob ng Pangasinan Provincial Jail. This concern should be nipped in the bud, baka mas madami pa ang maging kasangkot sa iligal na gawain na ito. The worse that could happen is baka jail employees will be involved in the drug trading inside the prison.

This issue should not be treated lightly. A head, or a set of heads, should roll because of this incident!

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Agaw–pansin ang pag-endorse ng Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) sa tambalang Poe – Escudero in the coming May 9, 2016 national and local Elections. Of course, ipinagwalang–bahala naman ito ng mga kampo ng ibang presidentiables. According to the camp of Vice President Jojo Binay, hindi raw solido ang buong NPC at may mga kaibigan si Mr. Vice President sa loob ng partido na kakampi raw sa kanya. The camp of former Secretary Mar Roxas also claimed may mga myembro ng NPC na hindi raw nakonsulta ng kanilang liderato and there are others who have decided to support LP candidates!

Sa palitang ito ng mga kampo ng ating presidentiables, we can see na ang pulitika sa Pilipinas ay “personality–based” pa rin at hindi “platform–based.” Kung tutuusin, at ito ay opinyon ko lamang, all the political parties are all the same, nagkakaiba lamang sa mga personalidad na bumubuo nito.

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Sa balitang maraming NPC members ang hindi nakonsulta bago nilabas ang “declaration for support” kina Poe at Escudero, it’s true na may mga NPC leaders sa bansa na identified supporters ng mga katunggali ni Senator Poe.

In Pangasinan, kasama ba sa mga nakonsulta ng NPC leadership si BISKEG Chairman Mark Cojuangco na kilalang NPC stalwart bago sila nagdeklara ng suporta sa tambalang “Poe – Chiz”?

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Vice presidentiable Bongbong Marcos supports the move to restore the death penalty para sa mga drug lords at drug traffickers. Ayon sa kanya, malinaw na sinisira ng mga drug lords na ito ang buhay ng mga kabataan na syang kinabukasan ng ating bayan.

The “young once” can recall the fate of Lim Seng na syang unang nakatikim ng firing squad dahil sa drug trafficking noong Enero 1973 or four months after Martial Law was declared by then President Ferdinand Marcos. Matapos daw patayin si Lim Seng, drug trading practically disappeared in the country. Death penalty is a sensitive issue in a predominantly Catholic country like Philippines. Ano kaya ang masasabi ng ibang kandidato tungkol dito?

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For me, mahalaga ang pagkakabatid ng butihing Senador na ang isyu sa iligal na droga is not only a problem of law enforcement. Ang paghuli sa mga “drug demons” is only one aspect of police’s operations at kailangan pa ng programa ng gobyerno tungkol sa “drug prevention and control”. Hindi ito malulutas ng PDEA at ng kapulisan lamang.

The campaign against illegal drugs must begin with the family. Sa murang edad ay kailangang matutunan ng mga bata ang kasamaang naidudulot ng iligal na droga sa kanilang buhay. This reminder must be echoed in our schools too! Kung may maayos na values formation, every child at home and in school will not be easily tempted to submit to the demonic drug pushers!

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