Tabuk City; Kalinga - In a bid to finally put a stop to the rampant robberies along the two major entry points to the province, the office of the congressman here has fielded two teems of elders to the Tabuk - Tuguegarao Road and the Tabuk - Roxas Road sections where these robberies have been taking place starting this September.Ruben Tuazon, peace and order coordinator of the office of the congressman, informed the media that the two teams composed of elders from native tribes living along the two roads are tasked to convince the people in the areas to turn from hold-ups to legitimate livelihood activities and also to point to hold-uppers and stand as witnesses against them.
Tuazon said that Congressman Manuel Agyao has decided to hire and field the eight elders who are divided into two teams because for quite a time now, the hold-ups have been happening despite the presence of the police.
Tuazon said that Agyao is ready to help the people in the hold-up areas to engage in banana and beans production as alternative livelihood activities and will look for direct buyers for their future produce.
The frequent robberies occurring in these roads have the effect of driving away businessmen who want to do business in Tabuk and likewise give people who want no come and visit second thoughts.
Tuazon informed that on September 24 the team working the Tabuk - Tuguegarao Road has already scored an initial success after it was able to convince the culprits in a robbery staged there that day to return their loot to the victim.
Tuazon related that one Napoleon Matute who was then riding a motorcycle with his kid was held-up near the cemetery in Nambaran and was divested of his cellphone and wallet containing Pl,000.00 cash.
Learning of the robbery, a roving member of the team who happened to be near the site of the hold-up called on the other members of the four-man team and tracked down the robbers to their hiding place.
Tuazon said that at first, the culprits denied that they pulled off the stick-up but would later admit and surrender the items taken from Matute to the elders.
Later, the elders and Matute went to the police station in Bulanao to report the incident. However, Matute was afraid to press charges and the elders just executed affidavits naming the hold-uppers and pointing to their whereabouts. **By Estanislao Albano, Jr.
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That is just palliative! And it is ridiculous. What we need is sustainable, long lasting solution. Yesterday, Oct. 2, 2007, there was a hold up attempt near the Spring Rest Area in Rizal at about 2:00 PM. It was good that a policeman was one among the passengers. The police officer told the driver not to stop and instead go on very swiftly in full speed bumping those big stones placed by the hold-uppers across the road. That was it; the police fired shots and the hold-uppers were seen running away in various directions.
So where were those anti-holdup teams dispatched in those areas?
That is just a worth a politician. "Ningas Cogon".
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