BALER, Aurora, March 25, 2011-Governor Bellaflor Angara-Castillo expressed dissatisfaction over Senior Supt. Rosvi Manulid performance amid the rash in crimes in this capital town and the police’s alleged failure to contain illegal logging activities seven months after he was the provincial police director in this province and may be on the way out.
Manulid is a bemedalled and well-decorated police officer who held sensitive positions at the Philippine National Police Regional Police Office 3 here in Central Luzon who was included in the list of recommendees for new provincial director of the Aurora police but Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo left him out.
“I did not choose him,” Angara-Castillo told newsmen without specifying who was her choice; however, sources said that her personal choice was Senior Supt. Benjie Hulipas, who hails from the province.
“I am very disappointed when Manulid took over as provincial director, there was a surge in crimes, including a P1-million broad daylight heist. Even during day-time, there were crime incidents,” Angara-Castillo said, adding that before the latter came in, the province had the lowest crime rate among the seven provinces in Central Luzon.
“Before Manulid was assigned here, we were the most peaceful in the entire region 3 and I wanted to maintain that distinction so he had to go,” she said, adding that the surge in crimes would adversely affect Aurora’s aggressive tourism campaign.
Angara-Castillo said that she herself was not spared from the outbreak in crimes where she cited that recently she lost her generator to thieves who broke into her house.
She recalled confronting Manulid about the incident, even warning him that if her generator would not be produced within 24 hours, Manulid would suffer the consequences; then the generator was recovered by police within the 24-hour period.
Angara-Castillo said the fact that the stolen generator was recovered by police indicated that if they wanted to, they can do their job efficiently. She said she has long been complaining to Manulid and his men the lack of police visibility in the province.
Asked to comment on his impending relief, Manulid said that he serves at the pleasure of the governor. He said insofar as he is concerned, he has done his best although this has failed to satisfy the governor.
“I have no regrets,” he said.
Before a new set of recommendees was laid down, Manulid has been subjected by the governor to severe tongue-lashing. Once, she scolded him in front of local officials and newsmen during a meeting of the provincial government-led task force against illegal logging for the inability of lawmen to prevent the passage of trucks in police-manned checkpoints.
But what broke the camel’s back, sources said, was the occurrence of five consecutive robbery-holdup and theft incidents in the province.
Earlier, Manulid was appointed last September to his post as officer-in-charge by Chief Supt. Allan Purisima, PNP regional director, replacing Senior Supt. Romulo Esteban who stayed barely a year in his post.
Manulid and Esteban are “mistahs” or classmates in the 1984 batch of the PNP Academy. Another prominent batchmate is Senior Supt. Rudy Lacadin, regional director for Central Luzon of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group.
A native of Porac, Pampanga, Manulid was chief of the PRO3’s regional operations and plans division prior to his assignment in Aurora. Before being assigned in Central Luzon, Manulid served as regional chief of the PNP maritime division of the PRO4-A covering the coastal provinces of Batangas, Marinduque, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Quezon and Romblon.
He also served in various capacities as deputy provincial director for administration and deputy provincial for operations of the Pampanga police and as station commanders of the Floridablanca, Guagua, Mabalacat and Sta. Ana police stations.
At least twice, Manulid was adjudged police officer of the year in Central Luzon in the late 80s. To his credit were 28 medals and 31 letters of commendations. (Jason de Asis)
16 comments:
I think the police are doing their best to solve the problem to fight illegal logging activities. What we need is the support of the people to inform early the authority so that it will be solved.
The people of Aurora lives in peace. The controversy about the broad day light holdup robbery and other crimes depend on the witnesses who knows the culprits. Sad to say,is this really in exchange of the economic spur in the province. Is it true that because of the new highway project that opened would mean also the increase of crime incident or not. Nagtatanong lang po.
Why it happened in Aurora? Hopefully the police will solve the problem.
This is a challenge to the police force to solve the problem at the soonest time possible. I am hoping that the case will be solved. Manulid is a great leader in Pampanga. I know him based on his records. Sad to say, inabot lang siguro ng biglang sunod-sunod na krimen sa area of responsibility niya.
Anu BA YANNN...............
Hanga ako kay gov. talagang prangkang tao. Mas maganda yung ganyan kaysa nakikipag-plastikan.
For info po sir Jason may development daw po sa istoryang yan. Sa April 4 ay magkakaroon na daw ng palitan ng provincial director sa Aurora sa Camp Ravina.
Sino po papalit? Ang bilis naman po ng palitan ng pamunuan ng provincial director.
Hus...de ko tukoy kung sino papalit? May nameta na ba?
Ay wadi bawas bawasan ang paghusga sa ibang tolay, ilengen tam ng sampung beses ang sarili tam muna kung wala tayong nagamet na kasalanan o kalokohan sa iba. kung may nangyari mang mga krimen hindi rin kagustuhan siguro ni Manulid yun. Baka nagkataon lang ngdumating siya ay tinambakan naman ng sunod-sunod na krimen.
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Si sir Mcnosis pala nag-inspect sa pulis he he he.
Mama mia....anyway thats the decision of the governor.
Sir Jason for info po si Senior Supt. Jojo Gumban daw po ang papalit kay PD Manulid ayon sa source ku sa Camp olivas. May report na po ba kayo?
wala naman kasing support na malaki ang provincial govt sa kapulisan... ni hindi sila makapag donate ng mga fire arms or materials that can be utilized by the police mas inuuna pa nila ang pagbili ng properties gaya ng lupa......
dapat kc my mga handheld radio ang mga pulis para mabilis makakontak at makaresponde sa mgha krimen,, kung cp lang asahan nila minsan mahina ang signal,, kung sa text naman delayed minsan dumating.. sana masuportahan ng government ntin ang ganitong pangangailangan ng kapulisan sa komunikasyon... sana.. sana.. isa ito sa mapag-ukulan ng pansin ng mga lider natin
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