‘Swertres’ usher-collector
apprehended
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Police arrested a suspected usher-collector of the illegal numbers game “swertres” in Barangay Calindagan in Dumaguete City at about 7:20 p.m. Monday.

Police identified the suspect as Edmundo Du, 51, married, of Barangay Calindagan.

Dumaguete police intelligence operatives and members of the Special Operations Group-Provincial Intelligence Branch of the Philippine National Police arrested Du allegedly while he was in the act of collecting bets.

Confiscated from Du were tally sheets, betting stubs, ballpen and cash money believed to be proceeds of the illegal numbers game.

Mayor identifies
command center
FOR DISASTER OPERATIONS
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Dumaguete City Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria announced yesterday that effective immediately, the city council session hall will become the city government’s official operations command center during disasters.

He announced this as members of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council met for a post assessment and evaluation, of the city’s experiences in terms of disaster response, relief and rehabilitation after tropical storm “Sendong” that caused major flooding in the province on December 17.

Sagarbarria said the session hall is ideal for the purpose, as it has available logistics and other resources such as radio communications, telephones, standby power generators, Internet and computers.

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