Guara, Ordaniel take
over Neg. Occ., Bacolod PNP
BY ADRIAN NEMES III

Senior Superintendents Edgardo Ordaniel and Celestino Guara, yesterday vowed to work for the reduction of crime incidents in their areas when they assumed yesterday as officers-in-charge of Bacolod City Police Office and Negros Occidental Police Office, respectively.

They were responding to the challenge of Police Regional Office-6 Director Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz for them to reduce crime incidents in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City by at least 20 percent this year. Cruz also stressed that there should be zero tolerance for policemen and civilians involved in illegal activities

Crime reduction in the Western Visayas was only about 17 percent in 2011, which is less than the target of the Regional Police which was 25 percent crime reduction, police records show.

De la Paz gets
efficiency medal
BY ADRIAN NEMES III

Outgoing Bacolod City Police Director Senior Supt. Ricardo de la Paz yesterday received an efficiency medal from Police Regional Office-6 for his exemplary performance in the last two years.

The award was presented by PRO-6 Director Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz himself during the turnover of command ceremonies at the Bacolod City Police headquarters in the presence of Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia and some city councilors.

Aside from the efficiency medal from PRO-6, the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry through its president Frank Carbon also gave a citation to de la Paz yesterday.

There will be no increase in the Philippines annual share of the US sugar quota because the United States and Mexico have a huge supply this crop year, Harry Kopp, Washington representative of the Philippine Sugar Alliance, said yesterday.

Kopp, who met with sugar leaders in Bacolod City at a dinner hosted by National Federation of Sugarcane Planters president Enrique Rojas at his residence, updated them on the sugar situation in the United States.

US Trade Representative Ron Kirk had earlier announced that the Philippines shares of the US sugar quota for Fiscal Year 2013 (Oct. 1, 2012 through Sept. 30, 2013) will be 144,901 metric tons raw value (MTRV).