THE Department of Tourism Bicol Regional Office supported Legazpi City Mayor Noel E. Rosal and Albay Provincial Governor’s call to oust Mr. Frisco Sto. Domingo Sr. from his post as the manager of the Air Transportation Office (ATO) at the Legazpi City Domestic Airport.
DOT-Regional Director Maria Ong-Ravanilla said it is but proper for our leaders to urge the central office of the national aviation office to remove Sto. Domingo from his office.
Some 80 passengers including Tourism Secretary Ace Durano and his family were almost killed in an accident during landing Saturday morning when a van was sighted on the runway by a french pilot of the Cebu Pacific airplane.
The van was allegedly driven by Frisco Sto. Domingo Jr. at the runway during a busy day. Said person was also involved in an vehicular accident at Sagpon, Daraga, Albay recently according to reports.
The Sto. Domingos have yet to issue their side on the issue as efforts to get their comments did not materialize as of writing.
A jet liner descends on the Legazpi City Airport which has been endangered by abusive Air Transportation Officials who allowed cars at the runway during busy navigation hours. This mess almost killed 80 people (Saturday) including Tourism Secretary Ace Durano during his visit to Bicol. (Photo by Rey M. Nasol)
RMG staff sacked too
By Mar S. Arguelles
At least 26 members of the Bicol Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Mobile Group (RMG) training staff were relieved of their duties while three of them will face dismissal for direct involvement in the hazing practices of hundreds of new police recruits.
An official of the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) in Bicol reported the relief of the RMG staff on Wednesday.
Chief Supt. Paterno Bangui, Bicol police chief, directed the administrative relief of the entire training staff of the 5th PRMG including its Group Director Police Senior Supt. Joel Regondola effective March 5 this year.
The relief order came following a directive from the NAPOLCOM in Bicol for the relief of the entire training staff after complaints were received against some of them who were directly involved in hazing practices.
Lawyer Pedro Magannon, NAPOLCOM regional director, said his office issued the recommendation after they received on March 3 an undated letter complaint with a compact disc containing a video footage of the alleged hazing incident committed by three training staff against PNP-Scout trainees at the PNP training camp here.
Magannon said those relieved were placed at the Regional Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit (RPHAU) for proper disposition while awaiting the full and speedy resolution and appropriate sanctions of the case by the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD).
Facing summary dismissal are Police Officers 1 Vernon Palibino, Eugene Ros and Israel Caolie, as evidence against them were strong as shown by the video footage sent to NAPOLCOM.
Magannon said "the video footage were clear evidence that the three police training staff indeed committed acts in violation of the Anti-Hazing Law, grounds for dismissal for the service."
The result of the joint NAPOLCOM-PNP investigation recommended to the Bicol police chief the filing of administrative case of Grave Misconduct against the three policemen.
They were meted with 90 days preventive suspension effective yesterday.
Magannon also said the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Bicol was provided with a copy of the investigation report for their information and appropriate action.
The report said that two hazing incidents occurred last year and one that occurred on December 2 was documented by a video footage submitted to the NAPOLCOM and a local TV network which aired the footage.
The other incident took place on December 8 where one Azucena, a new police recruit, formally complained of hazing in their training camps.
The video footage showed the three police training staff punching, paddling a trainee as a ritual at the training sessions.
Unconfirmed reports also revealed that the trainees were subjected to various forms of hazing such as forcing them to drink water laced with "Chlorox", a bleaching solution.
Magannon said the hazing expose in Bicol was so far the first to be recorded across the country.
To deter future incidents of hazing, the NAPOLCOM would conduct a review of the PNP training program and regularly hold inspection tours on various training camps in the region, he added.
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