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==[[Tawi-Tawi News]]==
==[[Tawi-Tawi News]]==
'''Davao, Tawi-Tawi teams in hot start in Nestea Beach Volley'''
'''Extreme measures'''
*Source: http://balita.ph/2012/02/24/davao-tawi-tawi-teams-in-hot-start-in-nestea-beach-volley/
*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/151661/extreme-measures
*February 24, 2012 12:17 pm
*7:43 am | Saturday, February 25th, 2012
:by  (PNA) LAM/LRR/ldp
:by  newsinfo.inquirer.net




DAVAO CITY, Feb. 23 -– Davao Merchant Marine Academy (DMMA) and Mindanao State University (MSU) in Tawi-Tawi made their presence felt by both posting two straight wins at the opening Thursday of the Mindanao Regional elimination of the 15th Nestea Beach Volleyball at the Paradise Island Beach Resort in the Island Garden City of Samal.
The arrest of the drive-by shooting suspects who gunned down, among others, a police asset in broad daylight comes days before a news story in which Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ordered police to meet a so-called arrest quota.
DMMA’s Jimson Olais and Mario Guanzon whipped Ateneo de Davao University’s Cyrex Cosare and Kevin Batilo, 21-14, 21-10. The dynamic duo then crushed the pair of Prince Nov Sabello and Talal Landas of Emar Human and Environmental College, 21-8, 21-3 in the men’s division.
“They have a quota for me, 10 holduppers a day. Or else they will be assigned in Tawi-Tawi. It’s better if they’re dead because they will only do it again. If they’re not dead, it’s bailable, they can post bail and will commit the crime in another day,” the vice mayor was quoted by ABS-CBN as saying.
On the other hand, MSU’s Roldan Medino Jr. and Imbran Idris walloped the duo of Keneath Jay Cutamora and Michael Alivio of Philippine Women’s College, 21-17, 21-13, before demolishing the pair of Abim Usman and Nur-amun Madsairi of Maharlika Institute of Technology of Tawi-Tawi via a 21-19, 21-14 win.
Tough words were  backed up with the death of a robber who victimized a student in a follow-up operation by police. While Duterte has gotten away with issuing threats and warnings on TV so far, it’s  different in Cebu City, which has an active civil society.
The other matches saw Cor Jesu College of Digos City nipping Iligan Medical Center College, 21-18, 22-20; University of Mindanao-Davao demolished Xavier University of Cagayan de Oro City, 21-12, 21-12; and UM Tagum routed Cor Jesu, 21-13, 21-9.
Or is it? Wasn’t it a few years ago when then Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña said he would reward those who can neutralize robbers and petty crooks? The crackdown on crime  resulted in the sudden deaths of suspected hoodlums.  The vigilante-style  killings were  condemned by then Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal.
MSU’s Kweenafenur Mohammad Ali and Dalhina Kulah also made a good start in the distaff side by demolishing Emar’s Florandie Palarca and Cristina Tual, 21-7, 21-12.
This  infamous period in Cebu City’s peace and order situation was the subject of a leaked US cable that was disclosed by WikiLeaks last year.
Jose Maria College’s Elvie Mariquit and Irish Dignadice shared the spotlight by downing MATS College’s Jasel Jane Lodia and Jennifer Sargado, 21-8, 21-9.
Despite the alarm over the recent drive-by shootings in Cebu City, it’s good that  Mayor Michael Rama didn’t do a Duterte.
The top three winners in the three-day event will all advance to the national championship set on April 19 to 21 in Boracay Island. The national champion will earn P75,000 while the second, third and fourth placers will pocket P50,000, P25,000 and P15,000, respectively.
He simply reminded Senior Supt. Ramon Melvin Buenafe, Cebu City police chief, to intensify  patrols and solve the cases.
The winning coaches will also earn P25,000, P15,000, P10,000 and P7,500.
Sure enough, suspects were arrested.
“They will also get trophies, medals and champion teams one year bragging right as the King and Queen of collegiate beach volleyball in the Philippines,” said Jose Manuel Santos, marketing promotions and events executive for Nestea.
Rama’s pointed reminder to the police about their lack of focus and negligence, stated  in front of barangay officials during a weekend  assembly, worked to some extent.
Santos led the opening ceremony Wednesday together with Department of Tourism (DOT) Regional Director Art Boncato, Island Garden City of Samal City Administrator Cleto Gales Jr., Paradise Island beach resort owner Julie Rodriguez, Visayas leg organizer Ricky Ballesteros and Mindanao leg organizer Kenneth Sai of Vantage Sports Promotions.
Would an arrest quota be effective for Cebu City like it would in Davao City?
Davao leg is scheduled from Feb. 23-25 while the Visayas leg will be held on March 9 to 11 in Moalboal, Cebu then followed by the Luzon leg on March 21 to 23 and the National Capital Region (NCR) leg on March 25-27 both slated in Tanauan, Batangas.
Watchdogs of human rights abound in Cebu and won’t let that strategy  pass without an outcry. They would have a  field day castigating Rama and other officials who would  resort to extrajudicial killings and extreme measures to crack down on criminal elements.
There’s some truth to what Buenafe said when he said Cebu City’s peace and order climate remains  stable.
The sporadic shootings, several of them gang related, aren’t enough to bring the economy to a standstill or drive people off the streets at night.
Illegal drugs is a more pernicious problem, which is another headache.
Having said that,  Mayor Rama still has to get the police to do a better job, considering the generous support of City Hall for the police force and the fact that Cebuanos deserve a safe place to live and work.


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