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Dried marijuana stalks and fully grown plants with an estimated street value of P10.8 million were seized in separate anti-narcotics operations in Benguet over the weekend.

SITE INSPECTION -- Police Regional Office-Cordillera Director B/Gen. David Peredo Jr. visited the central business district on April 5 to check on the deployment strategy of the Baguio City Police Office and other security measures. -- PRO-Cor photo

■ Ofelia C. Empian One of the possible solutions to curb the continued cultivation of marijuana in the hinterlands of the Cordillera is the construction of more farm-to-market roads (FMRs). Police Regional Office-Cordillera Director B/Gen. David Peredo, Jr. said along with the road construction would be to encourage the communities to plant vegetables instead of

■ Harley F. Palangchao Chief of the Regional Staff, Col. Julio Lizardo topped the command group division of the 2nd Police Regional Office-Cordillera Marksmanship Enhancement and shoot for-a-cause held at Camp Bado Dangwa, La Trinidad, Benguet on Dec. 14 to 17. PRO-Cor Director, B/Gen. David K. Peredo, Jr. placed second in the same division of

■ Ofelia C. Empian Two deaths due to cardiac arrest during the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Oct. 30 were recorded by the Police Regional Office-Cordillera. At 3 a.m. of Oct. 30, unopposed and re-electionist for punong barangay Jeffrey Tingday of Lanec, Tineg, Abra was pronounced dead by attending physician due to cardiac

■ Ofelia C. Empian Around 22,000 government personnel and dozens of volunteers from the Cordillera are ready to serve in the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Oct. 30. Directors B/Gen. David Peredo, Jr. of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera, Julius Torres of the Commission on Elections, Estela Cariño of the Department of Education, and

■ Ofelia C. Empian A total of 250 aspirants for elective positions in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Abra have withdrawn their certificates of candidacy. Based on the Oct. 18 record of the Commission on Elections-Cordillera, the highest number of those who filed for withdrawal of their COCs came from Bangued with 49,

■ Ofelia C. Empian Philippine National Police Chief Benjamin Acorda, Jr. honored the awardees of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera during its celebration of the 122nd Police Service Anniversary on Oct. 19 at the Camp Bado Dangwa in La Trinidad, Benguet. Acorda was the guest of honor and speaker during the event that recognized the outstanding performance of personnel and

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. has urged members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) to surrender to the government, or face consequences of their action. Teodoro, who graced the 3rd quarter Cordillera Peace and Order Council meeting on July 14 at the Baguio Convention and Cultural Center, lauded the accomplishments of

CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- As a result of the increased police presence, sixty-nine municipalities in various provinces of the region and seven police stations in Baguio City remain peaceful as the Police Regional Office-Cordillera recorded zero crime incidents from June 25 to July 1.