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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Saturday, May 6, 2017
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BACOLOD City – All seven security guards detailed at the Negros First Food Terminal (Pala-pala) will be changed soon.
Three capitol employees will be assigned to monitor the new security guards, according to Venchito Magalona, head of the Negros Occidental provincial government’s Security and Safety Office.
Incidents allegedly involving Pala-pala guards prompted the provincial government to review their assignments and contracts.
The contracts of security guards in various other capitol facilities are under review as well, Acting Provincial Administrator Lucille Gelvolea confirmed.
Magalona said he is expecting Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. to issue a memo putting all guards from contracted security agencies under his supervision.
Security guards detailed at the Pala-pala are under the Economic Enterprise Development Division. The Negros First Food Terminal is being supervised by the division head Atty. Japhet Masculino.
Magalona said the memo may be released next week.
As soon as he gets hold of the directive, Magalona said he will relieve the present Pala-pala guards and replace them with new ones.
Three capitol employees will also be detailed as “officer of the day” to oversee the guards, he stressed.
According to Magalona, the current Pala-pala guards have become too familiar with their posts.
Meanwhile the Provincial Legal Office and the security agency handling the Pala-pala guards were investigating incidents, including stabbing and threat, at the Negros First Food Terminal.
Magalona said he found out in his own investigation that a son of a Pala-pala guard was a suspect in a stabbing there and a security guard allegedly trained a firearm on a minor.
The security agency was asked to provide the Security and Safety Office incident reports, said Magalona./PN
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