President Benigno Simeon Aquino, III visited Sunday this
city to get first hand information on the prevailing peace and order condition
in this city.
President Aquino’s visit came two days after a powerful bomb
explosion that killed two people and injured 52 others here.
The bomb, which was placed on a car, exploded around 3:15
p.m. Friday in Barangay Guiwan, this city.
The car was parked in front of a disco pub located across
the bus terminal.
President Aquino planed in around 10:21 a.m. Sunday and immediately
met closed door with top military, police and local government officials.
The President was accompanied by Budget Secretary Florencio
Abad, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon
Soliman, Local Government Secretary Manul Roxas, II, and Armed Forces
Chief-of-Staff General Gregorio Catapang.
After the meeting, the President visited the blast site to
see the extent of damage of the explosion in Barangay Guiwan, this city.
He was joined in by Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar, city
police director Senior Supt. Angelito Casimiro, and other local officials.
From the blast site, the President visited the victims in
the hospitals--Zamboanga Peninsula Medical Center (ZPMC), Western Mindanao
Medical Center (WMMC), and Zamboanga Doctors’ Hospital (ZDH).
However, the President dropped by the wake of Reynaldo Tan
and Dennis Valiente, who were killed in Friday’s bomb blast, coming from the
ZDH.
It was reported over the radio that Valiente’s brother is a
member of the Presidential Security Group (PSG).
The next stop of the President was the Zamboanga City
Medical Center (ZCMC) where two of the victims were admitted.
Ten of the 52 wounded victims are admitted in the different
hospitals in this city.
The President also visited the Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology (BJMP)-administered Zamboanga City Reformatory Center (ZCRC) located
along Varela Street
Security has been tight in all the areas where the President
and his party visited.
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