SECURITY MEETING. Mayor Alex Centena of Calinog, Iloilo seeks to deploy police forces to provide security for the contractors of the P11.2 billion dam project. He is scheduled to meet Chief Supt. John Bulalacao, Regional Director of Police Regional Office in Western Visayas on Wednesday (October 31, 2018). (Photo by Cindy Ferrer)
ILOILO CITY -- The local government of Calinog, Iloilo is requesting for the deployment of police forces that will focus on providing security for the construction of PHP11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMP) II, especially that there are already some Korean contractors on-site.
Mayor Alex Centena is scheduled to meet with Chief Supt. John Bulalacao on Wednesday to discuss the security deployment in his town.
The request came after Centena received information about the alleged presence of members of New People’s Army (NPAs) in the area, particularly in the mountainous villages of Agcalaga, Cahigon and Alibunan.
“I want to ensure the safety of the contractors in the area because I myself could not be complacent of their situation,” he said in an interview.
More than 10 contractors of the Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. are now building their barracks and motor pool at the 10-hectare land.
Centena also said there are heavy equipment deployed in the area like dump trucks, bulldozers and backhoes.
Centena recognized that the Philippine Army has also deployed personnel in their town, but he said that stay-in police forces would further beef-up the security.
He assumed that rebels are against the construction of the long-overdue multi-billion dam project, which groundbreaking ceremony has no fixed chedule up to this moment.
A contract was signed between the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd last month.
Meantime, Centena appealed to the public to help in pushing through with the project.
“If you want to work, you will be our priority,” he said, adding that NIA is continuously hiring workers for the construction of the project.
The construction is expected to generate jobs for around 17,000 workers composed of engineers, carpenters, welders, masons and drivers of heavy equipment.
Aside from the project, Centena said security also covers other investments coming in at their town.
“If we could not maintain peace in our area, we will have bad image among investors especially that there are foreign investors coming in,” he said.
The interested investors among others include banks, fast food chain and mall.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1052558
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