Ormoc police steps up campaign against special laws

Police here recently collared one (1) Pedro Parata, 25 years old, single, jobless and a resident of Rizal Extension, District 26 Ormoc City for Illegal Gambling, Sunday, 18 August 2013.

Police operatives led by PSInsp Rio M. Tan caught the violator engaged in illegal numbers games” locally known as Swertres” or an act violating Republic Act (RA) 9287, the otherwise called the Anti-illegal Numbers Games.

 

Confiscated in the possession of violator were: one (1) piece tally sheet with number combinations for swertres; one (1) piece pad/bundle stub with number combinations; one (1) piece tip for swertres; one(1) ballpen and bet money amounting to Php 160.00.

Violator was brought to Ormoc City Police Station 1 proper disposition.

A case for violation of RA 9287 is now prepared by Officer-on-case PO2 Dindo Tuando for filing in Court.

Illegal numbers games is a social menace corrupting the moral fiber, says Ormoc City Police Office city director Police Senior Superintendent Elizar Patano Egloso. Its profit is derived from false economic value often than not obtained from hard earned daily wage most often by the poor. It simply swallops up the money so swiftly in the adventure for quick profit or gain promised by the vicious game of chance of illegal numbers game to the detriment and misery of many in the family - socially determined by studies as the cause of other social problems such as theft, drunkness and other forms of crime in their effort to address poverty and want.

It is a vicious cycle that has to be stopped says Police Community Relations chief Police Superintendent Ma. Elma B. Delos Santos. There are decent economic activity many can undertake. In fact government social services are there providing families to alleviate economic want through its livelihood programs and the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Families can simply sign up for it and begin a productive and legal undertaking to address poverty. The department have been effective in the program, among others; and have made great strides in alleviating many families in carrying out the flagship program of the leadership of the country.

Finally, community cooperation in the campaign against illegal numbers game significantly contributes to widening police legal offensive against the activity. Real time call to OCPO HOTLINE 255-2232 which police will hold with confidentiality will strongly help stop this sort of activity, PSSUPT Egloso concluded.