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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Cordillera remains among safest regions in the Philippines

Cordillera - The Cordillera Administrative Region has maintained it's status as among the safest regions in the country.

In the Kasama sa Pamana Regional Pre-SONA Series held in Baguio City on June 1, 2021, Department of Agriculture Secretary, Regional Development and Security of the Cordillera Cabinet Officer William Dar said in his report that Cordillera is among the safest regions in the country as a result of the drop of crime incidence due to  effective implementation of law enforcement and anti-illegal drug campaign of the government.

"Crime incidents in the region dropped year on year since 2016 with the effective implementation of law enforcement and the anti-illegal drug campaign," Dar said.

"Intensified police operation to the arrest of the top three most wanted person and 1,717 wanted person in 2020 alone," he added.

The continuing fight against illegal drugs also led to the arrest  of 444 drug personalities and around P588.32 million worth of illegal drugs were  confiscated, Dar added.

On improved security, Dar also congratulated the communities and the people of the region for their effort and participation in the localization of Executive Order  No.  70  institutionalizing  the whole - of – nation approach in attaining inclusive and lasting peace and  creating   the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF – ELCAC).

Through the regional and local ELCAC task forces, there are  harmonized  efforts in addressing insurgency and other peace and order concerns  including their root causes such as inaccessibility to basic services, poverty, social inequity and lack of knowledge on government programs and services, he added.

Through the joint efforts of national government agencies, local government units, civil society organization and the private sector, implementation of Support to the Barangay Development Program are set for eight pilot insurgency free -barangays in the region (6 in Abra, 1 in Mountain Province and 1 in Kalinga).

For this year, a total of P160 million or P20 million worth of development projects is allocated  for each of the eight barangays.   71 more identified ELCAC barangays are also set to get government support with the collaboration of all key stakeholders.

source || PIA-CAR

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Friday, April 6, 2018

Baguio City among top 10 Safest Cities in Southeast Asia in 2018


Cordillera - In 2018 Baguio City has been named among the safest city in Southeast Asia according to a newly released data from Numbeo.

Numbeo is the world's largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. 

It provides current and timely information on world living conditions including cost of living, housing indicators, health care, traffic, crime and pollution.

Baguio City has been ranked the 6th place with a record of 59.43 safety index.

Aside from Baguio, there were other four cities of the Philippines that have been included in the list. 

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These are:

2nd Place: Valenzuela City - 74.79 Safety Index

4th Place: Davao City - 71.21 Safety Index

5th Place: Makati City - 60.44 Safety Index




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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Cordillera now the safest place in the country - Crime rate hits all time low



Cordillera - The Police Regional Office - Cordillera Plans and Operations Division has presented report on the average monthly crime index rate of Cordillera that has decreased compared to last year making Cordillera one of the safest place in the Philippines. 


In the police report, the average monthly  crime rate decreased by 36.72 percent with only eight incidents per 100,000 population compared to last year with 19 incidents per 100,000 population.

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Police Regional Office - Cordillera Plans and Operations Division head Superintendent Homer Penecilla said that "the number of incidents in the region did not only decrease, but the solution of these cases had also increased".

Mauricio Domogan, Regional Peace and Order Council and Regional Development Council Chairman regards the decrease of crimes to the successful effort and teamwork of the Philippine National Police Cordillera (PNP), Philippine Armed Forces (AFP) together with the cooperation of the people in the community who work closely with authorities in maintaining peace and order in the region. 

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Domogan also said that this marvelous accomplishment will serve as motivation and inspiration to all concerned citizens living in the region to keep working with the authorities especially the police and the Armed forces to continue improving the peace and order situation.

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