{"id":115055,"date":"2017-08-30T05:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=115055"},"modified":"2017-08-30T05:30:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:30:21","slug":"espenido-will-be-purveyor-of-truth-carles-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/30\/espenido-will-be-purveyor-of-truth-carles-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Espenido will be purveyor of truth : Carles mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111909\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/JovieEspenido_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111909\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/JovieEspenido_3.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO\/ Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido (PNA Photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/JovieEspenido_3.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/JovieEspenido_3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO\/ Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ILOILO CITY\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Mayor Sigfredo Betita of Carles, Iloilo, reportedly one of those in the \u201cnarco-politicians\u201d list of President Rodrigo R. Duterte in 2016, is optimistic that Chief Inspector Jovie R. Espenido will be able to ferret out the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Betita said Espenido is \u201cwelcome\u201d in Iloilo, adding that his administration is \u201cvery supportive of the programs of the President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he comes to Iloilo I will welcome him,\u201d he said as he revealed his initiatives to combat illegal drugs in an interview Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Following an information coming from the provincial drug enforcement unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) that illegal drugs are &#8220;rampant\u201d in his town, Betita said that he met with all the village chairmen in his town and the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) for the passage of a reward system ordinance.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is PHP10,000 to PHP20,000 for low value targets and PHP20,000 to PHP50,000 for high value targets, he said. In the meantime, the mayor makes use of his personal money.<\/p>\n<p>Carles, a coastal town in northern Iloilo, has a population of around 73,000.<\/p>\n<p>He added that support, which include \u00a0travel, food and office supplies among others, has been extended to members of the PNP for them to become active in their fight against drugs and criminality.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor said the tourism industry in Carles town was not affected by the illegal drugs&#8217; tag. So far, no tourists were involved in illegal drugs.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed apprehension that the next target of drug peddlers are tourists particularly those visiting Isla De Gigantes, which is now fast becoming a new destination.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a report of the local police, the mayor said there are no suppliers of illegal drugs in their municipality.\u00a0<em><strong>(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ILOILO CITY\u00a0\u2014 Mayor Sigfredo Betita of Carles, Iloilo, reportedly one of those in the \u201cnarco-politicians\u201d list of President Rodrigo R. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[22430,22327],"class_list":["post-115055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-betita","tag-espenido","mauthors-perla-lena","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}