News Briefs
NEW AIRPORT SECURITY CHIEF
A FORMER Cebu City police chief was appointed head of the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) Airport Police Division yesterday.
Senior Supt. Melvin Gayotin, who retired last Sunday as chief of the investigation branch of the Police Regional Office (PRO-6) in Western Visayas, took his oath yesterday noon before MCIAA general manager Nigel Paul Villarete.
“We are confident and hopeful that Gayotin’s appointment will help improve security services at the airport,” Villarete said.
But Villarete said Gayotin’s appointment needs to be ratified by the airport board in their next meeting. Gayotin said he applied for the position and was glad that Villarete appointed him.
The 56-year-old Gayotin hails from Negros Occidental and lived in Cebu with his family. Gayotin said he will focus on problems like the alleged bribery of airport policemen by taxi drivers.
He said he will also investigate the shootout involving three airport policemen inside their office. /Correspondents Jhunnex Napallacan and Norman V. Mendoza
RETURN CITY VEHICLES
CEBU City barangay officials were told to return city-owned vehicles they no longer use to the Government Services Office (GSO) last Saturday.
Andy Borres, head of the Barangay Affairs Office, said the recall of dilapidated vehicles issued to the barangays is part of City Hall’s ongoing inventory.
During last week’s meeting, barangay captains were promised by Philip Zafra, the mayor’s chief of staff that their new service 4×4 vehicles were included in the P11.8-billion budget next year.
The city government will dispose of the used vehicles in a public auction. Councilor Jose Daluz III earlier requested the GSO to conduct an inventory of all city-owned vehicles aged eight years and more in order to cut down on costs.
Daluz said the Commission on Audit (COA) allows the disposal of vehicles aged seven years and up. Daluz said he will propose an ordinance that would allow the disposal of the city’s old vehicles. /Chief of Reporters Doris C. Bongcac
