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Batac asks PNP chief for a type ‘A’ police station

By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter

Batac City—The Sangguniang Panlungsod here passed another resolution asking Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director-General Ronald “Bato” M. dela Rosa to allocate funds for the construction of a type “A” police station here.

In 2015, Batac’s 3rd Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a similar resolution. At that time, then Batac mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta initiated the conveyance of a city government-owned property along Brgy. Billoca here to the PNP. Conveyed through a deed of donation, the lot has an area of “more or less 1,000 sq. meters; it was intended for the construction of the said police building.

Mr. Nalupta officially executed the deed of donation on February 18, 2016, for the city government; then PNP Region I director P/Chief Supt. Ericson T. Velasquez acted as “donee” for the PNP.

Currently, the Batac police station is one-storey building. Officials here said the building is “deteriorating” and “with very limited space, hence, the need for an immediate replacement.”

Batac councilors Macarthur Aguinaldo, Avelard Ibarra Crisostomo, and Batac Liga ng mga Barangay president and ex-officio councilor Johann Nalupta sponsored the measure. They said the proposed type “A” PNP station “would usher better comfort and convenience to the police personnel and their clients as well as promote more efficient and effective delivery of service”.

Meanwhile, Batac mayor Albert D. Nalupta welcomed the council’s move.

He disclosed that the funding for the project is ready. He said the amount allocated is PHP14 million.

However, he added that they now need to turn over the legal title of the donated land to the PNP. The titling process though is still underway.

Like other national government agency projects, the local government unit provides the lot for the building; the government agency, on the other hand provides the funding. This is the case for this project.


Mr. Chua expressed hopes that the PNP would consider starting the bidding process for the project while awaiting the titling process’ completion.

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