Brgy. Bakhaw mulls ID system
Iloilo City -- An identification (ID) system will soon be imposed in Barangay Bakhaw, Mandurriao to contain the illegal drug problem and to deter the commission of crime inside the barangay.
Brgy. Capt. Jorge Duron said the ID system will be imposed among the residents while visitor's pass, tricycle and vehicle pass would be issued to those who would like to enter the barangay.
He said the IDs and passes were already printed and ready for distribution to the residents for free.
Duron said the decision to impose the ID system was reached after the conduct of several assemblies. He said the residents did not object on the said scheme. The ID system will be implemented after the construction of the guard house is finished. The tentative date for the implementation is November 27, 2005.
Duron said, with the ID system the campaign against illegal drugs would be sustained even if the Task Force would already pull out from their barangay. He said, based on the Sangguniang Panlungsod resolution the task force has only until December 3, 2005 to stay in their barangay.
Duron, however, said he would request for the extension of the task force as the problem on illegal drugs still pervade in their place.
Duron added, the ID system is also meant to deter the commission of other crimes such as the 'akyat bahay' and robberies inside the village.