EDITORYAL — Krimen umaalagwa, publiko nangangamba
Pilipino Star Ngayon
November 12, 2024 | 12:00am
Noong nakaraang buwan, sinabi ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na bumaba ng 61.87 percent ang
krimen mula Hulyo 2022 hanggang Hulyo 2024. Meron lamang anilang 83,059 na naireport na
krimen sa panahong nabanggit kumpara sa 217,830 na naireport mula 2016 hanggang 2018.
Kabilang umano sa mga index crime na nareport ay pagnanakaw, pananakit, panggagahasa,
panloloob, pagpatay, pagnanakaw ng motorsiklo at iba pang sasakyan.
Subalit ang sinasabing pagbaba ng crime index ay sumasalungat naman sa isinagawang survey ng
Social Weather Stations (SWS) na nagsasabing dumami ang nabibiktima ng mga criminal at maging
cybercrime. Ayon sa SWS survey, tumaas ang krimen sa nakalipas na anim na buwan. Sa loob ng
panahong nabanggit, dumami ang nabibiktima ng mga criminal at maging ng cybercrime. Sa
isinagawang survey mula Setyembre 14-23, nakita ang 6.1 percent na pamilya na nagsabing
nabiktima sila ng mga krimen na kinabibilangan ng pagnanakaw, pandurukot at pananakit sa
nakalipas na anim na buwan. Ginawa ang surbey sa Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas at
Mindanao kung saan 1,200 katao ang ininterbyu.
Naitala ang bagong mataas na record sa mga nabiktima ng cybercimes na 7.2 percent o pagtaas na
3.5 percent mula Hunyo 2024. Umabot naman sa 48 percent ng mga respondent ang nagsabing
natatakot silang maglakad sa gabi dahil sa pangambang maholdap.
Sino ang paniniwalaan, ang publiko na nakararanas mabiktima ng mga kawatan at mga criminal o
ang pulisya na nagsasabing bumaba ang krimen? Halos araw-araw ay may nangyayaring krimen at
ang iba marahil ay hindi na narereport.
Ngayong papalapit na ang Pasko, tiyak nang magiging aktibo ang mga kawatan. Magiging abala sila
sa pambibiktima ng mamamayan lalo’t sa panahong ito nagkakaloob ng 13th month pay at bonus
ang mga kompanya.
Marami rin sa panahong ito magdamag na bukas ang mga malls at mga department stores para sa
mga shoppers. Sikapin ng PNP na mabantayan ang mamamayan. Gawing 24 hours ang
pagpapatrulya ng pulisya para ma-secure ang publiko. Police visibility ang kailangan para hindi
maglakas loob ang mga criminal.
AFP: ‘No untoward incidents’ in November 2024 Ayungin resupply
Nov 15, 2024 10:15 AM PHT
Bea Cupin – Rappler
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced on Friday, November
15, that it had completed a resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in the West Philippine Sea.
This is the third mission to the West Philippine Sea flashpoint since Manila and Beijing reached a
provisional agreement meant to avoid incidents near Ayungin Shoal, where the Navy vessel has been
aground since 1999.
In a short release to the media, the AFP said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) supported the mission
to bring supplies and rotate troops to the Sierra Madre on November 14. “There were no untoward
incidents during the mission,” the AFP said.
“The AFP continues to uphold its mandate of safeguarding Philippine sovereignty and ensuring the
welfare of its stationed personnel in the West Philippine Sea,” the military added.
Ayungin Shoal is a low-tide elevation located just over 100 nautical miles, or an hours-long journey
via military or coast guard vessel, from Palawan. It’s a feature that’s within the Philippines’ exclusive
economic zone (EEZ), and where the military has kept watch in since the Sierra Madre was ran
aground during the presidency of Joseph Estrada.
Close to Ayungin is a military base that China created from what used to be Mischief Reef. Beijing’s
development of Mischief is why the Philippines ran the BRP Sierra Madre aground in the first place.
Ayungin, or Second Thomas Shoal, has been the venue of incidents between the Philippines and
China, with the China Coast Guard (CCG) resorting to violence — from dangerous maneuvers to the
use of water cannons — to drive Philippine missions away.
In June 2024, CCG personnel brandished bladed weapons and boarded and destroyed Philippine
Navy boats in what is, so far, the tensest confrontation between the two countries in that part of the
of the West Philippine Sea. A month later, the two countries announced a “provisional arrangement”
that would, it was hoped, avoid violent incidents during resupply missions to Ayungin Shoal.
China claims almost all of the South China Sea, and does not recognize a 2016 Arbitral Award that
affirmed the Philippines’ maritime entitlements in an area it calls the West Philippine Sea.
