1 telescope and 1 speed
boat are all that the Local Government of Malay (LGU) owned in the equipment of the Life Guard of Boracay.
When this was found out
by the Town Council Members of Malay and only the telescope was bought by the
LGU, the Councilmen seemed surprised.
This was after a Joint Committee
Hearing was held attended by the Committee on Tourism, Public Safety and Order,
and Committee on Laws on Wednesday, October 17.
The hearing was held in
connection to the consecutive drowning incidents and capsizing of boat.
During the inquiries by Town Council Member
Jupiter Gallenero, Chairman of the Committee on Public Safety and Order, it was
learned that the equipment of the Life Guard are the following:
6 torpedo buoys
2 ring buoys
10 life jackets
1 First Aid Kit
1 stretcher
…and all these are
allegedly even owned by Miguel Mike Labatiao, the Life Guard Supervisor.
It was also learned from
Labatiao that the Life Guard has no radio equipment being used in their operation,
and that they lack personnel.
There are only 18
personnel each being paid with P250 pesos per day by the LGU of Malay to guard
at the beach of Boracay.
Labatiao explained that
they had asked for equipment but there was no response yet.
As a result, the
committee asked the Supervisor to submit a list of the needed equipment in
order to find a way to purchase these from the fund of the Municipal Peace and
Order Council (MPOC).
The hearing was allegedly
held to find a way to prevent disaster at sea, including on Sea Sporting, and
swimming activities at the beach of Boracay.
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