New police station to rise in Paranas

By RPCRD, Police Regional Office 8
March 6, 2013

CAMP SEC. KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte – The tranquil peace and order situation in Paranas town in Samar is expected to be maintained after the Philippine National Police approved the construction of the P4.7 million two-storey with roofdeck municipal police station.

“The people of Paranas deserves to experience excellent police performance from the new breed of police heroes travelling the right path, the “matuwid na daan”, and a few months from now, our policemen will be entertaining your concerns in their new home,” said Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Ragadio Soria, Regional Director of Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8).

Soria and Paranas Mayor Felix Babalcon, Jr. led the groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning of the Paranas Municipal Police Station located on a 600-square meter lot donated by the municipal government along the national highway in Brgy. Zone 4.

He added that the new structure will serve as a showcase of dedicated police service reflecting the PNP’s “Serbisyong Makatotohanan” program to better serve and protect the community.

Paranas is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Samar situated more or less 30 kilometers south from Catbalogan City, the province’s capital, with a population of 29,327 people according to the 2010 census.

The building costs P4.7 million of which P3.7 million is provided by the PNP while the local government unit of Paranas put up a counterpart fund of P1 million. It is expected to be completed in 175 calendar days as construction, to be undertaken by JELM Construction, starts.

The new station is a part of the modernization program of the PNP particularly on upgrading of its physical facilities. After the Paranas, another police station in Daram, an island town also in Samar, will be constructed in the next few months.

Soria added that having at least a decent police station would surely boost the morale of policemen and earn the respect of the community, aside from being safer from communists-terrorists attacks.