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VOL. 7 ISSUE 254 • THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015
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UNDER TRAINING. Criminology students from three Davao City colleges participate in firefighting training under the Bureau of Fire Protection as part of the Fire Prevention Month activities. Lean Daval Jr.
NOT PREPARED Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Law hits snag, LTO 11 not ready
By CHENEEN R. CAPON
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HE Land Transportation Office (LTO) 11 yesterday admitted that it cannot implement the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act right away because it lacks trained personnel and breath analyzers. The LTO is the lead agency in the implementation of Republic Act 10586 or the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013 which is supposed to start implementation today,
March 12. “We are targeting to start the training of the LTO enforcers between March 23 and March 31,” LTO 11 regional director Gomer Dy told Edge Davao yesterday. Dy, who is part of the team that crafted the law’s implementing rules and regulations (IRR), said two teams with 10 to 12 members each will be trained by trainers from LTO central office for Davao Region.
He said the law will be implemented today and tomorrow in the National Capital Region (NCR) where enforcers have been trained. The twoday initial operation will serve as an “on-the-job training” of personnel. “I believe there will be a simultaneous implementation of the law in areas outside the NCR,” Dy said. The initial two teams of LTO 11 that will be trained
by the end of March will then train other deputized LTO enforcers in seven district offices in the region. These are located in the cities of Mati, Tagum, and Digos and the provinces of Davao Oriental, Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, and Compostela Valley. Aside from LTO enforcers, officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) are also deputized to enforce the law.
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