By: Bennie A. Recebido
SORSOGON CITY, May 10 (PIA) – Some 115
participants and guests composed of national officers from the National
Prosecutors League of the Philippines and prosecutors from across the Bicol
region register to the 3rd Bicol Prosecutors Convention which
started yesterday and to last until Friday, May 11.
Provincial Prosecutor Regina Coeli Gabito
said participants, visitors and guests were warmly welcomed by Sorsogon
Governor Raul R. Lee himself along with other high-ranking officials in the
province.
“The convention is actually an annual
activity of the prosecutors specifically here in Bicol where we have an active
and well-organized group, the Bicol League of Prosecutors, and for this year,
our province serves as the host,” said Fiscal Gabito.
She also said that the primary purpose of
the convention is to update the prosecutors of the current issuances of the
Department of Justice (DoJ), brainstorming on their works as prosecutors, and
at the same time socializing and harmonizing with their co-prosecutors in the
whole Bicol region.
“DOJ Sec. Leila De Lima and Prosecutor
General Claro M. Arellano of the National Prosecution Service of the DoJ are
actually part of the convention, but due to their hectic schedules as they are
among the very busy officials of the government, they were not able to make it
here during this three-day convention,” she said.
“Sec. De Lima is also set to testify in the
impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona and has to be in the Senate
from May 9 and 10, while Prosecutor General Arellano left for Hongkong to
present a paper regarding anti-corruption in the international justice
community, so they both decided to finally cancel their schedule here in
Sorsogon,” Fiscal Gabito added.
The first day yesterday was highlighted by
the Corporate Planning and Management Conference as per the Memorandum of the
DoJ Secretary dated March 2, 2012 and a dinner, fellowship and socials with Gov.
Lee and wife former governor Sally A. Lee.
Sorsogon’s chief prosecutor said that she
also took the opportunity to introduce the province of Sorsogon to the
prosecutors who are also appreciable of the different tourism sites and
products which a particular place offers.
“As a Sorsoganon, I am proud of our ‘bests’
here in the province specifically destinations, products, services and values, and
I want our visitors to experience the same so we included in our schedule town
hopping activities,” she stressed out.
Among the areas to be visited on the second
day, May 10, are Barcelona for its ruins and world heritage site, Bulusan for
Bulusan Lake and Gubat for its beaches and resorts.
“I also have invited the Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) Sorsogon to put up a stall at the lobby of the
Bulwagan ng Katarungan for the entire duration of the activity displaying our
local products to give way for our local traders and business establishments to
also gain financially” she said.
On the third and last day, May 11, a
fellowship through a short program with City Mayor Leovic Dioneda and city
officials at the Sorsogon City Hall in Brgy. Cabid-an will be held. Also,
submission to the members and ratification of the Proposed Constitution and
By-Laws of the Bicol Prosecutors League will be made with Deputy Regional
Prosecutor Jose Demosthenes at the forefront.
The convention will be culminated with a
visit to the residence of Senator Francis Escudero in Brgy. Buhatan, Sorsogon
City, wherein the senator is expected to deliver a message to the prosecutors.
Fiscal Gabito also expressed her appreciation
and thanks to the local leaders here specifically mentioning Sorsogon Gov. Raul
R. Lee, former governor and now Executive Director of Sorsogon Provincial
Management Office Sally A. Lee, City Mayor Dioneda, Sen. Escudero, Sorsogon’s 1st
District Congressman Salvador H. Escudero II and 2nd District
Congressman Dogracias Ramos, Jr., Barcelona Mayor and League of Municipalities
of the Phils. Sorsogon Chapter president Mayor Romeo Fortes, Jr., Bulusan Mayor
Michael Guysayko and Gubat Mayor Ronnel Lim for the full support extended to
them and also for making her work easy. (BARecebido)