- CHERYL G. CRUZ
The Sangguniang Panlungsod approved a resolution Wednesday, March 1, calling on the city police to inspect, or prohibit the sale, distribution, and possession of bladed weapons and other forms of deadly weapons near schools in Bacolod.
“The sale, distribution, and possession of bladed and other deadly weapons near the vicinity of schools and other academic institutions are detrimental to the safety and welfare of the students and other members of the academic institutions,” Councilor Claudio “Kalaw” Puentevella, who authored the resolution, stressed.
Puentevella took note of recent incidents involving violence committed inside academic institutions with the use of bladed weapons.
The police should “regulate the sale, possession, and distribution of bladed weapons and other deadly weapons near…academic institutions…to prevent any future violence that are detrimental to the safety and welfare of the youth,” he added./CGC
