DIPOLOG CITY, AUG. 31 (PIA)--- The Dipolog City Female Dormitory was
recently adjudged as the Best Female Dormitory in the whole Zamboanga Peninsula region for 2012.
The
award was personally received by SJO2 Charlene Tapayan Alonso from J/CSupt.
Alfredo Soliva Jr, from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Central
Office and BJMP-9 Regional Director J/SSupt. Atty. Michael Vidamo during the
recent 21st anniversary celebration of BJMP-RO9
in Pagadian City.
The
occasion became a double celebration for Dipolog City Female Dormitory after its
wardress, SJO2 Alonso was also awarded as the Female Dormitory Wardress of the
year.
The
city’s female dormitory was also the recipient of Wardress of the Year award in
2009 and 2010 and Female Dormitory Award in 2011.
According
to the BJMP Officials, Ninety Percent of the 50 residents of the dormitory are
involved in illegal drugs.
The
construction of the P1-M Lady Cell Building provided by the City Government of
Dipolog was started in March 23, 2010 and was completed in September 30, 2010
with potable water system connected to every cell.
It
was implemented by the City Government with fifty percent counterpart from the
BJMP through Contract Payment Scheme.
The
Dipolog City Female Dormitory is one of the projects extended by the Dipolog
City Mayor Evelyn Uy to BJMP to separate the male from its female residents.
Vidamo
thanked Mayors Uy’s support to BJMP and show of concern to the welfare of the
dormitory residents as they try to transform themselves into better members of
the society. (JPA/ATR/PIA9-Zambo Norte)