But a press statement from the office of the governor made a negative spin out of the apprehension of the hauler of the city contractor. Calling the contractor as Lim's favourite, the press statement said, enforcers on Thursday caught in Dao here an illegal hauler. The same statement said the apprehension angered truck owner who even threatened to “murder” the quarry lawmen's boss who turned out to be Provincial Administrator (PA) Alfonso Damalerio. The rest of the press release read: An unhappy Lim criticized the apprehension, attacking the capitol administration for the otherwise lawful act.

The apprehension came as another success of capitol's consistent drive against illegal extraction and hauling of sand and gravel and other quarry materials in the province. The province could lose millions in revenues while allowing irresponsible utilization of resources to destroy Bohol's nature in the absence of honest-to-goodness execution of laws and policies. Bohol Environmental Monitoring and Management Enforcement Group (BEMEG) members Ariel Dagodog and Elmer Apale caught the hauler, a dump truck, while illegally carrying and transporting limestone or anapog in Dao early Thursday evening. The transport of the minerals had no valid delivery receipt (DR) and used a fraudulent DR in violation of Provincial Ordinance No. 2008-025, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Administrative Order No. 96-40, Republic Act 7942 and Bohol Revenue Code. The hauling used a “recycled” receipt intended for previous day delivery.

The city police record shows the dump truck is owned by a certain Wilhem Go, said to be a Cebu builder/supplier who is allegedly a favored contractor of the Tagbilaran City mayor. Dagodog reported to the police that a mad Go appeared at Camp Bernido here where the truck was initially impounded and confronted him while mouthing threat to shoot the provincial administrator. He told the police that Go made the threat on Damalerio's life thru Dalogdog after the truck owner learned that the sand and gravel team is under the watch of the provincial administrator. The quarry law enforcement recounted to the police Go's threat in the dialect: “Imong amo na si Ae Damalerio? Ingna siya nga dili ba siya madutlan og bala! (So Ae Damalerio is your boss? Tell him if bullet cannot pierce through his body!)” Go further confronted the law enforcer and repeatedly told him to tell the capitol official “to go to Cebu,” according to the police blotter.

“Paadto siya'g (Damalerio) Cebu! Ingna ha! Ingna ha! (Make him (Damalerio) go to Cebu! Tell him that! Tell him that!) Damalerio was in a Manila conference of provincial administrators as of this writing while Go could not be contacted for comment. The owner of the illegal hauler likewise threatened the quarry law enforcer “to lose his job,” adding in vernacular “let's see if the governor can do something (for you).” Reports reaching capitol said that the city mayor himself “interviewed” Go in his paid radio program on DYTR. The same sources said Lim muddled with apparent politics the issue of the legitimate apprehension of the illegal haulers. Over the week, the city mayor repeatedly badmouthed Gov. Edgar Chatto, insisting in his false claims that the governor---and also former governor and now Rep. Rene Relampagos---have done nothing for Cabilao island in Loon. Responding to the same issue when it was raised on the Friday morning program Kita ug Ang Gobernador, Chatto expressed amusement over his vicious critic's choice of Cabilao for launching a mindless attack against him.

The Islanders themselves attested to the projects of Chatto for Cabilao since his vice gubernorship and congressional stint such as the fish port in barangay Cambaquiz, another port in Talisay, school facilities, roads, and supports to other barangay projects and programs. It was on their island where Chatto, then congressman, launched on his birthday the successful fight to reduce by even more than half the electricity rate of Cabilao and other First District islands, even including those already in the Second District such as those off Inabanga. It was reported that the owner of the caught illegal hauler would occasionally go to Cabilao, where the city mayor reportedly had recent live boxing coverage shown to please the islanders on yet unknown motive. In an apparent alibi serving Go's interest, Lim said the apprehension was capitol's way of getting back at his supposed Cabilao “expose,” although it has no basis at all based on the account of projects done. Quarry enforcers further caught Go's illegally-transporting truck to have no sticker in violation of the provincial ordinance.

156 th VIOLATOR

According to the Bohol Environment Management Office 9BEMO), Go's illegal hauler was the 156 th violator apprehended since September last year. However, only Go “raised back” and made serious threats to include “murdering” a provincial official tasked to oversee the faithful implementation of the province's sand and gravel and other quarry materials ordinance. The dump truck was transferred for proper impounding at Camp Dagohoy while an official citation ticket was issued to the violator. The hauler was driven by a certain Elmer Nepaya whose given address is Balamban, Cebu. As amended, the revenue code of the province states that any delivery truck or van shall be impounded for non-payment of tax, and the same shall only be released after payment of the tax, surcharges and penalties. The province has already generated an estimated P3 million from quarry fees, charges and penalties since Chatto ordered the religious execution of the quarry laws and policies after assuming the governorship in July last year. Unlike in the past, the barangays have now received their mandated share of the quarry income generated by the province. (Ven rebo Arigo)