CHIEF INSPECTOR Jovani Espenido, the head of the Ozamiz City police, is among the officers who will receive special awards during the 116th Police Service Anniversary on Wednesday, Aug. 9. Police Director-General Ronald M. Dela Rosa said in a press conference yesterday that Mr. Espenido will receive a special award not because of the Ozamiz police raid last July 30, which killed 16 including Mayor Reynaldo O. Parojinog, Sr., but for his overall effort to lessen drug use in Ozamiz City as well as in his previous posting in Albuera, Leyte. Mr. Espenido was the Albuera police chief when alleged narco-politician Mayor Rolando R. Espinosa, Sr. was killed in a police raid at his detention cell. — Jil Danielle M. Caro

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