Women’s brigade drives out drunks from LT bars

By Susan Aro

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Women in this capital town are now helping  local police  in carrying out peace and order program  here like driving out drunks from bars.

A women’s brigade was organized to help in the implementation of the town’s liquor and curfew ordinance including monitoring of other illegal activities, according to Chief Insp. Byron Allatog. 

The scheme was patterned  after  the awarded  Women’s Brigade of  Bontoc, Mountain Province wherein women do the rounds at night to check nightspots and make the drunk and unruly go home.

Like in Bontoc, women are tapped in peacekeeping as they are respected by the youth and men, Allatog said

A volunteer women’s brigade have started doing the rounds in urban areas of La Trinidad valley such as Balili, Betag, Puguis, Pico and Poblacion.

Allatog urged local officials to support the program and recognize the group so the program will be sustained.

In a meeting of the Municipal Peace and Order Council, Mayor Edna Tabanda said anybody interested to extend voluntary service and join the brigade is welcome.

Igorota Foundation Chair Angelita Padilla, who is also involved in the town’s Public Order and Public Safety (POPS) program, commended such move as localizing the Magna Carta for Women which promotes rights and empowerment of women giving them equal opportunities to any undertaking.

This early, Allatog claimed the Women’s Brigade is doing well in helping the police implement some of the town’s peace and order programs.