Cop chief, an ardent Sto. Niño devotee

Chief Supt. Jose Mario Espino, Police Regional Office 7 chief, says that the police in the Central Visayas will work harder in their fight against illegal drugs as they are focusing on reducing the supply of illegal drugs in the region. CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON

DESPITE relinquishing his post as head of the Police Regional Office (PRO-7), Chief Supt. Jose Mario Espino is still in Cebu albeit a private capacity as devotee of the Sto. Niño.

Espino, who joined yesterday’s fluvial procession for the Holy Child, said he had been a Sto. Niño devotee since 1991. His birthday falls on Jan. 19, a day before the Sinulog.

“The fluvial procession was the closest contact I had with the Sto. Niño,” he said. The other encounter he had with the Holy Child was during his tenure in Tondo, Manila.

Espino said he hoped that security measures would ensure a peaceful Sinulog.

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