Philippines City Lgu Tender

The city government of Maasin is planning to put up closed circuit television CCTV cameras in major thoroughfares of the city an effort seen as a major boost to crime prevention.About 40 CCTVs will be in place in selected areas around the city initially using the P5 million prize we earned for having garnered the Seal of Good Local Governance award Mayor Nacional Mercado told local journalists on the sideline at Maasin airport on March 5 while waiting for the arrival of House Speaker Gloria Arroyo for an oversight committee hearing in Hilongos Leyte.Mercado said the offices all over city hall are already equipped with CCTVs and the gadgets greatly helped in monitoring the movement of employees coming in or going out of the offices.From the confines or vicinities of the city hall the CCTV eyes will then be extended to public places where people usually converge come and go day in and day out with a command center manned by capable personnel to make sense of everything that was caught on camera.This is a multi-year project to start anytime after the elections Mayor Mercado said.Aside from being a crucial deterrent in the commission of wrongdoings the CCTVs can also help the police in tracking down the real culprits during emergencies like in cases of vehicular accidents the Mayor also said.