DPS “conducted underwater search operations at certain coastlines around the island of Saipan,” Press Secretary Angel Demapan said in an e-mail to Variety.
Asked if the underwater search was conducted randomly or based on verified information, Demapan said: “In an effort to preserve the integrity of such investigations, the department cannot disclose details relating to this effort or specifics pertaining to the basis, strategic approach, or methodology of the operations. The department has no further comment on this matter.”
The total reward money for any information leading to the recovery of the sisters or prosecution of person or persons behind their disappearance is $50,000.
Call 911, the FBI at 322-6934, the girls’ family hotline at 285-4048 or the Crime Stoppers at 234-7272.
Faloma and Maleina bill
A lawmaker yesterday introduced a bill that will ensure parents are notified immediately if students don’t show up in school.
Rep. Teresita A. Santos’ House Bill 17-200, or the Faloma and Maleina Notification Act of 2011, requires office staffers of school to contact the parent or guardian early in the morning if a child is absent and the school has not been notified.
According to the bill, if nobody answers at the child’s home, the emergency number of parent or guardian, or the place of work should be called.
Santos, Ind.-Rota, said she named her bill after the two missing girls to remind everybody about the case that investigators have described as baffling.
On May 25, the guardians of Faloma and Maleina were informed in the afternoon about their absence in school. It turned out that the girls did not even make it on the bus that was supposed to pick them up at 6:30 a.m. at the bus shelter near their residence in As Teo.
Faloma and Maleina are students of Kagman Elementary School.
