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Another month, another roster of interesting folks both dead and alive worth meeting in the Philippines. 

Hi, my name is Peter Clifford Humes. I am the education and safety director at Paraglide Tandem International in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA. I came out to the Philippines to Cebu to upgrade and certify Solo and Tandem Pilots of Oslob Cebu Paragliding Development. In an ironic twist I was out paragliding one Sunday morning which happened to be a bit foggy and I crashed into he side of a mountain. They took me to a hospital but I was pronounced dead on arrival. As a result all paragliding in Oslob has been suspended for the moment. 

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/441260/american-dies-in-glider-crash-in-oslob

A foreign national died in a glider accident in the mountainous area of Sitio Can-anaw, Barangay Poblacion, Oslob, Cebu, Sunday morning, May 15, 2022.

Police identified the victim as Peter Clifford Humes, 63, from the United States of America (USA). 

According to Oslob police, Humes was fatally injured after the glider he was flying crashed at the mountainous area of Sitio Can-anaw. 

Police said that the American was reportedly flying the glider in foggy weather.

His glider fell approximately seventy (70) feet to the ground.

Police Capt. Kelvin Roy Mamaradlo, acting Oslob Police Station chief, said the American was immediately brought to the Oslob District Hospital by the staff of the Oslob Cebu Paragliding Development, but Humes was pronounced dead on arrival by the hospital’s attending physician.

Mamaradlo said that Tito Rendon, operator of the Oslob Cebu Paragliding Development, informed them that Humes was the education and safety director at Paraglide Tandem International in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA. 

Rendon said that the victim came to Cebu to upgrade and certify Solo and Tandem Pilots of Oslob Cebu Paragliding Development, which was also located in the mountainous area of Sitio Can-anaw, Barangay Poblacion, in Oslob. 

Hi, my name is Bradley John Moore. I have been in the Philippines since December 6, 2020. I thought I could hide from the McKinney Texas authorities but the Bureau of Immigration caught up with me. I am wanted for aggravated sexual assault of a child and three counts of indecency and having sexual contact with a child.

https://mb.com.ph/2022/05/13/bi-catches-american-wanted-in-us-over-alleged-sexual-assaults-on-children/

Agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have arrested an American wanted in the US for child molestation.

In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente identified the fugitive as 49-year-old Bradley John Moore, who was arrested Thursday in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte by operatives from the bureau’s fugitive search unit (FSU).

The arresting agents were armed with a mission order from Morente who issued the same upon receiving information of his crimes from US authorities in Manila.

“We will send him back to the US immediately for him to face his crimes, after which he will be placed in our blacklist and banned from re-entering the country,” Morente said.

The BI chief described Moore as an undesirable alien whose continued presence here poses a serious threat to Filipino children.

According to BI-FSU acting chief Rendel Ryan Sy, Moore is already an overstaying alien as records showed that he last arrived in Manila on Dec. 6, 2020 and did not depart since then. His passport has likewise been cancelled already by the US government, making him an undocumented alien.

Sy said Moore is wanted to stand trial before a district court in McKinney, Texas which issued the warrant for his arrest.

He was allegedly charged before the said court with aggravated sexual assault of a child and three counts of indecency and having sexual contact with a child.

Hi, my name is Jerome Villarin. I am the head of a local cult. One Sunday morning me and 20 of my followers interrupted a local mass. I shouted, "Don’t believe that priest. What he is saying is not true. Those words are from the demon." That caused the priest a lot of embarrassment and he stopped the mass to call the cops. By then my followers had all run off leaving me all alone. 

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/441420/cult-leader-who-disrupted-mass-in-barili-church-nabbed-detained

An alleged cult leader has been arrested on May 15 after he allegedly led a group of people to disrupt an ongoing Mass inside a Catholic Church that afternoon.

Rev. Fr. Fiel Suico, parish priest of San Isidro Labrador Parish in Barangay Mantalongon, filed a complaint at the Barili Police Station that same day (May 15), against Jerome Villarin, who allegedly disrupted the celebration of a Holy Mass inside the San Isidro Labrador Parish on that Sunday afternoon, said Police Major Felicisimo Aranas Jr., Barili Police Station chief.

Villarin, 46, who also claims to be a faith healer and who is from Sitio Tagaytay, Barangay Vito of Barili town, was detained at the Barili Police Station as police waits for information from the fiscal of the schedule of Villarin’s inquest proceeding.

Aranas said Villarin would be facing a complaint of interruption of a religious worship.

Investigation showed that at about 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, Father Suico was celebrating a Holy Mass when at least 20 individuals led by Villarin went inside the church. 

When Father Suico started his homily, Villarin allegedly shouted: “Ayaw mog to-o ana nga pari. Dili na mao iyang gipanulti. Iyaha na sa demonyo.” (Don’t believe that priest. What he is saying is not true. Those words are from the demon.)

Father Suico told police that he was shocked and embarrassed in front of his parishioners when Villarin shouted those words during the Mass.

This also caused Father Suico to stop the Mass for a while as the priest tried to talk and convince the group not to interrupt the Mass.

But they did not heed the priest’s request prompting the priest to call the police.

Aranas also said that they did not know about the name of Villarin’s alleged cult group.

(It was only Father (Suico), who called them a cult, but we do not know of a church there or the name of their group. They only have a leader though.)

Hi, my name is Ian Jimenez Arandia, age 22, and this is Loez Edward Lumahan Simena, age 27. We were the two most wanted child abusers in Dinagat until we caught got. I got a 15 year old girl pregnant while Simena molested and threatened a 13 year old girl. 

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1174676

Two most wanted persons accused of abusing children in the Province of Dinagat Islands were apprehended during separate operations in the area, police said Tuesday.

Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) director,  said suspects Ian Jimenez Arandia, 22; and Loez Edward Lumahan Simena, 27, were both nabbed on Monday.

Arandia has a standing warrant of arrest issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch (RTC) 32 in Surigao City for child abuse under the Republic Act .

Based on the report of the San Jose police, Arandia allegedly forced and seduced a 15-year-old girl into sexual intercourse in July 2021. The victim got pregnant.

Simena, on the other hand, also has an arrest warrant for violating RA 7610, specifically on Child Abuse issued by RTC Branch 23 in Surigao City.

Simena was accused of molesting and threatening a 13-year-old girl sometime in December 2020.

Hi, my name is Adelyn Homicillo Letegio. I, along with my boyfriend Monico Plando, were arrested because I kidnapped a four-month-old-baby I was watching as a house helper. They recovered the baby of course and no harm was done to him.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/442217/house-helper-accused-of-kidnapping-four-month-old-baby-nabbed-in-dalaguete-cebu

A 36-year-old house helper who allegedly kidnapped a four-month-old baby was arrested by police personnel  in Barangay Obong, Dalaguete, southern Cebu Thursday night, May 19, 2022.

Police identified the suspect as Adelyn Homicillo Letegio, a resident of Sitio Lao-Ang in Barangay Valencia, Alegria, Cebu.

Letegio was arrested via a hot pursuit operation on Thursday for allegedly kidnapping a four-month-old baby she was tasked to take care of.

The alleged kidnapping took place on May 17 in Barangay Madridejos in Alegria town, a police report from the Dalaguete Police Station read.

According to Police Major Gilfred Gempisao of Dalaguete Police Station, they held the joint hot pursuit with personnel from Alegria Police Station after they received an information that Letegio and the victim were in Dalaguete on the night of the arrest.

He said the parents of the victim positively identified Letegio and their baby.

The baby was recovered safely and returned back to her parents, while Letegio is now under the custody of the Alegria police.

Also arrested was the suspect’s boyfriend identified as Monico Plando, who was with the suspect when police arrested her. It is not clear if the boyfriend had something to do with the alleged kidnapping of the baby.

Hi, I am the most wanted man in Bulacan. I am facing 64 counts of statutory rape and 41 counts of sexual assault. The victim is my 13 year old granddaughter but I don't know anything about it. The criminal complaint was filed by her grandmother. There is no bail for these charges so I will be rotting in jail for years while the trial drags its way through the courts.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1600327/most-wanted-man-facing-64-counts-of-rape-falls-in-bulacan

Police on Thursday (May 19) arrested the city’s most wanted person who is facing 64 counts of statutory rape and 41 counts of sexual assault.

Col. Charlie Cabradilla, Bulacan police director, said the suspect is a 31-year-old man from Barangay Bitungol, Norzagaray town.

The suspect was arrested on the strength of a warrant of arrest issued by a San Jose del Monte City court.

Col. Allan Palomo, City of San Jose del Monte police chief, said the suspect’s victim is his 13-year-old stepdaughter, who lives in this city with her mother.

The suspect denied the allegations, adding that he was unaware of the arrest warrant, which was based on the case filed by the victim’s grandmother.

Hi, my name is Ronnel Nator. I love cockfighting. I was out watching a fight and it was great. Then I about to set my cock out to fight another and all of a sudden his gaff punctured my femoral artery. I bleed to death right there. I guess no one knew how to make a tourniquet. 

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1601346/roosters-gaff-kills-cockfight-aficionado-in-quezon

A cockfighting aficionado died Sunday, May 22, after a rooster’s gaff accidentally hit him inside a cockpit arena in Tagkawayan town, Quezon province.

Quezon police said Ronnel Nator, 47, was about to release around 2:50 p.m. his game cock for a fight with another rooster in Tagkawayan Cockpit Arena in Barangay San Vicente.

Nator’s rooster suddenly went berserk, and his bladed gaff accidentally hit the right thigh of the handler.

The victim was rushed to a local hospital but did not make it alive due to excessive bleeding.

The rooster’s gaff is a sharp blade fixed to its leg for fighting.

Hi, my name is Ronnie Francisco and this is Remy Subalidsid. We also love cockfighting. We were watching a fight when all of a sudden a man named Erwin Subalidsid pulled out a gun and started firing at Remy. He was killed and I was wounded. But Erwin got away.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1175069

A farmer died and another was wounded by a stray bullet in a shooting during a cockfight in Pambujan, Northern Samar on Sunday.

Reports reaching the Philippine National Police regional office here on Monday disclosed that Remy Subalidsid, 38, was shot several times by Erwin Subalidsid, 26 using a short firearm.

Wounded was Ronnie Francisco, 26, when a stray bullet hit him.

The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday while the suspect and victims were watching "tupada", an illegal cockfighting event in Ynaguingayan village.

The suspect immediately fled from the crime scene.

Hi, my name is Larry Lantape Sabellano. I work as a a sand and gravel gatherer. I robbed an old lady and if that is not enough I chopped off her head and pushed her down a ravine. Of course I fled after I did the crime but then I came back and the cops were waiting for me.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/443691/man-nabbed-for-beheading-elderly-woman-in-san-fernando-cebu

Policemen in San Fernando town arrested a man on Friday, May 27, for the gruesome killing of a senior citizen.

The suspect Larry Lantape Sabellano, 37, was arrested in his residence a day after he allegedly committed the crime.

He may face robbery with homicide charges for the killing and beheading of a certain Diomedesa Gedaro, 67, in Barangay Greenhills, San Fernando town, according to Police Staff Sergeant Paul Baclay of the San Fernando Police Station.

Gedora’s body was found in Sitio Tagipti in Barangay Greenhills on Thursday morning, May 26.

Baclay said Gedaro’s body was found dumped at the bottom of a ravine by a group of children who happened to pass by the area.

Their parents then reported the discovery of the body to a personnel of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office personnel, who later on shared the information with the police.

(They reported the discovery of the body of an elderly woman.  Our personnel immediately responded. When they arrived, they saw that the victim’s head had been cut off.)

As of now, the police are considering the possibility of robbery as the primary motive for Gedaro’s killing since her belongings, including her cash, were not recovered at the crime scene.

Baclay said a witness identified Sabellano as Gedaro’s killer.

Sabellano, a sand and gravel gatherer, and a resident of Purok Moringa, Sitio Cogon in Barangay Greenhills reportedly fled after killing the old woman.

But he returned to his residence at around 5 p.m. on Friday, where he was arrested by a team led by Police Major Efren Diaz Jr.

Hi, my name is Eduardo Martinez Degollacion. I was out and about when I passed a stray dog who started barking at me. I kept going on my way and he followed me. I speed up a bit and burst into a full run with the dog giving chase. Not wanting to get bit and maybe get rabies and die I ran across the street. However, I did not look before I crossed the street and a truck driven by an Army Sgt. plowed right through me. I died on the spot due to my head injuries. 

https://mb.com.ph/2022/06/25/man-being-chased-by-stray-dog-killed-by-car-in-pangasinan/

A 59-year-old man being chased by a stray dog was hit and killed by a car in Barangay San Leon here Friday, June 24.

The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office identified the victim as Eduardo Martinez Degollacion of Barangay San Leon.

Investigation showed Degollacion crossed the road to avoid the animal but was struck by the car, a Toyota Innova driven by Army Sgt. Leo Solomon Andres, 39, of Barangay Tanulong, Bayambang, Pangasinan, on its way to Rosales, Pangasinan at about 8:20 p.m. Degollacion died on the spot due to head injuries.

Hi, we are seven dogs. A collection of strays, stolen pets, and some who were sold from their owners. They stuffed all of us into a tricycle but we weren't going to loving homes. We were going to be butchered and sold as meat. Luckily for us a concerned citizen noticed the tricycle we were in and contacted the authorities. The driver of the tricycle was able to get away though. Now we are at the pound waiting to be adopted.

https://mb.com.ph/2022/06/26/7-dogs-rescued-from-being-butchered-in-bacolod/

Seven dogs were rescued from being slaughtered after two persons allegedly purchasing them for the illegal meat trade were intercepted in Barangay Handumanan here Wednesday, June 22.

The rescue of the dogs was reported over the weekend by Bach Project PH, a non-profit animal welfare advocate, which posted photos of the animals on Facebook calling for adoption. 

Police Major Richard Fajarito, head of Police Station 10, said a concerned citizen sighted a tricycle loaded with dogs roaming around the barangay that day.

The suspects were flagged down by a security guard of slaughterhouse but fled, leaving the dogs and the tricycle behind.

The dogs were rescued and turned over to the City Veterinary Office. They are now under the care of the Bacolod City Pound.

Police said the suspects buy the dogs for not less than P100 each.

Bach Project PH believes that these dogs were either stolen pets, snatched from the streets, or bought from owners.