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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1185638 |
A former vice mayor of Calbiga, Samar was gunned down by a soldier listed as AWOL (absence without leave) along a major highway in the province on Friday morning, the police reported.
Miguel Abaigar Jr., 54, a resident of Canticum village in Calbiga town, was biking in Timbangan village when Allan Malageuno, 43, a resident of Catbalogan City, shot him using a .45 caliber pistol.
The bullet hit Abaigar’s back killing him instantly, according to the police.
The suspect was identified with the help of witnesses.
After the shooting, the suspect on board a motorcycle drove to Catbalogan City but the Calbiga police has already alerted nearby police stations.
Hot pursuit operations led to the suspect's arrest in a checkpoint set up along the highway of Bato village in Paranas town less than an hour after the shooting,
Recovered from the suspect was a .45 caliber pistol loaded with one bullet and inserted magazine.
An AWOL solider assassinated a former vice mayor.
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| https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/10/08/2215136/pnps-no-4-man-faces-raps |
The No. 4 man in the Philippine National Police (PNP) is facing complaints of grave abuse and unjust vexation.
The charges against Maj. Gen. Arthur Bisnar, chief of the directorial staff, were filed before the Quezon City prosecutor’s office by Maritess Cabillan, a non-uniformed personnel assigned with the PNP Directorate for Comptrolership.
A preliminary investigation on the complaints against Bisnar was held yesterday, according to a subpoena signed by Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Victorino Badua Jr.
No other details were available on the circumstances that led Cabillan to file complaints against Bisnar.
A copy of the subpoena showed the incident between the two occurred when Bisnar was the director of the PNP Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine Development (DHRDD).
In April, Bisnar was accused of hurling profanities at officers of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) at Camp Crame in Quezon City.
The CIDG National Capital Region (NCR) field office has requested the PNP leadership to take appropriate action to address the incident involving Bisnar, then DHRDD director, and the CIDG officers.
According to a police report, an irate Bisnar parked his vehicle in the CIDG-NCR field unit compound and confronted the guard on duty, claiming the compound gate encroached on the pedestrian lane.
Bisnar then shouted at CIDG-NCR chief Col. Randy Glenn Silvio, who had just arrived in his own vehicle. Silvio explained the gate’s removal was scheduled within the week but Bisnar kept shouting.
Before leaving in his vehicle, Bisnar also berated a police officer assigned at the CIDG for wearing a bracelet.
Bisnar’s outburst was witnessed by other CIDG police officers and civilian personnel.
The number 4 man in the PNP is facing complaints of grave abuse and unjust vexation for shouting at personnel from the CIDG.
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| https://www.panaynews.net/jail-warden-3-others-face-raps-over-idj-rooftop-protest/ |
Four personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 6 assigned at the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Barangay Nanga, Pototan town were administratively charged over August’s protest staged by over a hundred persons deprived of liberty (PDLs).
According to BJMP-6 spokesperson Atty. Jairus Anthony Dogelio, included in the charges were warden Jail Chief Inspector Norberto Miciano Jr., the chief security officer and two other duty personnel.
Dogelio said the charges included gross neglect of duty for the chief security and two duty personnel, which led to their failure to monitor the activity of the inmates, and the failure to supervise and exercise command responsibility on the part of the jail warden.
“There is a prima facie evidence nga may neglect on their part,” said Dogelio.
To attract public attention to their plight, the PDLs climbed to the roof of the jail’s administrative building and staged a noise barrage.
Among their complaints were: their meals were not enough and poorly prepared; items being sold in the commissary were too expensive; and the warden needed to shape up.
Four BJMP personnel have been charged with gross neglect of duty for allowing inmates to protest.
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| https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/07/22/retired-zamboanga-judge-convicted-for-another-judges-murder |
A Zamboanga del Norte court has convicted a retired judge of murder for ordering the 2019 killing of a fellow judge right within the court’s compound.
In a judgment dated September 16, Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 28 sentenced retired Judge Oscar Tomarong to reclusion perpetua or up to 40 years in prison without eligibility for parole for the death of Judge Reymar Lacaya.
He was also ordered to pay the heirs of the late judge more than P9.5 million in civil indemnity and damages, including loss of earning capacity.
Tomarong was the former presiding judge of the same court that convicted him while Lacaya presided over Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte RTC Branch 11.
In March 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the 2 judges to swap places to make way for a judicial audit.
On May 9, 2019, two hired killers shot dead Lacaya as he was about to board his vehicle after a hearing.
The Zamboanga court found out that Tomarong, through two intermediaries, paid the two killers P200,000 to kill Lacaya.
A former judge has been convicted of murdering a colleague.
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| https://www.rappler.com/nation/anti-drug-cop-arrested-over-drug-den-shabu-manila/ |
The Philippine National Police (PNP) seized a total of 990 kilograms of shabu (methamphetamine) worth P6.7 billion in Tondo, Manila, then they found the ID, belongings, and “incriminating documents” of an active member of the police force.
Worse, the cop was an intelligence officer of the PNP’s Drug Enforcement Group (DEG) – the police unit especially tasked with leading the country’s anti-drug campaign.
The stunning operation showed how deep illegal drug groups may have penetrated even the national police’s most specialized units – posing a challenge to the new administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, which promised to continue and even improve the anti-drug campaign of his tough-talking predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte.
In a press conference on Sunday afternoon, October 9, the PNP DEG’s own chief, Brigadier General Narciso Domingo narrated the shocking story which involved the cop under his own group, who was identified as Master Sergeant Rodolfo Mayo Jr.
While searching the building, police found the belongings of a cop and “incriminating documents” that led them to suspect him as a co-conspirator in running the drug den.
“During our search, we found an ID of a policeman inside a drawer, then belongings of a policeman,” said PNP DEG chief Narciso Domingo in English. He added that Mayo had other IDs bearing different names.
The police then kicked off a manhunt, leading to the arrest of their colleague Master Sergeant Rodolfo Mayo Jr.
The police are worried because Mayo could just be one of many cops involved in running the drug den, and he could just be a small fry among them.
“I would believe this is not just up to the level of Master Sergeant Mayo. We really have to have an intensive investigation,” said PNP chief General Rodolfo Azurin.
During the press conference, a reporter pointed out that Mayo, being an intelligence officer of the DEG, held important information about the drug trade.
In addition, being an intelligence officer gave Mayo the power to feed information to the PNP that affected its operations.
Azurin said Mayo will face administrative cases, which could lead to his dismissal from service as police prepared criminal complaints against him and other suspects.
An anti-drug cop has been arrested in connection with a warehouse holding a ton of shabu.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1185845 |
Authorities here have arrested a retired soldier in an entrapment operation on arms smuggling in this southern port city, a top police official said Tuesday.
Col. Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, said suspect Carlito Tanguis, a 58-year-old retired Philippine Army personnel, was arrested around 11:00 p.m. Monday in Barangay Cabatangan here.
Lorenzo said the entrapment operation was launched after it was reported that Tanguis, a native of Barangay Banbanan, Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte, was involved in the sale of unlicensed firearms.
Seized from Tanguis were two .45-caliber pistols, and 10 PHP500 counterfeit bills as boodle money topped with one genuine PHP500 as marked money, among others.
The suspect is currently detained at the ZCPO’s Station 7 to face charges for violation of Republic Act 10591 or the “Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act”.
A retired solider has been arrested for smuggling arms.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1678858/school-principal-shot-dead-inside-home-in-albay-town |
A public school principal was shot and killed early Wednesday by an unidentified gunman inside her house in Polangui town in Albay.
Major Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, identified the victim as Beverly Cabaltera, 53, principal of Pio Duran National High School and wife of Police Major Stephen Cabaltera, chief of Sta. Elena police in Camarines Norte.
Lieutenant Kharren Formales, Albay police spokesperson, reported that Cabaltera’s family members were awakened around 3 a.m. when they heard a gunshot and loud noise from her bedroom in their house at Napoville Subdivision in Barangay Napo.
Upon checking, they saw Cabaltera lying unconscious on the floor near the window with a bullet wound on her neck, the report said.
Cabaltera died while being taken to the Isip General Hospital in the town center.
A school principal has been assassinated by an unknown person for an unknown reason.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/13/nbi-files-charges-vs-11-dpwh-officials-in-central-visayas/ |
The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI 7) has filed charges against 11 officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Central Visayas (DPWH 7) and two other individuals on allegations that they falsified some documents to make it appear that some infrastructure projects in Cebu have been completed on time.
The 13 respondents were accused of violating Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and the Revised Penal Code for falsification of documents and falsification by private individuals.
The NBI 7 on Tuesday, Oct. 11, filed the string of complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas after James Dellosa, former District Engineer of the DPWH 4th DEO, complained that his signatures in the disbursement vouchers for almost all of the infrastructure in the district were falsified.
The NBI 7 said that the signatures were allegedly falsified to make it appear that certain infrastructure projects were completed when they in fact remained incomplete.
Making the projects appear that they have been completed would allow the release of funds for the project and to save the contractor from paying penalties for the delayed or incomplete projects, the NBI 7 said.
The respondents denied the allegations against them when they were all subpoenaed and appeared before the NBI 7 regional headquarters with their legal counsels.
The NBI has filed charges against 11 DPWH workers for falsifying signatures on disbursement vouchers.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1186046 |
A Manila Police District (MPD) lieutenant will be facing criminal charges for shooting a traffic enforcer in Barangay Veterans Village in Quezon City.
In a statement, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III announced the arrest of Lt. Felixberto Rapana, a member of the MPD Anti-Carnapping Unit, who shot dead Edgar Follero, a member of Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety (QC-DPOS), on Thursday morning.
Based on the report, Follero and witness Paul Timothy delos Reyes were on their way home from Pandacan, Manila aboard a motorcycle when it broke down along Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City.
Follero and Delos Reyes pushed the motorcycle until they reached Muñoz Market when the suspect suddenly appeared and shot the victim in the body.
Despite sustaining a gunshot wound, Follero managed to drive the motorcycle and sought the help of the duty police officers along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) corner Roosevelt Avenue, Quezon City.
The police officers immediately responded which resulted in the arrest of Rapana and recovery of a 9mm Glock G17 GEN4, with serial no. PNP10253 loaded with 11 pieces of ammunition, one empty fired cartridge in its chamber, and one fired bullet.
The ambulance of Barangay Veterans rushed the victim to Quezon City General Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival at 3:54 a.m.
A PNP officer has been arrested for shooting and killing a traffic enforcer.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1679558/police-officer-gunned-down-in-ilocos-norte-town |
A police officer in Dingras town in Ilocos Norte province died after he was physically assaulted and shot multiple times by an unidentified assailant on Thursday, authorities said.
Police said they received a call at 2:40 a.m. from a resident in the area who asked for help and reported the incident.
The victim was identified as Police Staff Sergeant Jackson Raymundo, 36, a resident of Puttao village in nearby Solsona town. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Responding authorities found him dead inside a vehicle at an irrigation canal in Cali village.
A dragnet operation was immediately launched to capture the assailants.
The Ilocos Norte provincial police had formed a task force to determine the motive behind the killing and conduct an extensive investigation.
A police officer was murdered after being physically assaulted.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1679478/ex-cop-shot-dead-in-quezon-province |
A former policeman in Quezon province was shot and killed Thursday in Tayabas City.
The Quezon police reported that Kim Carlo Lavado, 36, was drinking at around 1:45 a.m. with his friends in Barangay San Isidro Zone 1 when an unidentified man with a .9-mm pistol repeatedly shot him in different parts of his body.
The assailant fled, leaving his target dead.
The police are now investigating the incident to identify the gunman and establish the motive behind the killing.
A cop has been assassinated by an unknown person. Another report says the dead cop was one of 11 officers charged in the death of a local politician. He was acquitted.
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