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The anti-scalawag unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has arrested a police officer in Davao City for allegedly killing a colleague having an affair with his wife.
In a report on Friday, Feb. 3, Brig. Gen. Warren de Leon, chief of the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG), said the suspect, Corporal Derick Tanduyan, 31, assigned to the Police Regional Office 11 (Davao), was arrested inside their headquarters in Camp Sgt. Quintin M. Merecido in Buhangin District at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1.
Tanduyan is wanted for murder by the Digos City Regional Trial Court Branch 18 with no bail recommended.
Based on initial investigation, Tanduyan shot dead Patrolman Harris Jhune Adayo on May 31, 2022.
It added that Adayo was known to have had a relationship with the suspect’s wife.
Pending investigation, Tanduyan was placed under the custody of the Regional Personnel Holding and Accounting Section (RPHAS) 11.
Tanduyan denied killing Adayo. The suspect said he would have escaped from the custody of the RPHAS if he was guilty.
The suspect will be taken to the Magsaysay Municipal Police Station in Davao del Sur for documentation and processing.
A cop has been arrested for killing his colleague who was having an affair with his wife.
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| https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/859548/bi-warden-facility-head-personnel-relieved-from-post-after-6-phones-found-in-japanese-detainee/story/ |
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has relieved from posts the head and other personnel of its warden facility after six cell phones were retrieved from a Japanese detainee suspected of being a mastermind of illegal activities in Japan, the agency’s spokesperson said Friday.
In an interview on Super Radyo dzBB, BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said the responsibility lies with the head of the warden facility.
(If it’s this massive then definitely there must be something going on. So we replaced the head and all the people inside the facility with new employees.)
The BI has relieved several jail personnel over illegal cell phones.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1724898/ex-cop-companion-slain-in-naga-city-drug-bust |
A former police officer and a drug suspect were killed during a buy-bust operation on Thursday in Naga City, Camarines Sur.
Albert Gumba, a former police officer and his cohort, Rey Delmiguez of Bula town sold at 11:15 p.m. two sachets of “shabu” (crystal meth) in Barangay San Isidro, according to Senior Master Sergeant Tobias Bongon, Naga City police spokesperson, in a report.
Bongon said both suspects drew their .45 firearms and fired at the undercover agent during the operation.
The undercover agent dodged the gunshots prompting his backup to return fire resulting in the death of the suspects, Bongon added.
An investigation said Gumba was assigned to the Lupi town police station but went AWOL (absent without leave) in 2016. He was a high-value drug suspect.
An ex-cop who was a high value target was gunned down during a raid.
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| https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/859806/bucor-files-plunder-raps-vs-bantag/story/ |
The Bureau of Corrections has filed multiple complaints, including plunder and malversation of public funds, against suspended BuCor chief Gerald Bantag.
Complainant BuCor acting chief Gregorio Catapang lodged the multiple complaints before the National Prosecution Service of the Department of Justice on Monday.
Aside from plunder and malversation of public funds through falsification of official documents, Bantag was also slapped with graft and corruption and violation of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees.
It was stated in the six-page complaint that while Bantag was with the BuCor as director general, a P1 billion project for the construction of three prison facilities at Davao Prison and Penal Farm (Lot 1), Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa, Palawan (Lot 2) and Leyte Regional Prison (Lot 3) with an estimated cost of P300 million, each were bidded out in a public bidding on September 17, 2020.
"Respondent Bantag in conspiracy with, and with indispensable complicity of, the other herein respondents, has purposely and systematically orchestrated the diversion/misappropriation and/or consenting or permitting other persons, to take public funds, of the Bureau of Corrections," the complaint stated.
It added that Bantag's alleged sinister plan to "divert" or "misappropriate" public funds started when he had created a separate BuCor's Bidding and Award Committee (BAC) for the aforementioned three infrastructure projects.
Other respondents of the complaint include Correction Technical Superintendent Arnold Jacinto Guzman, Correction Inspector Ric Rocacurba, Correction Inspector Solomon Areniego, Correction Technical Officer 1 Jor-el De Jesus, Correction Technical Officer 2 Angelo Castillo, and Correction Technical Officer Alexis Catindig.
Charges of plunder and graft have finally been filed against suspended BuCor Chief Bantag and several other officials.
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| https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/487847/graft-falsification-charges-visayas-ombudsman-pursues-criminal-probe-on-caindec-dr-onez |
After finding “enough basis to proceed with the criminal investigation,” the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas has ordered Victor Caindec, director of the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7), and Dr. Emmarielle Aniga Oñez to answer the falsification and graft charges that were filed against them for the alleged issuance of “fake” student driver’s permits in Bohol province.
In an order dated Jan. 19, 2023, Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Dante Vargas directed Caindec and co-accused, Dr. Oñez, a medical doctor, to file their respective counter-affidavits and other controverting evidence.
The order that was signed by Euphemia Bacalso, Director or Preliminary Investigation, Administrative Adjudication and Prosecution Bureau-A of the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas, is giving Caindec and Oñez 10 days from the receipt of the order to submit their counter affidavits.
The Visayas Ombudsman’s order stemmed from the complaint that Dumaluan filed against Caindec and Oñez last Sept. 14, 2022.
Dumaluan accused Caindec and Oñez of allegedly conniving in the issuance of “falsified” medical certificates that were issued even in the absence of physical examinations of the applicants.
Graft and falsification charges are going to be pursued against a a doctor and the director of LTO-7 for handing out fake student permits.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1726373/qcpd-arrests-mastermind-gunman-behind-shooting-of-ombudsman-employee |
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested the suspected gunman and the mastermind behind the shooting of an employee of the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB).
Based on a QCPD police report obtained from the National Capital Region Police Office, the gunman, identified as Marlon Nery, was arrested at his residence along Susano Road in Barangay San Agustin, Novaliches Quezon City at around 9:20 a.m on Monday.
The alleged mastermind, identified as Dexter Cruz, was then arrested the same day at 7:50 p.m.
Cruz, said the QCPD, is also an employee of the OMB.
The mastermind behind the attempted murder of an ombudsman employee is an ombudsman employee.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1194334 |
Mayor Irene Montilla of Isabela, Negros Occidental said on Friday she is awaiting the results of the investigation on the town's acting treasurer who lost millions of local government funds to an alleged robbery.
"We are still waiting for the full investigation of the Philippine National Police and the province. We don't know yet what really happened and what are the findings," she told reporters.
Montilla said she has requested the Department of Finance's Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) the termination of the services of Nenette Escarda, 60, due to loss of trust and confidence.
"They found a replacement and we are waiting for the arrival of the one who will replace her," the mayor said.
The BLGF has direct supervision over the treasury offices of the local government units.
Montilla said that based on the audit, the losses were about PHP2.6 million in cash and PHP3.8 million in checks.
These were allegedly stolen in the residence of Escarda at Las Palmas Subdivision, Barangay Taculing in this city on Jan. 21, based on her statement before the Bacolod City Police Office Station 6.
The mayor said that Escarda is neither allowed nor has been given the authority to bring home any municipal property or deposit the town's money to the bank as she issued an order last November, assigning somebody else to do the task because of Escarda's "constant absences".
Montilla said the lost funds included collections from business taxes, real property taxes and community tax certificates, among others.
A town treasurer is being investigated for losing millions in fund which she took to her home despite not being allowed to do so.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/08/sandigan-convicts-ex-cebu-town-treasurer/ |
Former municipal treasurer Esperato A. Del Socorro of Ronda town in Cebu has been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of graft and malversation of public funds involving P2.06 million in 2009.
Del Socorro was sentenced to jail terms ranging from six to 10 years each for graft and malversation. He was perpetually disqualified to hold public office and ordered to refund P2.06 million to the Bureau of Treasury.
The criminal charges against former Ronda mayor Esteban R. Sia had been dismissed on account of his death.
In 2009, Sia and Del Socorro were accused of “conniving and confederating together, and mutually helping each other with deliberate intent” in their refusal to liquidate or return P2,063,422.72 in public funds.
The prosecution said that Sia received the amount as cash advances which were not allowed under Commission on Audit (COA) Circular No. 97-002.
Del Socorro feigned ignorance of Sia’s unliquidated cash advances, and told the Sandiganbayan during the trial that keeping tabs on them was not part of his job description.
But the court disagreed. “The malefactors’ overt acts were actionable because it showed gross negligence amounting to bad faith,” it said.
Del Socorro also defended himself by presenting letters from Sia that showed how the latter “threatened” him.
The court ruled: “After having marshaled the facts and circumstances, this Court has reached a moral certainty as to the accused’s guilt. Correlatively, the constitutional presumption of innocence has been overthrown by the strength of the prosecution’s evidence proving the crimes, as well as the conspiracy attendant thereto, beyond reasonable doubt.”
A former town treasurer has been convicted of graft and malversation of funds.
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