Retards in the Government 204

 It's your weekly compendium of foolishness and corruption in the Philippine government.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/374406/city-hall-employee-cousin-nabbed-for-illegal-drugs

A man working at the city hall here was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Lapu-Lapu City on Thursday, April 22, 2021. 

Police Major Joey Bicoy, the chief of City Intelligence Unit of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office, identified the suspect as Robeth Delos Santos, who is 36 years old and works as an administrative aide III in a government office at the Cebu City Hall. 

Also arrested in a separate operation later that day was his cousin, Jeffrey Delos Santos, 35 years old.

Both suspects are natives of Barangay Suba, Cebu City.

Another local government official was busted with drugs.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1423795/village-councilman-slain-in-firefight-during-operation-in-camarines-sur

Police killed a village councilman after he engaged them in a firefight during a search operation in Buhi town in Camarines Sur on Sunday night.

Colonel Bernardo Perez, Camarines Sur police chief, said councilman Froilan Oaferina III, 45, was killed after he fired at police officers serving a search warrant for illegal firearms at his house in Barangay Tambo at 6:59 p.m.

The police officers retaliated, hitting the suspect and killing him instantly.

A village councilor's house was being searched for illegal firearms. Instead of cooperating he decided to shoot at the cops. Now he is dead.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1137977

A former municipal councilor of Malapatan town, Sarangani province was killed while two of his family members were wounded in an ambush in a village here on Sunday night. 

Maj. Yol Hilado, chief of the city's Police Station 3, said Monday the victim Montacier Singcoy, 41, and three other companions were on their way home to Malapatan aboard a pickup truck when they were waylaid by three unidentified gunmen at a portion of Purok San Jose, Barangay Baluan around 9 p.m.

He said Singcoy, who was driving the pickup, was hit in the initial volley of gunfire and lost control of the vehicle that swerved and hit a nearby house.

“According to witnesses, the suspects then approached the vehicle and finished off the victim,” Hilado said in an interview.

Singcoy died on the spot due to multiple gunshot wounds on the head and body. His wife Akiba, 43, was hit in her left leg while his younger brother Aldrin, 18, sustained a gunshot wound in the abdomen.

Another former LGU assassinated by unknown men for unknown reasons.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1424255/village-watchman-shot-dead-in-ilocos-sur

A village watchman in Santa town, Ilocos Sur province died after their village chief, who responded to a brawl, shot him on Monday evening, the police said.

The fatality was identified as Elson Bayya, 52, of Barangay Dammay.

Initial investigation showed that the suspect, Mariano Umipig, intervened during an argument between Bayya and a relative around 8:45 p.m.

Bayya had reportedly turned unruly, prompting his companions to call the village chief.

When Umipig tried to pacify Bayya, the latter charged at the village chief with a knife.

Police said Umipig then drew his handgun and shot Bayya several times.

The mayor went to break up a fight involving a village watchman. The watchman lunged at him with a knife so the mayor shot him dead.

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/785220/barangay-kagawad-shot-dead-after-30-cops-served-search-warrant/story/

A barangay kagawad  was killed in his home in Buhi town, Camarines Sur on Sunday night after about 30 police officers allegedly served a search warrant against him, human rights group Karapatan said Monday. 

According to Karapatan, barangay kagawad Froilan Saez Oaferina III of Barangay Tambo was inside his home along with truck helpers and drivers when three private vehicles without plate numbers arrived at 6:30 p.m. About 30 lawmen went outside the vehicle to serve the search warrant against Oaferina but witnesses said there was no warrant. 

Subsequently, the uniformed personnel from unknown police stations pointed their guns at Oaferina and his companions while ordering them to kneel. Froilan was then brought to a dark area where he was shot thrice, according to the truck helpers. 

In a police report, authorities insisted that Oaferina was a "high value individual," noting that the issuance of a search warrant turned into an armed encounter. The report said the village councilman opened fire "which prompted [police] to shoot the aforesaid suspect."

The search warrant was issued by Iriga City Regional Trial Court Branch 36 against Oaferina for violation of Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act, police said.

Thirty cops show up in unmarked cars to serve a warrant they never showed. Then they took the man out back and shot him despite him allegedly putting up no resistance.