Hi, My name is...17

There sure are a lot of characters in the Philippines. Let's meet a few. Some of them are dead.

Hi, my name is Jomar Herrera. Like many Filipinos I was out one night having a drinking with my friends. But unlike many Filipinos I happened to have a grenade in my possession. I tossed it in the air like a mango and was just having a good time. I must have been have too good of a time because somehow I accidentally pulled the pin. Fire in the hole!

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1487024/man-dies-in-grenade-blast-during-drinking-spree-in-ilocos-norte

A man in Currimao town, Ilocos Norte province died after a grenade exploded during a drinking spree on Sunday, Sept. 12, police said.

Investigators identified the fatality as Jomar Herrera, 30, who accidentally removed the grenade’s safety pin.

Herrera was drinking with another man, Rico Santos, when the explosion occurred. It was not immediately known why the victims had a grenade in their possession.

Hi, my name is Milandro Maslang. My brother-in-law was arguing with my sister and I went over to calm him down. Instead he shoved me away. How could I let him disrespect me like that? So, I shot him three times. I did not intend to wound my sister but you know stuff happens. At least my brother-in-law is dead.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1487649/man-slain-wife-wounded-in-family-feud-in-kalinga-town

A man died while his wife got wounded during a family fight in Tanudan town, Kalinga province, the police said Monday.

Investigators said Milandro Maslang shot dead Sunday his brother-in-law, Joey Gobyang, 20, who was arguing with the former’s sister Carmen Maslang, 33, at their house in Barangay Upper Lubo.

Milandro reportedly tried to pacify the couple, but Gobyang shoved him, prompting the suspect to shoot the victim three times.

Carmen was wounded in the process and remained unconscious in a hospital, police said.

The suspect, who surrendered to responding police, yielded his .45-caliber pistol, ammunition, and magazine.

Hi, my name is Exuperio Catubay. I may be a senior citizen but at 67 I am not an old man. My wife and son died years ago and ever since I have been living alone with my nephews. I was out buying medicine for my many aliments when, on crossing the street, I was hit by a dump truck. The driver said he did not see me. My nephews aren't sure what to do. They are waiting for my brother to arrive and decide whether to file charges against the driver or to negotiate a settlement. 

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/400896/senior-citizen-crosses-street-in-talisay-gets-run-over-by-dump-truck-dies

Exuperio Catubay, 67, died after he fell down directly in front of the tires of the dump truck when he was hit by the left side of the truck as he was crossing the street at past 9 a.m. today, said Police Corporal Jerel Bulandres of the Talisay Police Traffic Office, in a phone interview.

Bulandres said that Catubay’s identity was known after they recovered a senior citizen’s ID of Catubay in his pocket, said Bulandres. 

He also said that they found out that Catubay was only living with his nephews in Barangay Dumlog, Talisay City, and he had been alone since his wife and son had reportedly passed on. 

Bulandres said that they were waiting also for Catubay’s brother, who lives in Samboan town in southern Cebu, to visit the police station and decide on whether to file a complaint or negotiate a settlement with the driver of the dump truck. 

Benjie Escorial, 55, the driver of the dump truck, was held at the Talisay Traffic Police pending the filing of charges. 

Initial investigation showed that Catubay had just came from the drug store and was crossing the street when he was ran over by the truck. 

Escorial told police investigators that he did notice the senior citizen cross the street.

Hi, my name is Reynaldo Managan. Me and my girlfriend and her 12-year old daughter all live together. Everything was going ok until one evening while I was watching online videos on my TV the  internet cut out all of a sudden. I looked around and saw that the internet was unplugged. I yelled at the my girlfriend's daughter thinking it was she who had unplugged it. That brought over my girlfriend who started arguing with me. I couldn't take it so I pulled out my gun and shot her daughter.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1489546/man-shoots-12-year-old-girl-for-interrupted-tv-watching-in-cavite

A 12-year-old girl in Imus City, Cavite is now in a hospital after she was shot by a man whose online television watching was interrupted on Friday night.

A police report said suspect Reynaldo Managan, 55, was watching online on a television inside a house in Barangay Alapan 1-B when the internet connection was cut at around 7 p.m.

Police said the suspect then went out of his room to check the internet connection and found that the internet cable was unplugged.

According to police, the suspect then scolded the girl who is related to his live-in partner and accused her of unplugging the cable. The commotion was then seen by the suspect’s partner, triggering an argument.

Police said that in the heat of the argument, Managan allegedly vented his anger on the girl, drew out a gun and shot her. The suspect then fled after the shooting.

Hi, my name is Rancy Alfonso. I am a former priest with the Philippine Independent (Aglipayan) Church from which I resigned in 2007. That was 15 years ago. In the meantime I have been busy selling drugs. Not anymore though. The cops busted me with shabu. My partner got away though.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1489733/ex-aglipayan-church-priest-nabbed-in-malolos-city-buy-bust

A former priest of the Aglipayan church was arrested in an anti-illegal drug buy-bust operation in this city on Friday, September 17, a belated report from the city police said Sunday.

Police Leuitenant Oliver Valdez, head of the Drug Enforcement Unit of Malolos City police, said Rancy Alfonso, 58, was arrested after selling shabu (crystal meth) to a police poseur buyer at about 10 p.m. in his house in Barangay (village) Bagna.

Alfonso had resigned from Philippine Independent (Aglipayan) Church in 2007, Valdez said. However, it was not immediately known if the priest resigned from the church due to involvement with illegal drugs.

Police Chief Master Sergeant Jayson Salvador, team leader in the buy-bust operation, said they recovered six small plastic sachets of shabu from Alfonso and his cohort identified as Rolando Mateo. Mateo, however, managed to escape.

Alfonso is charged with violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Hi, our names are Rafael, Junrey, Jundal, Joy, and Carl. We were out driving or motorcycles feeling the wind on our faces since we weren't wearing helmets or any other protective gear when our three motorcycles crashed. 

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/401188/three-motorcycles-collide-in-bonbon-1-boy-dead-4-other-minors-injured

Five minors, 4 boys and a girl, whose ages range from 12 to 17, were involved in a deadly three-motorcycle collision in a mountain barangay in Cebu City on Sunday, Sept. 19.

The three-motorcycle collision in Sitio Camarin, Barangay Bonbon in Cebu City at past 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 19, caused the death of one of the motorcycle drivers, a 17-year-old boy, whom police identified as Rafael.

Police Staff Sergeant Jacinto Arnado Jr., investigator of the Mabolo Police Station, said that two other boys Junrey 17, and Jundel, 16, were admitted at a hospital in the city for treatment of their injuries in the crash.

Joy, 15, who drove one of the motorcycles, and 12-year-old Carl, who was the backrider of Rafael, were slightly hurt in the crash.

Arnado said that all those minors involved in the crash were not wearing helmets or any protective gear.

Investigation showed that Joy, who was on an errand at past 1 p.m. that day, was cruising along the road in Sitio Camarin on her motorcycle when she noticed Rafael with Carl on their motorcycle driving at high speed behind her.

When she saw how fast they were driving, Joy said that she stopped her motorcycle to let them pass.

She said that she and Rafael were heading in the same direction away from the city proper of Cebu City.

But as Rafael’s motorcycle overtook her or passed her, Rafael’s motorcycle swerved to the left and encroached on the opposite lane where another motorcycle, driven by Junrey with Jundel as his backrider, was traveling.

Rafael’s sudden swerve to the left caused him to collide head on with Junrey’s motorcycle.

The impact of the collision caused the drivers and their backriders to be thrown from their motorcycles to the pavement. 

Aside from that, the impact also caused Rafael’s motorcycle to hit Joy’s motorcycle causing her to fall down from her motorcycle.

Arnado said being minors, the three motorcycle drivers, had no driver’s licenses and they should not have been allowed to drive at all.

With this, Arnado reminded parents, especially those living in mountain barangays, to not allow their minor children or children without any driver’s license not to drive motorcycles.

He said that if you would not have a driver’s license then it would mostly likely be that you would not know how to drive safely or defensively because you would most likely not know traffic rules.

(Parents should not allow their minor children, who have no SP [student driver permit] or driver’s license to drive their motorcycle.)

(We should avoid allowing them to drive even if you live in the mountain barangay especially if accidents have happened there. We should prevent them from driving because these children are prone to accidents because they do not know the traffic laws.)

He said in four years of serving as a traffic policeman, he had not encountered an accident such as this.

Hi, my name is Jessie Battaler. Being that it is the "ber" months I have been so excited about the upcoming holidays. Especially New Years. I love getting drunk and firing my gun in the air to celebrate the change from one year to the next. But this year I got a little carried away and decided to celebrate just a few months early. 

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1492990/drunk-celebrating-new-year-three-months-earlier-hurts-passerby-in-quezon-shooting-spree

A drunk man, who was allegedly celebrating the New Year early, accidentally shot and wounded a passerby in Catanauan town in Quezon province early Sunday.

Catanauan police reported that the suspect, identified as Jessie Battaler, was indiscriminately firing his gun in the air while shouting “Happy New Year” in Barangay Quatro around 3 a.m.

Battaler consequently hit passerby Cedric Ressurreccion on his right arm. He was brought to a local hospital for treatment.

The suspect fled after the shooting incident.

Hi, my name is Ian Paul Markham. I am from the United Kingdom but have been living in the Philippines long enough to become Cebu Province's most wanted criminal. What did they want me for you ask? Rape.

https://www.biliranisland.com/blogs/2021/09/26/most-wanted-person-in-cebu-province-arrested-in-biliran/

A British national who is the reportedly the No. 1 Most Wanted Person in Cebu Province was arrested by a joint forces of police from Cebu Provincial Police Office and the local police here about 2:40 in the afternoon on Friday (Sept 24) at Sitio Balik-balik, Brgy. PS Eamiguel, Naval, Biliran.

Naval Chief of Police Major Michael John Astorga identified the accused as Ian Paul Markham, 67, British national, married and temporarily residing at Sitio Balik-balik, Brgy. PS Eamiguel, Naval, Biliran.

The accused was arrested by virtue of a Warrant of Arrest issued by Hon. Ruben F. Altubar, Presiding Judge, RTC, 7th Judicial Region, Branch 29, Toledo City, dated Feb 3, 2020 for the Crime committed of Rape (4 counts) in relation to 7610, docketed under CC No – TCS-15661, TCS-15662, TCS-15663 and TCS-15664.