Retards in the Government 239

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

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/12/25/2150065/ambush-grenade-attack-rock-south-cotabato-town

A grenade explosion ripped through a stretch of a highway here Friday night, barely four hours after the fatal ambush of a policeman in the same area.

Patrolman Mangued Mangabpel Salumandeg was riding a motorcycle en route to the Tantangan municipal station when he was attacked by gunmen while motoring through a stretch of the Koronadal-Tacurong Highway in Barangay Dumadalig here.

Salumandeg, assigned at the Police Regional Office-12 in General Santos City, died on the spot from gunshot wounds.

His attackers escaped using motorcycles driven by cohorts.  

The incident preceded the grenade blast Friday night in Barangay Dumadalig, not too far away from the spot where Salumandeg was killed.

The local police said one of two men on a motorcycle together hurled a grenade at a red Mitsubushi pick-up truck parked along a portion of the Koronadal-Tacurong Highway in Barangay Dumadalig and sped away as the explosive went off.

Investigators from the Tantangan municipal police office are still clueless on the bombing incident.

They are not sure either if it could be related to the fatal ambush of a Salumandeg about four hours prior at the same route.

A policeman was ambushed on his way to work and four hours later someone tossed a grenade at a truck.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1163799

The Supreme Court affirmed the 2019 ruling of the Sandiganbayan that found a former regional director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) liable for grave threats on a subordinate eight years ago.

The SC First Division upheld the guilty verdict on Juvenal Azurin and sentenced him to two months and one day in prison, according to a 12-page decision written by Associate Justice Alfredo Caguioa and published online December 10.

A fellow PDEA employee, Jaime Clave, accused Azurin of berating him and threatening his life through a phone call on Nov. 15, 2013.

Three years after the incident, Clave said he regretted filing the case and submitted an affidavit of desistance and a motion to dismiss to the Sandiganbayan.

The SC, however, ruled that the felony of grave threat “is consummated as soon as the threats come to the knowledge of the person threatened”.

Azurin. director of the Regional Office No. 2 in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan at the time, accused Clave of sending text messages to PDEA higher-ups about the goings-on in the regional office and issues pertaining to operational funds.

Clave, an agent since 2007, stated in his administrative complaint before the Internal Affairs Services Office that he feared for his life when Azurin made the call.

The Supreme Court has upheld the guilty verdict of a former PDEA Director who threatened somone's life.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1163801

A former soldier tagged as a high-value target and two others were arrested while some PHP6.8 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in an anti-drug operation in this city, the police reported Monday.

Maj. Chester Natividad, Zamboanga City Police Office’s (ZCPO) Station 11 chief, said the arrested suspects are all from Jolo, Sulu and identified as follows: Jaafar Ekong, 51, a former soldier who went on absence without official leave (AWOL); Darwisa Ibbo, 48; and, Toto Samson, 32.

Natividad said the three suspects were arrested in an anti-drug operation around 6:38 a.m. Sunday at Purok 2, Phase 1, Lobregat Village in Barangay Calarian, this city.

Seized from the suspects were a kilo of suspected shabu worth PHP6.8 million, PHP1,499,000 boodle money topped with one genuine PHP1,000 bill as marked money placed in a face mask box, and a cellular phone, according to Natividad.

He disclosed that the sale of illegal drugs was consummated Sunday morning following two months of transactions with the suspects, who seemed elusive.

“We are tracing the source of their supply of shabu,” he added.

An ex-solider who is a high value target was arrested for selling drugs.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1163763

Three members of the Philippine Army have been arrested following a shooting incident that left six persons wounded in Taguig City on Christmas Day.

National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Maj. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. on Sunday identified the suspects as Capt. Nheiljay Maguddayao Garcia, 31; Probationary 2Lt. Felomino Maguddayao Garcia, 30; and 1Lt. Minalyn Awat Ladyong, 29.

Capt. Garcia is with the Training and Doctrine Command in Capas, Tarlac; 2Lt. Garcia is assigned at the Army Headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig; and Ladyong is detailed with the Army Signal Regiment, also in Fort Bonifacio.

Danao said the shooting incident happened at about 3 a.m. Saturday along the C5 Service Road in Wildcat Village, Barangay Pinagsama after the six male victims threw stones at the suspects while they were having a drinking spree.

Infuriated, they used one of their rifles to shoot Edsel Hecita Polo, 28; JD Umbaro Navales, 24; John Carl Marca Sabino, 18; and three male minors aged 17, 16, and 14.

They were taken to Ospital ng Makati and Taguig Pateros District Hospital.

“There are a lot of peaceful means to prevent and repel the aggression without resorting to firing your guns. A gun is not a passport for indiscriminate firing. Please be assured that this will be handled without fear or favor,” Danao said in a statement.

Three soldiers have been arrested after firing on six men when they threw stones at the soldiers during a drinking spree.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1163829

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Dionardo Carlos, on Monday ordered an immediate probe into the police officer who was accused of raping a teenager in Laguna.

In a statement, Carlos said the suspect identified as Pat. John Mari Lontok is now under police custody after he surrendered to the arresting team at around 2 p.m. on Sunday at his residence in Sta. Maria, Laguna.

“This is a very unfortunate report. We will make sure that this will be a fair and speedy investigation,” Carlos said in a statement.

The 18-year-old victim and her family personally appeared at the Sta. Maria Municipal Police Station to report an alleged rape that transpired on Sunday morning.

Allegedly, the suspect arrived at the victim's house and joined them in their drinking session.

However, the victim felt drowsy and decided to sleep. Upon waking up to her senses, she was shocked when she noticed that her pants and underwear were already removed and the suspect was already making physical advances.

The teenager tried to push him away and sought help but the suspect allegedly threatened to kill her.

Thereafter, the suspect immediately fled while his bag containing his issued firearm with magazines was left under the bed of the victim.

A rookie cop has been accused of raping an 18 year old girl. He also left his firearm underneath her bed.