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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1537455/cotabato-city-village-exec-shot-while-praying-inside-mosque |
A village official in this city was seriously injured when an unidentified gunman shot him while he was praying Thursday inside a mosque.
Major Rustum Pastolero, chief of the Cotabato City Police Station 2, said Amil Sula, 45, of Barangay Rosary Heights 5, was praying inside a masjid along Don E. Sero Street when the gunman barged in at 7:10 p.m. and opened fire.
Pastolero said stray bullets also hit the man beside Sula, former village councilor Abner Ampaun, 39. Residents claimed that several other men praying inside the mosque suffered minor injuries.
Initial police investigation showed that two men arrived near the mosque on a motorbike. One of them, wearing a facemask and a hooded jacket, alighted and went inside for the attack.
Pastolero said the gunmen quickly sped away while the victims’ relatives rushed them to the hospital.
“We are still investigating what triggered the shooting (and) who was behind it,” Pastolero said.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1164798 |
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has recovered more than 300 firearms under the “Bawi Operations” which led to the recovery of firearms issued to dismissed personnel.
Citing a report submitted by the Regional Task Group, NCRPO chief Maj. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr., said Friday that the latest operation resulted in the recovery of a Beretta 9mm caliber pistol bearing serial number G42558Z without magazine from a dismissed police officer in Barangay San Antonio, San Pedro City, Laguna on Thursday morning.
Danao said the government properties will be turned over to the NCRPO for proper disposition where a total of 344 firearms have already been recovered since February 17 last year.
(I will not allow the abusive and addicted policemen to remain in the ranks of the NCRPO. I will make sure I discipline every police officer in our region. We should be the ERA of our organization) Example to everyone, Responsible to everything and Accountable (ERA) in every action,” Danao said.
Danao said the measure aims to prevent the use of issued firearms by dismissed personnel in illegal activities.,
"(What we are doing to recover issued firearms from our colleagues who have been dismissed from service, suspended and AWOL is a procedure so that such firearms are not used in bad practices. It is also one of our rules that when you are no longer in service, government property initiatives must be returned),” he added.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1164978 |
A local mayor has been the target of several attacks. Looks like someone wants him dead.Mayor Victor Samama here believes he was the target of the series of harassments, which included a strafing and grenade explosion, that hit this town on two separate occasions.
“These could be the handiwork of my political opponents,” Samama told reporters here Monday.
A member of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) manning a coronavirus disease 2019 control point in Barangay Poblacion was injured when gunmen strafed his location last Friday night.
The mayor said the BPAT detachment, which was near his home, was attacked by gunmen on Friday with the bullets hitting his vehicle parked nearby.
On Saturday night, he said a rifle grenade attack also hit a house near his home at the town proper.
Colonel Jibin Bongcayao, Maguindanao police director, said an initial investigation showed that the strafing and rifle grenade attacks appeared to be directed toward the house of the mayor.
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| https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/817895/radio-commentator-running-for-councilor-shot-dead-in-sultan-kudarat/story/ |
A radio commentator running for councilor in Lambayong town in Sultan Kudarat was shot dead in Barangay Carmen, Tacurong City on Wednesday, the police confirmed.
The Police Regional Office 12 identified the victim as Jaynard Angeles.
PRO12 PIO chief Police Lieutenant Colonel Joyce Birrey said Angeles was gunned down around 10 a.m.
According to a report of GMA News stringer Ferdinandh Cabrera on Super Radyo dzBB, Angeles was shot in the head by the unidentified perpetrator near a car wash station.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1165151 |
A House of Representatives panel has recommended the filing of criminal charges against former Department of Information and Communications (DICT) undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. over the alleged irregularities in the government’s Free Public Internet Access Program (FPIAP).
In its report released to media on Tuesday, the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability recommends the filing of charges against Rio for violating Section 3 of Republic Act (RA) No. 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) and RA 6713 (Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees) regarding the implementation of the FPIAP.
According to the panel, the DICT committed non-feasance when it transferred the management of and funds for the Pipol Konek Project, which is a part of the government's free internet program, to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
It noted that the DICT-UNDP Pipol Konek Project failed to complete the 6,000 sites at targeted locations and provide free Wi-fi internet access during the period agreed upon and even after the deadlines were extended.
“After three hearings and almost five months of deliberations and committee report preparation, I am proud to report to our countrymen that we have recommended filing charges against former DICT Secretary Eliseo Rio for his negligence in entering with agreements with UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) and for poor implementation of the project failure to look out for best interest of the Filipino people,” Committee Chairperson Michael Aglipay said.
The report said the DICT committed misfeasance when it entered into the financing agreement with the UNDP for the project when the DICT could have resorted to procurement on its own as it did with the other suppliers for the implementation of the FPIAP.
The panel said among the causes of delay in the project was the lack of meticulous planning coupled with ineffective coordination with concerned local government units, private suppliers, and service providers; challenges brought about by the coronavirus pandemic; and problems encountered during validation of target sites for the project, among others.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1539017/cop-about-to-get-out-of-motorboat-slain-in-northern-samar |
An intel officer was gunned down by several men as he disembarked from a boat.Four unidentified men killed Monday a policeman assigned to the Provincial Intelligence Unit of the Northern Samar Police Office in Barangay Calingnan, Catubig town, Northern Samar.
Staff Sergeant Joerel Pajac, 39, was about to disembark from a motorboat, when the perpetrators, who appeared to be waiting at the seaport, shot him several times.
The policeman immediately jumped into the river to escape, but the suspects continued shooting him and fled towards the direction of Barangay San Francisco, Catubig.
Lt. Col Ma. Bella Rentuaya, the spokesperson of the Eastern Visayas police, said Pajac’s body was found after more than an hour.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1165182 |
A civilian employee of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Calabanga, Camarines Sur was arrested for selling suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation on Tuesday afternoon.
Maj. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 5 (Bicol), on Wednesday identified the suspect as Norberto Elorpe alias “Obet”, 36, of Barangay San Miguel of the same town.
He was assigned at the Magarao Municipal Police Station in Camarines Sur.
"The suspect was tagged by police operatives as an illegal drug pusher and protector, coddler, of an illegal drug group operating in the area," Calubaquib said, citing a police report.
During the operation initiated by joint elements of the PNP's Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the suspect yielded four sachets of suspected shabu weighing 7 grams, with an estimated street value of PHP47,600.
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