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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1543044/eastern-samar-village-chief-nabbed-for-violating-gun-ban |
A village chairman from the town of Oras in Eastern Samar province was arrested for allegedly violating the gun ban on Thursday afternoon.Leo Quimada, 46, village chairman of Nadacpan, was arrested while inside a public market located in Barangay Tingib at around 8 a.m.
Police Major Jose Tiu, the officer-in-charge of the Oras police station, said that a concerned citizen called their station to inform them that the suspect had a firearm protruding in his waist.
Tiu, accompanied by two other cops, responded to the information and approached Quimada who did not resist arrest.
“He (Quimada) was in possession of one 9 mm pistol with 15 live ammunition, and extra magazines loaded with 13 live ammunition, and one 45 caliber pistol with eight live ammunition,” Tiu said in a phone interview.
Aside from the firearm tucked in his waist, the other firearm and ammunition were placed inside in a sling bag of the suspect.
“We asked him why he was carrying firearms. He told us that he did it for security reasons. But we don’t have any record stating that his life is in danger,” Tiu said.
Tiu added that the suspect failed to show any document which would allow him to carry a firearm as the gun ban is now being imposed across the country in relation to the forthcoming May elections.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1166044 |
A police intelligence officer died when his service pistol reportedly accidentally fell and went off while preparing his uniform and paraphernalia at his residence in Mobo, Masbate province Thursday night.
The police officer was identified as Lt. Col. Steve dela Rosa, Police Intelligence Unit (PIU) chief of the Masbate police provincial office, according to Maj. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 5 (Bicol), in a report on Friday.
At around 10:45 p.m., the victim was said to be in his room at their house in Barangay Umabay Exterior and was cleaning his firearm of still undetermined caliber when the gun suddenly fell and exploded, hitting him in the stomach.
"The victim was rushed to Masbate Medical Mission Group Hospital Service Cooperative but died upon reaching the hospital," the report said.
Dela Rosa’s wife told the police that while her husband was in the room, she suddenly heard a burst of gunfire and as she entered, saw him sprawled on the floor, bleeding.
Police investigators have yet to submit a report on whether the incident was an accident or not.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1165988 |
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday ordered the relief of the acting superintendent of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP)'s Maximum Security Compound (MSC) where four persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) escaped on Monday morning.
In an order signed by Corrections Technical (CT) Chief Supt. John Paul Santos, Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) acting director for administration, MSC acting superintendent, CT Supt. Arnold Guzman was relieved from his post but will remain as deputy chief of the bureau's Supply Division.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1543396/cop-brother-held-over-killing-of-village-exec-indian-national-in-albay-town |
A policeman and his half-brother were arrested Friday (Jan. 21) morning after allegedly killing a village councilman and an Indian national in Oas town, Albay province.
The suspects were identified as Cpl. Bryan Aguilar of Barangay Maporong, a crime investigator assigned to the Polangui town police station, and Raymond Isaac Salanga, 23, of Barangay Mendez, both in Polangui town, according to Maj. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, the Bicol police spokesperson.
Investigators identified the victims as Marlon Rebusquillo, 43, a village councilman of Barangay Maporong, and Parmindes Singh, an Indian national from Barangay Gabon, also in Polangui.
Police said Aguilar and his brother allegedly abducted the Indian national and took off on board a Toyota Wigo.
Aguilar, who was driving, lost control of the car while negotiating a road in Maporong around 9 a.m., causing the vehicle to fall into a rice field.
Rebusquillo and an unidentified companion saw the accident and approached the suspects’ car and tried to help.
But when the village councilman was about to ride his motorcycle, Aguilar drew his handgun and fired at him before shooting the Indian national.
Aguilar then fled the crime scene on board Rebusquillo’s motorcycle, investigators said.
Later that day, Aguilar returned to the crime scene while investigators were processing the area and he was positively identified by Rebusquillo’s companion as the responsible for shooting dead the two victims.
Police immediately arrested Aguilar while his half-brother was arrested at his residence in Polangui.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1166157 |
The alleged mastermind of the killing of a hospital chief in this city last month has voluntarily surrendered in a monastery, the police here said in a statement Monday.
Richard Gepte, 51, of Balingoan, Misamis Oriental was met by joint units of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO) and Police Regional Office (PRO-10) in the compounds of the Carmelite Monastery in Barangay Camaman-an here.
Maj. Evan Viñas, the COCPO spokesperson, said the suspect’s surrender took place on Sunday.
Gepte, who is running for vice-mayor of his hometown, was suspected to be the brains behind the ambush-slay of Dr. Raul Winston Andutan, chief of the Maria Reyna-Xavier University Hospital, after allegedly hiring assassins to kill the latter on December 2, 2021.
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| https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/421762/two-lapu-lapu-dads-cry-foul-over-death-threats-point-to-administration-as-possible-culprit |
Two Lapu-Lapu City councilors have claimed to have received death threats and have suspected the administration to have allegedly something to do with them.
Councilor Michael Dignos said that their threats that they received through text messages were related to what they were doing as city officials.
(We don’t have anybody to point our fingers too on these death threats, it’s possible that these came from the administration.)
But Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan strongly denied the allegations that his administration was responsible for the death threats.
Chan said that he had no time for it, and that this might only be propaganda from his rivals in politics.
(I have no time for politics, this is the time to help each other. But are they doing? There are always engaging in politics, they are always trying to say bad things but I don’t mind that at all. I don’t mind.)
Councilor Dignos said that he received his threat in December, which he believed was due to his continued scrutiny of the 2022 proposed annual budget of Mayor Chan.
A former policeman in Tondo, Manila was shot and killed while standing in front of his house.
In a report by Darlene Cay on GMA News "Unang Balita" on Wednesday, the victim was identified as Richard Ramos.
According to the victim's relative, Ramos was kind so he should not be killed. He said he has four daughters who are still children who need a parent.
He added that the victim was sitting in front of the house and texting when the perpetrators arrived.
"He was texting. When he did that [looked up], he took off his face mask and shot him in the face at the same time," the relative cried.
The investigation revealed that the culprits were in the van.
Three people allegedly got out of the van with their faces covered but many more were said to be inside.
Ramos was rushed to the hospital but did not survive.
According to the police, Ramos was a former police officer who went AWOL [absent without leave].
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| https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2022/01/26/209235/exec-anti-illegal-drugs-party-list-candidate-nabbed-buy-bust-ops/ |
A regional director of party-list candidate, People’s Volunteer Against Illegal Drugs (PVAID), was arrested in a buy-bust operation for allegedly selling methamphetamine or “shabu.”
ABS-CBN News reported that Jerklie Abdulkarim and two other individuals were apprehended by the National Bureau of Investigation-Task Force Against Illegal Drugs in Dasmariñas, Cavite on Tuesday.
The NBI said that the PVAID regional director was the mastermind of the group selling half a kilo of shabu for more than P1 million.
Abdulkarim also allegedly used a minor as a drug courier.
Lawyer Jonathan Galicia, chief of the NBI Task Force Against Illegal Drugs, said that the group has been selling drugs in Cavite and the National Capital Region for years.
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| https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/01/27/2156591/8-cidg-agents-nabbed-pogo-workers-robbery |
Eight operatives of the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) were arrested for allegedly robbing Chinese workers of a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) firm in Angeles, Pampanga yesterday.Maj. Ferdinand Mendoza, S/Sgts. Mark Anthony Iral and Sanny Ric Alicante, Pat. Leandro Mangale and Hermogines Rosario Jr. and Cpls. Richmond Francia, John Gervic Fajardo and Kenneth Rheiner Delfin of the CIDG’s Anti-Organized Crime unit were apprehended in Barangay Balibago at around 1 a.m., according to a report from the CIDG-Angeles field office.
Two unidentified Chinese citizens and a Filipino were also arrested.
Police said it received information that a group of armed men in civilian clothes who claimed to be CIDG operatives had barged into a house being used as a workstation of the Chinese POGO workers.
Seven Chinese men and a Filipino house helper were rescued.
The CIDG operatives claimed they were conducting a drug bust and an operation against loose firearms.
Police found P300,000 in cash and an unspecified amount of US dollar bills from the vehicles of the CIDG agents.
8 cops have been charged with robbing several POGO workers.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1166470 |
A village councilman has been arrested for violating the gun ban.A village councilman here and his companion were arrested for violating the election gun ban on Wednesday night, according to the police.
In an interview Thursday, Maj. Rustom Pastolero, city police station 1 chief, said the two were arrested at a checkpoint along Sinsuat Avenue for carrying firearms without authority from the Commission on Elections.
Apprehended were Abdulmuiz Maulana, 31, village councilor of Barangay Rosary Heights 5, and Camsa Tatak, 37, both from this city.
Police and members of the Army-led Joint Task Group Kutawato were implementing an election gun ban law at about 9 p.m. when the two passed by aboard a vehicle and were inspected.
Found in the suspects’ car were an M16 rifle, a Glock .45-caliber pistol, and ammunition.
“During verification, Maulana could not present exemptions from the Commission on Elections for carrying firearms,” Pastolero said.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1166453 |
Three fishermen, including a village chief, were injured when they went dynamite fishing in the seawaters of Zumarraga, Samar early Wednesday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has reported.
The incident occurred when Elino Sobrino, 58, the village chief of Maputi, was trying to throw the ignited gelatin sticks when it accidentally exploded, wounding two other fishermen who were standing on the boat, police said on Thursday.
Other blast victims were Fernan Hinundayan, 24, and a 16-year-old boy, who are both Maputi village residents in Zumarraga town.
Victims were rushed to Samar Provincial Hospital in Catbalogan City.
Sobrino was referred to the Eastern Visayas Medical Center in Tacloban City due to more severe injuries.
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has repeatedly warned fishermen not to engage in dynamite fishing since its dangerous and destructive to nature.
“This is a classic case that crime against nature does pay. Let this be a warning to illegal fishers, particularly blast fishing, that primarily it is hazardous to the life and limbs but most importantly, (causing) habitat loss for fish and deprives the new generation to prosper,” BFAR Eastern Visayas Regional Director Juan Albaladejo said in a press statement.
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