Retards in the Government 253

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

  

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1171182

Unidentified gunmen staged a predawn attack Friday on the residence of former Mayor Ibrahim” Jong” Mangudadatu here, spraying the house with bullets and lobbing it with grenades.

In a statement, Maguindanao Board Member King Mangudadatu, Ibrahim's nephew, said nobody was hurt in the 1:30 a.m. strafing in Barangay Poblacion.

Mangudadatu said incumbent Mayor Baby Dats Mangudadatu, Ibrahim's son, also live in the same house.

Police said they recovered empty cartridges for an M16 rifle, M14 rifle, M1 Carbine rifle, .30-caliber machine gun, and empty shells for shoulder launcher fired 40mm, and M79 grenades around the former mayor’s home.

Unknown men attacked the house of the former and current Mayor of Maguindanao using guns and grenades.

https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2022/04/03/kagawad-shot-in-his-sleep/

Police on Saturday reported that a barangay kagawad was shot to death while he was sleeping by an unidentified gunman inside his residence in Barangay Bolbolo, Pilar, Abra.

Authorities identified the victim as Marlon Tanurio, a barangay kagawad of Barangay Bolbolo.

According to the Abra Philippine National Police, they received information about the incident at around 5 a.m. of 2 April which prompted personnel of the Police Regional Mobile Force Battalion to immediately go to the house of Tanurio.

Upon arriving at the kagawad’s house, the cops saw the victim’s lifeless body.

The live-in partner of the victim told police that they heard a gunshot at around past 12 midnight and when she tried to wake up the victim, she noticed that the head of her partner was bleeding.

A barangay councilor was assassinated in his own bed.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/433315/tabuelan-town-resident-accuses-mayor-vice-mayor-of-graft-and-corruption

The top officials of Tabuelan town were accused of graft and corruption for allegedly allowing the implementation of an “illegal” reclamation project and the construction of a private wharf in Barangay Tabunok.

Charged before the Office of the Ombudsman were Mayor Rex Gerona and Vice Mayor Raul Gerona.

The two officials are seeking reelection on May 9, 2022.

In a complaint-affidavit which he submitted before the Office of the Ombudsman on March 24, 2022, Junel Genita, a resident of Barangay Maravilla, sought the conduct of a fact-finding investigation on the passage of a Sangguniang Bayan resolution on July 9, 2014 which endorsed the application of Vice Mayor Gerona for the issuance of a Special Agreement for Protected Areas (SAPA).

Genita alleged that the vice mayor even participated in the deliberation on his SAPA application.

The Sanggunian resolution was also approved by his brother, Mayor Rex Gerona.

Genita said what the two brothers did was in violation of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

In addition, Genita said, the approval of the Sangguniang Bayan resolution was also unlawful and irregular.

The mayor and vice mayor of Tabulean, who are brothers, have been accused of graft and corruption.

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/04/03/2171890/general-9-cops-charged-pnp-doctors-death

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed criminal charges against a Philippine National Police general and nine other officers for the death of a PNP doctor from the accidental inhalation of a disinfectant at a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Pasig City two years ago.

The NBI filed on Feb. 11 the complaints against the PNP officers for the death of Capt. Casey Gutierrez before the Department of Justice, which set the preliminary investigation on the complaints against the police officers on April 18.

Gutierrez died on May 30, 2020 after accidentally inhaling a disinfectant at the Ultra quarantine facility.

Gutierrez was undergoing decontamination when he experienced difficulty in breathing.

He was brought to the PNP General Hospital and transferred to the Lung Center of the Philippines, where he died.

An investigation revealed Gutierrez became ill after he was sprayed with sodium hypochlorite or bleach.

Ten PNP officers have been charged with the death of doctor who died after inhaling a disinfectant at a COVID-19 quarantine facility.

https://www.panaynews.net/cop-among-region-6s-top-fugitives/

A disgraced member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is among the 11 most wanted persons in Western Visayas.

The PNP identified the cop as Senior Police Officer 1 (SPO1) Arnold Lizada of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office. On Dec. 31, 2015 he shot to death his platoon leader at the Iloilo Public Safety Company (IPSC) then ran away. He was charged with murder.

A P140,000 reward is being offered to whoever could give information leading to Lizada’s arrest.

“Armed and dangerous” was how the IPPO described Lizada who disappeared after shooting Inspector Christian Lee Nelmida, leader of the IPSC’s 2nd Maneuver Platoon based in Barangay Jibolo, Janiuay.

Lizada, then 43 years old, was a resident of Barangay Poblacion, Lambunao, Iloilo.

After shooting Nelmida around 9 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2015 Lizada fled. He brought with him his M16 rifle, a .9mm pistol and the 12-gauge homemade shotgun he used on his superior officer.

The shooting took place at the kitchen of the 2nd Maneuver Platoon’s office while Nelmida was getting ready for his supper.

Lizada entered the kitchen then shot his superior officer on the chest.

Police sources said Lizada and Nelmida may have had a previous misunderstanding and the victim’s not-so-pleasant attitude that New Year’s Eve may have aggravated the animosity.

According to sources, Nelmida became testy when, upon returning to the 2nd Maneuver Platoon office, he discovered that there was little food left for his supper.

Lizada, who was detailed at the gate, reportedly heard Nelmida berating some police personnel in the kitchen.

A PNP officer on the run is among region 6's top fugitives. He murdered his platoon leader over a grudge it seems.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1171424

A lawyer from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) was injured in a shooting incident that transpired along Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City on Monday night.

Pasay City chief of police Col. Cesar Paday-os on Tuesday identified the victim as Joseph Samuel Zapata, 30, and resident of Rainbow Village, San Isidro, Parañaque City.

Paday-os said initial investigation showed that the Zapata was driving his white Toyota Fortuner with plate number NBP 7726, heading southbound of Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, when motorcycle-riding suspects shot the left portion of the vehicle at around 5:40 p.m., hitting the back of the victim's head.

Paday-os said Zapata who sustained a gunshot wound was rushed to a hospital in Manila for treatment while the suspects sped toward the direction of Manila.

He said investigators are conducting interviews at the crime scene for possible identification of the suspects as well as their motorcycle used.

A lawyer for the BOC was wounded in a failed assassination attempt by unknown men for unknown reasons. 

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1578815/6-cops-accused-of-robbing-vendor-of-p14000-relieved

Six police officers accused of robbing a sidewalk vendor of P14,000 in government aid have been relieved of their posts at the Drug Enforcement Unit of the Caloocan City Police Station, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Philippine National Police(PNP).

“The involved personnel were immediately relieved so a fair investigation can proceed without any undue influence. They are now under restrictive custody and disarmed of their service firearms,” Gen. Dionardo Carlos, the PNP chief, said.

The sidewalk vendor — 39-year-old Eddie Acaso Yuson— accused the six officers of taking his cash on his way to a fast-food restaurant to buy food for his family.

The P14,000 was given to him by the Department of Social Welfare and Development with the help of Caloocan Rep. Dale “Along” Malapitan, who is now running as mayor of the city.

According to Yuson, an officer accosted him, introduced himself as an officer, and then frisked him. In a few minutes, a white pick-up truck with five other officers, as shown in CCTV footage uploaded by one of Yuson’s daughters on Facebook.

Six police officers have been accused of robbing a street vendor of P14,000.

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/04/07/2172934/cop-faces-complaint-qc-govt-shooting-man-during-duty-scuffle

An off-duty police officer is in hot water for shooting a man during a scuffle in Brgy. Greater Lagro, Quezon City, the city government disclosed Thursday.

According to a statement issued through the city's information office, Police Senior Master Sergeant Chester Garchitorena is now facing charges of grave misconduct before the Quezon City People’s Law Enforcement Board over an incident on Feb. 18, 2022.

Based on his complaint filed on Mar. 18, 2022, complainant Florose Buenafe said he and his friends were drinking at Haring Constantino St. when a sedan carrying Garchitorena’s associates arrived. Out of the blue, Garchitorena’s friends started a melee while the policeman served as a lookout while aboard his parked vehicle nearby.

When the brawl started, Garchitorena, assigned with the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the PNP's national headquarters in Camp Crame, called the Barangay Public Safety Officers and walked with them heading to the place of the scuffle.

During the altercation, a member of the BPSO witnessed Garchitorena shoot Buenafe in his left leg.

Lawyer Rafael Calinisan, PLEB Executive Officer, said they found probable cause against Garchitorena for using a gun during the melee while off-duty, a violation of the Commission on Elections’ gun ban.

PNP officer is accused of shooting a man during a brawl while out drinking.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1171646

A Quezon City judge has been fined by the Supreme Court (SC) for delay in resolving a motion filed by a litigant in a pending case before his sala.

In a resolution uploaded online on April 4, the high court fined QC Regional Trial Court (RTC Branch 226) Judge Manuel B. Sta. Cruz Jr. PHP9,000 for gross inefficiency and delay in the administration of justice and was sternly warned that repetition would be dealt with more severely.

Sta. Cruz, however, was cleared of charges of gross ignorance of the law and evident bias for lack of merit.

The court said records show that it took 12 months for the magistrate to rule on a motion for reconsideration filed by a party and to issue an order on the pending case to the clerk of court for resolution.

“This is way beyond the reglementary period of 90 days within which judges must resolve motions or incidents pending before them. As such, as the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) properly observed, respondent (judge) is administratively liable for gross inefficiency and undue delay in rendering a decision or order which is considered as a less serious charge,” the SC said.

“Judges should be imbued with a high sense of duty and responsibility in the discharge of their obligation to administer justice promptly,” the court said.

A judge has been reprimanded and fined by the Supreme Court for taking 12 months to rule on a motion for consideration rather than the standard 90 days.