Retards in the Government 282

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

  

https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/31/993-cops-secure-undas-in-negros-occidental-2/

A neophyte policeman died after he accidentally shot himself while cleaning his gun at his house in Barangay Mansilingan here on Sunday, Oct. 30.

The victim was identified as Patrolman Val Liansing, 24, temporarily assigned to the E.B. Magalona Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental.

Capt. Elmer Bonilla, head of Police Station 7, said the victim was reportedly cleaning his .45 caliber personal firearm inside his bedroom when he accidentally shot himself in the jaw.

His family called for rescue and police assistance.

Liansing was taken to a private hospital but he expired Sunday night, Bonilla said.

Another cop has killed himself while cleaning his firearm. 

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/849968/ex-bohol-municipality-mayor-gets-up-to-40-years-for-graft/story/

The Sandiganbayan has sentenced a former mayor of Panglao, Bohol with up to 40 years of imprisonment for four counts of graft in connection with the hiring of defeated candidates during the appointment ban in 2013.

In a 49-page decision promulgated on October 26, the anti-graft court found Leonila Paredes Montero guilty beyond reasonable doubt for four counts of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

For each count, Montero is sentenced to suffer a minimum imprisonment of six years and one month and a maximum of up to 10 years.

She is also perpetually disqualified from holding public office.

The court ordered Montero to return P1.3 million to the Panglao municipality, representing the salaries paid during the one-year appointment ban, with 6% legal interest reckoned from the finality of the decision.

“After a thorough review of the evidence on record, the court finds that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the guilt of Montero for four counts of violation of Section 3(e) of RA No. 3019,” it said.

“There is sufficient evidence showing that Montero acted with evident bad faith and manifest partiality to give unwarranted benefits to Hormachuelos, Reyes, Penales, and Fudalan,” it later added.

The cases stemmed from the hiring of four candidates in the May 2013 national and local elections as employees on a job order basis with a monthly salary of P25,000 each.

Montero had argued that the hiring of losing candidates on a job order basis is not covered by the prohibition and that the hiring of losing candidates on a job order basis is not prohibited under DILG Opinion No. 069-9.

The court, however, disagreed.

“The evidence shows that in hiring Hormachuelos, Reyes, Fudulan, and Penales as job order personnel, Montero had the furtive design and evil intent to circumvent the constitutional and statutory provisions prohibiting losing candidates from being appointed to the government within a year after elections,” it said.

A former mayor has been convicted of graft over hiring four losing candidates in 2013. 

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1687610/cop-dead-in-quirino-town-road-crash

A 27-year-old policeman died after his motorcycle collided with a tricycle in Barangay Villa Sur, Maddela town, Quirino province, police said on Monday, Oct. 31.

Investigators identified the fatality as Cpl. Bernie Pascual, who belonged to the 2nd Quirino Provincial Mobile Force Company and a native of Quirino’s Aglipay town.

Police said Pascual’s motorcycle was hit by the tricycle driven by 82-year-old Alfonso Blanco Jr. during a heavy downpour.

An initial investigation showed that Pascual was not wearing a helmet and was not carrying his driver’s license at the time of the accident.

Pascual was thrown off his motorcycle, causing head injuries. He was taken to a hospital but died later. I

A cop who did not wear a helmet or carry his drivers license died from head injuries after he wrecked his motorcycle. 

https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1945147/cebu/local-news/cop-found-dead-with-gunshot-wound-in-head-inside-camp-barracks

A POLICEMAN was found dead with a gunshot wound in his temple inside the barracks of Camp Ceperino Genovia in Barangay Bahay in the southern town of Sibonga, Cebu on Wednesday afternoon, November 2, 2022.

He was identified as Patrolman Edgardo Pilariz Silva, a 32-year-old native of Tanjay, Negros Oriental, who was assigned at the Regional Mobile Force Battalion Central Visayas (RMFB 7).

Patrolman Rafaelito Alquizalas Mahinay walked in on Silva’s lifeless body still clutching his 9mm pistol at 4:50 p.m.

Mahinay said he earlier saw the victim dry firing, “or the practice of simulating the discharge of a firearm without any live ammunition.”

Members of the Scene of the Crime Operation (Soco) recovered the victim’s firearm loaded with 13 bullets and an empty shell.

Major Rodgene Fudotan, Sibonga Police Station chief, described the victim as a good man and hard-working.

According to Fudotan, Silva was seen going in and out of the barracks and appeared to be beside himself.

Attorney Risty Sibay, officer-in-charge of the National Police Commission Central Visayas, said the Philippine National Police (PNP) should not ignore the mental health of its personnel.

“I think this is a high time that the organization also look into the mental state of all the police officers and in the process hopefully we can establish a national mental health program for the PNP,” he said.

It appears a cop committed suicide inside his barracks.