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Another policeman was collared early Saturday, Feb. 11, along with his two associates in a drug buy-bust operation in Calamba City, Laguna.
Police arrested at 12:37 a.m. Staff Sergeant Benhur Verdera, chief warrant officer at Liliw town police station; Kevin John Ballos; and Alejandro Mane, after they sold shabu worth P1,000 to a poseur buyer in Barangay 1.
Authorities confiscated from the suspects three plastic sachets of shabu with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of P40,800. Also seized were Verdera’s police identification card and loaded service firearm.
The police classified Verdera as a “high-value individual” in the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign, while Balllos and Mane were identified drug pushers in the city.
The suspects were detained and are facing a complaint for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Another cop has been busted for drugs.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1194975 |
A village official was killed while two others, including his wife, were injured in an attack in an upland village here, the police reported on Saturday.
Col. Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, identified the fatality as Barangay Tolosa Councilor Mark Ryan Rodriguez, 29.
Tolosa’s wife, Anni, 32, and their driver, Jomel Mendoza, were hurt.
Lorenzo said the incident took place around 9:30 p.m. Friday in the village located 23 kilometers east of the city hall.
Police investigation showed Rodriguez and his family were having dinner outside their house when two unidentified gunmen on separate motorcycles repeatedly shot the victims and sped off.
Rodriguez was pronounced dead at around 10:07 p.m.
Another village councilor has been assassinated.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1194985 |
A soldier ran amok and shot four of his fellow soldiers dead inside the 4th Infantry Division headquarters in Barangay Patag here early Saturday.
Police identified the fatalities as Private Joseph Tamayo, Patrolman First Class Prince Kevin Balaba, Sgt. Rogelio Rojo, Cpl. Bernardo Rodrigo, as well as the suspected shooter, Private Johmar Villabito.
Another soldier identified as Staff Sgt. Braulio Macalos Jr. was also wounded in the shooting but is now out of danger.
Initial reports said Villabito “shot the victims without any apparent and justifiable reason using an M16”. The incident happened at around 1:10 a.m. when the victims were asleep inside their barracks at the Service Support Battalion (SSBN) unit.
A certain Pvt. Mark Anthony Aguined and Pfc Joseph Estrada engaged the suspect and shot him dead, said Maj. Francisco Garello Jr., 4ID spokesperson.
Garello said the suspect initially attacked his roommate and went to five other rooms and started shooting.
The 4ID is still currently gathering other information from the witnesses to establish the motive of the shooting.
A solider ran amok and killed several of his colleagues.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1729100/town-councilor-in-nueva-ecija-found-dead-inside-car |
A member of the Sangguniang Bayan (municipal council) in Sto. Domingo town was found dead early Sunday, Feb. 12, inside her vehicle in Barangay Maturanoc in this town, police said.
The police identified the victim as Councilor Angelique Alexis “Angge” Paulino, 33, a resident of Sto. Domingo’s Barangay Sto. Rosario.
Paulino was Sto. Domingo’s number one councilor and chaired the committees on ways and means and the market.Initial investigations showed that the victim suffered multiple bullet wounds. She was heading to a high school reunion at the time of her death.
Paulino was a language and literature graduate of the University of the Philippines-Baguio.
Policemen were running after the culprit, who was reportedly “close” to the victim, sources said.
A town councilor has been assassinated.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1195117 |
A municipal election officer in Maguindanao del Sur died in an ambush Monday in Lambayong town, Sultan Kudarat province, police said.
Capt. Jetro Doligas, Lambayong municipal police chief, said Haviv Macabangen Maindan, municipal election officer of Sultan sa Barongis in Maguindanao del Sur province, was driving his vehicle when ambushed in Barangay Pingguiaman, Lambayong, by motorcycle-riding gunmen at around 2 p.m.
“He was going home on board his silver gray Toyota Fortuner (LFX-553) going to Lambayong from his office in Sultan sa Barongis when fired upon,” Doligas said in a radio interview, adding that the victim died on the spot.
He said the victim’s vehicle then swerved towards a swampy section of the roadside just beside an irrigation canal following the ambush.
Sultan sa Barongis Mayor Allandatu Angas said he was saddened by the death of the election official, whom he described as a dedicated servant.
Doligas said the investigation is still ongoing.
A municipal election officer has been assassinated.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1729725/cop-nabbed-over-killing-of-town-councilor-in-nueva-ecija |
A policeman in La Union province was arrested after he was tagged in the killing of a councilor of Sto. Domingo town in this province, authorities said Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Patrolman Saddam Pascual, 32, was arrested around 1 a.m. on Monday in Barangay Sicsican, Talavera town, also in Nueva Ecija, according to Lt. Col. Reynold Macabitas, Guimba police chief.
Pascual was arrested during a hot pursuit operation following the killing of Councilor Angelique Alexis Paulino, 33, a resident of Barangay Sto. Rosario in Sto. Domingo.
While there was no security camera on the crime scene, Macabitas said footage from other security cameras near the place and up to Rosales town in Pangasinan province, corroborated the testimonies of eyewitnesses that the suspect was spotted in the vicinity of the victim’s residence prior to the incident.
Paulino was shot dead while driving her gray sedan on Sunday, investigators said. Her bullet-riddled body was found inside the car that was recovered in Barangay Maturanoc here.
According to the authorities, the suspect was on board a red hatchback car at the time of the killing.
“May mga testigo na bago mangyari ang pamamaril. Nakita mismo yung suspek doon sa vicinity ng bahay ng biktima inside his private car [There are witnesses prior to the shooting. The suspect inside a car was seen in the vicinity of the victim’s house],” Macabitas told the Inquirer.
“Nakita naman namin sa mga CCTV after the incident, nakita namin po yung sasakyan na ginamit mismong yung sasakyan ng suspect [We saw the incident in the CCTV, we saw the suspect’s car],” he added.
An investigation revealed that Pascual and Paulino had been in a relationship for more than five years.
At one point, the suspect allegedly turned jealous, which led to the couple’s split, an initial investigation showed.
Macabitas said they recovered the murder weapon, a .9-mm service pistol.
Apart from the criminal case filed by the local police here, the La Union provincial police office will also file administrative cases against Pascual, Macabitas said.
A cop has been arrested for killing a town councilor with whom he used to be in a relationship.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/15/three-philippine-police-officers-surrender-over-killing-of-spanish-man/ |
Three Philippine police officers wanted for the alleged murder of a Spanish businessman in 2020 have turned themselves in to the authorities, the justice ministry said Wednesday.
Diego Lafuente was shot dead during a police drug operation in General Luna municipality on the southern island of Siargao, a popular surfing and holiday destination.
He was among the many thousands of people killed during the drug war launched by former president Rodrigo Duterte and continued by his successor Ferdinand Marcos.
Most victims were poor, Filipino men, according to rights groups. The International Criminal Court is investigating the brutal crackdown for possible crimes against humanity.
Arrest warrants had been issued for the three officers, but they were “nowhere to be found”, the justice ministry said in a statement issued Wednesday.
The officers handed themselves in to authorities on February 9.
State prosecutors had filed charges of murder and planting of evidence against them last March after a review of the case cast doubt on their version of events.
The officers claimed they shot Lafuente in self-defence after he fired a gun at them during a buy-bust operation.
They were initially given a 60-day suspension from duty over the killing, according to the justice department’s review panel.
Three cops charged with killing a Spanish businessman have turned themselves in.
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