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| https://www.philstar.com/nation/2025/01/04/2411840/2-barangay-execs-killed-mindanao-gun-attacks |
A barangay chairman in Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur and a councilor in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur were killed in separate gun attacks on Friday, January 3.
The first to die in the two incidents is Kamran Abubakar, killed by gunmen right in their yard in Barangay Sambulawan in Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur.
Barangays in Salibo, a dangerous and politically-troubled town, where there is presence of remnants of the outlawed Dawlah Islamiya and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, are scenes of deadly gun attacks and clashes between armed groups in recent months.
Officials of the Maguindanao del Sur Provincial Police Office and Brig. Gen. Romeo Juan Macapaz, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, told reporters on Saturday, January 4, that Abubakar, chairman of Barangay Sambulawan, died on the spot from multiple bullet wounds.
Relatives of Abubakar had told reporters he had no known enemies and was not involved in any “rido,” or clan war, either.
His assailants managed to escape before responding policemen arrived at the crime scene.
The incident preceded the murder, late Friday, by pistol-wielding men of Michael Virallo in a dark and secluded area in Sitio Mangga in Barangay Upper Dumalinao in Dumalinao Zamboanga del Sur.
The slain Virallo, a member of the barangay council in Upper Dumalinao, died from 12 gunshot wounds in different parts of his body.
Officials of the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Police Office and the Dumalinao Police Station told reporters that Virallo was walking alone in a dark area in Purok Mangga when he was approached and shot with pistols 12 times by his attackers, who immediately ran away, leaving him sprawled on the ground, lifeless.
A barangay chairman in Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur and a councilor in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur were killed in separate gun attacks on Friday, January 3.
A 25-year-old man was allegedly gunned down by his father during a heated altercation in Barangay San Guillermo, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte on Friday morning, Dec. 3.
Police Capt. Randy Damo, San Nicolas chief of police, identified the victim as Jovanie Fer Cabbat.
Investigation said that Jovanie saw his father, Fermin Cabbat Jr., 58, and a retired soldier, burning his mother’s belongings inside their house. Jovanie punched his father in the face to stop him.
The suspect was irked and grabbed a firearm in his room and shot Jovanie. The victim sustained multiple bullet wounds and declared dead in a hospital.
Police arrested Fermin and recovered five empty caliber 5.56 shells, two magazine assemblies for caliber 5.56, and two magazine assemblies for caliber 7.62 in the scene.
Damo said they searching for the firearm. Fermin is facing appropriate cases.
A retired solider gunned down his son during an argument.
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A retired police officer was shot dead in Barangay Simbo, Tupi town, South Cotabato province on Friday afternoon, Jan. 3.
Police identified the victim as Teodorico Bastan, 79, of Barangay Datal Bob, T’boli town, South Cotabato.
Investigation said Bastan, chief of barangay tanods of Barangay Simbo, was driving a motorcycle with his wife as back rider on their way home when two unidentified men on another motorcycle appeared and fired at them.
Bastan sustained bullet wounds in the body and died on the spot. His wife was unhurt. The suspects fled.
Three empty .45 caliber pistol shells were recovered in the area.
Police said motive of the killing could be Bastan’s work as head of tanods. Follow-up investigation is under way.
A retired police officer who is chief of Barangay tanods has been assassinated.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/5/bu-cor-relieves-preventively-suspends-4-corrections-officers-after-stabbing-incident-at-bilibid |
Four corrections officers have been relieved and preventively suspended after the stabbing incident inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City where one person deprived of liberty (PDL) died and two other prisoners wounded.
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) identified them as C/Insp. Louie Rodelas, acting commander of the guards; Corrections Officers 1 (CO1) Christian Alonzo and Joshua Mondres, both keepers of Building 8; and CO1 Glicerio Cinco Jr., officer of Gate 1 A.
“Our personnel should be alert and vigilant to enhance the safety protocols that govern the custody and management of inmates anytime of the day,” said BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr.
The stabbing incident happened at 7 a.m. last Jan. 2 at Gate 1A of Quadrant 4 of the Bilibid’s Maximum Security Compound.
“This situation indicates a lapse in our operations, resulting in the death of PDL Ricardo Peralta and the wounding of PDLs Reginal Lacuerta and Bert Cupada,” Catapang said.
“It is essential that we hold individuals accountable for these failures," he pointed out.
The BuCor had asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct parallel investigations over the incident.
At the same time, Catapang said he had also asked the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct its own parallel investigation.
The investigations, he said, would establish the facts, promote transparency and determine accountability.
Four corrections officers have been relieved and preventively suspended after the stabbing incident inside the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City where one person deprived of liberty died and two other prisoners wounded.
Another barangay councilor in Zamboanga del Sur was killed in an ambush on Saturday afternoon, January 4, the second in the province in just two days.
Brig. Gen. Bowenn Joey Masauding, director of the Police Regional Office-9, told reporters on Sunday, January 5, that Joemar Requilme, a member of the barangay council in Lantawan in San Miguel town in Zamboanga del Sur, died on the spot from multiple bullet wounds.
A report from the San Miguel Police Station stated that Requilme was riding his motorcycle on his way to somewhere when he was attacked by men armed with pistols at a secluded stretch of a highway in Barangay Poblacion in San Miguel.
Officials of the municipal police and local executives told reporters the gunmen who ambushed Requilme immediately escaped using a getaway motorcycle.
Another barangay councilor in Zamboanga del Sur was killed in an ambush.
The former policeman who was part of a group behind the P3.1-million robbery on Jan. 5 in Pilar town, Capiz province has been identified.
Police Col. Albert Tapulao, chief of the Capiz Police Provincial Office (CPPO), said the suspect Lyman John Ochenta from Iloilo province was one of the three suspects wearing police athletic uniforms when they and three companions robbed collectors of a prominent bottling company.
The Iloilo Provincial Police Office (IPPO) said Ochenta was dismissed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in September 2017 for the administrative case of grave irregularity in the performance of duty while assigned to the Sara Municipal Police Station in Iloilo.
Ochenta was allegedly involved in major crimes, including a P1-million robbery in Sara town, Iloilo.
He was also allegedly behind a robbery and homicide in Sicogon Island, a resort island in the northern Iloilo town of Carles in September 2022. He has warrants of arrests for these two crimes prior to the robbery in Pilar.
The former policeman who was part of a group behind the P3.1-million robbery on Jan. 5 in Pilar town, Capiz province has been identified.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2022577/south-cotabato-provl-board-suspends-2-mayors |
The South Cotabato provincial board suspended two reelectionist mayors for abuse of authority and violation of the Constitution stemming from cases earlier filed against them by a Small Town Lottery (STL) operator and a constituent.
Banga Mayor Evangeline Palencia and Tboli Mayor Keo Dale Tuan were ordered suspended for 120 days and 180 days, respectively, in a resolution issued by the provincial board on Monday. Their suspension took effect on Tuesday.
Palencia’s suspension stemmed from a complaint filed by STL operator JY Archers against her and members of the municipal council last year after the council passed a resolution suspending all STL operations in the town.
JY Archers, in its complaint, said the local lottery was under the control and supervision of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President, hence, can not be closed down by local authorities.
Palencia said she would seek a temporary restraining order from the Court of Appeals or from the Office of the President.
Meanwhile, Tuan was suspended for 180 days for granting tax incentives to the family-owned Crown Jewel Hotel in his town.
Evelyn Montil Gregorio, a resident of Tboli who filed the complaint as a taxpayer, claimed that local officials bypassed procedures in the granting of tax incentives.
Albert Palencia, municipal administrator and the mayor’s husband, described the provincial board’s action as “politically motivated.”
But South Cotabato Vice Gov. Arthur Pingoy Jr., the board’s presiding officer, said they processed the complaints against Tuan and Palencia with impartiality and objectivity
The South Cotabato provincial board suspended two reelectionist mayors for abuse of authority and violation of the Constitution stemming from cases earlier filed against them by a Small Town Lottery operator and a constituent.
Four National Bureau of Investigation employees were arrested for allegedly conniving with seven fixers at the NBI clearance center on Monday.
According to NBI Director Jaime Santiago, the operation targeted people accused of facilitating the expedited processing of NBI clearance certificates in exchange for bribes of P800 to P2,000.
The operation was conducted by the NBI Cybercrime Division and Special Task Force.
The NBI employees, who are assigned at the bureau’s Information and Communications Technology Division, are facing charges of graft and direct bribery.
They were also charged for violating the Cybercrime Prevention Act.
Four National Bureau of Investigation employees were arrested for allegedly conniving with seven fixers at the NBI clearance center.
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