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| https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/13/drunk-cop-shoots-wife-1 |
A drunk police officer was arrested after he allegedly shot and wounded his wife inside their house in Barangay Ayungon, Valladolid, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 11.
Police Capt. Bonifacio Galvez Jr., deputy chief of the Valladolid Municipal Police Station, said the 33-year-old suspect, assigned to the Malay Municipal Police Station in Aklan province, was on vacation after his 37-year-old wife recently gave birth to their third child.
The suspect with the rank of corporal entered their room after a drinking session with his father-in-law shortly before 12 midnight and took his 9mm Glock 17 service firearm and shot his wife who was wounded in the right upper arm.
The victim, an elementary teacher, sought help from nearby relatives who reported the incident to the police who arrested the suspect in their house.
Police recovered a fired bullet and the gun. The victim is recuperating in a hospital here.Galvez said that the couple had no previous altercations and the suspect was remorseful for shooting his wife.The suspect is facing cases for frustrated parricide and violating Republic Act 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004.
A drunk police officer was arrested after he allegedly shot and wounded his wife inside their house.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1244066 |
Police in Datu Abdullah Sangki (DAS), Maguindanao del Sur, has launched a manhunt for gunmen who ambushed a municipal councilor, a village councilman, and a barangay secretary on Thursday.
Councilor Edris Sangki, 54, who also serves as chairperson of Barangay Kaya-Kaya, was riding a motorcycle driven by Barangay Councilman Penny Balawgan, 56, when unidentified assailants in a vehicle opened fire around 10:30 a.m., according to Lt. Col. Glenn Mar Avisa, the town’s police chief.
Barangay Secretary Abdul Latip, 55, who was following the two on another motorcycle, was also hit by stray bullets. All three victims were unarmed.
Sangki, an ex-officio member of the town council as president of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC), and his companions were rushed to a hospital.
“We strongly condemn this cowardly attack and call on our law enforcement agencies to swiftly investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice,” DAS Mayor Suharto Al Wali Sangki-Mangudadatu said in a statement.
Police recovered at least seven empty shells from a .45-caliber pistol at the crime scene.
The investigation is ongoing.
Police in Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao del Sur, has launched a manhunt for gunmen who ambushed a municipal councilor, a village councilman, and a barangay secretary on Thursday.
Police are hunting former Valladolid, Negros Occidental Mayor Romel Yogore who was found guilty of graft by the Sandiganbayan in 2019.The Sandiganbayan Seventh Division found Yogore guilty of violating Section 3 (e) of Republic Act 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. The anti-graft court issued an arrest warrant against Yogore dated Dec. 13, 2024.
Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo, Negros Occidental police spokesperson, said that the Valladolid Municipal Police Station received the arrest warrant last month and attempted to serve the document at Yogore’s house in Barangay Poblacion. However, he was not present.
Police returned the warrant to the issuing court after unsuccessful efforts to locate him.
As part of standard operating procedure, Catalogo said a request for an alias warrant has been made to allow Yogore’s arrest any time.
The complaint against Yogore and eight others was filed by a local broadcast journalist from Valladolid in 2010.
It stemmed from the municipal government’s purchase of construction materials worth P230,395 from his brother-in-law’s hardware store, without a public bidding, for the repair and improvement of a rural health unit in 2008.
Yogore was sentenced to a prison term of six years and one month to eight years and perpetually disqualified from holding public office.
The Supreme Court denied Yogore’s appeal on March 3, 2022, and its ruling became final and executory on March 29, 2024.
Yogore's seven other co-accused were acquitted.
His former municipal engineer and vice chairman of the local bids and awards committee pleaded guilty to a lesser offense and was fined P5,000.
Yogore has yet to issue any statement on his conviction.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2034724/fwd-air-force-captain-nabbed-for-allegedly-selling-sniper-rifle |
An active Philippine Air Force captain was nabbed for allegedly selling a sniper rifle in a buy-bust operation by the Philippine National Police Maritime Group 3rd Special Operation Unit (PNP MG 3rd SOU) in Pasay City.
In an interview at Camp Crame on Friday, 3rd SOU Commander Maj. Marlo Gabato told reporters that one of the unit’s intelligence officers discovered the captain supposedly selling the sniper rifle online for P1.2 million.
According to the 3rd SOU’s report, the poser-buyer met with the suspect and an accomplice, the latter two bringing a sedan and a sports utility vehicle (SUV), in front of a casino in Pasay City on Thursday evening.
“Nung nagkaroon na ng transaction, kukunin na yung baril, nakahalata yung suspek natin. Biglang sinara (the trunk) at nagkaroon ng komosyon,” Gabato said.
(When there was a transaction, the gun was about to be sold, the suspect found us out. He shut the trunk and there was a commotion.)
During the ruckus, the second suspect fled with the sedan, carrying the sniper rifle to be sold.
However, the first suspect was caught, and the SUV was inspected by authorities, who discovered a Glock 17 pistol with 14 rounds of live ammunition and an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) identification card belonging to another Air Force captain.
“The recovered firearm is believed to be government-issued, subject to further verification,” the 3rd SOU report said.Further, according to Gabato, the suspect could not present a certificate of authority for exemption from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban.
“Kanina, vinerify namin sa FEO (Firearms and Explosives Office), itong Air Force captain na ito ay mayroong siyang record sa FEO na nagmamay-ari siya ng more than 50 firearms sa record,” Gabato explained.
(Earlier, we verified with the Firearms and Explosives Offices that this Air Force captain has a record with the office that he has ownership of more than 50 firearms.)
The suspect faces complaints for violations of the Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act in relation to the Omnibus Election Code.
An active Philippine Air Force captain was nabbed for allegedly selling a sniper rifle in a buy-bust operation by the Philippine National Police Maritime Group 3rd Special Operation Unit in Pasay City.
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| https://www.philstar.com/nation/2025/02/14/2421335/ex-denr-exec-gets-112-years-graft |
The Sandiganbayan has sentenced to 112 years in prison an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DENR-ARMM) in connection with the allegedly anomalous procurement of P3.76 million worth of office supplies and equipment in 2010.
In a 50-page decision promulgated on Feb. 6, the anti-graft court’s Sixth Division found Sultan Usman Sarangani guilty of 16 counts of violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
Sarangani was sentenced to six years and one month to seven years for each of the 16 counts of the offense, or a total of 97 years and four months to 112 years in prison.
However, Sarangani need not fully serve his jail term as the country’s penal justice system limits the maximum period of imprisonment to 40 years as provided under Article 70 of the Revised Penal Code.
The Sixth Division also perpetually disqualified Sarangani from holding public office.
It acquitted Sarangani of 16 counts of violation of Section 3(h) of RA 3019 for failure of the Office of the Ombudsman to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
The charges against Sarangani’s co-accused, former DENR-ARMM accountant Nanayaon Dibaratun, were earlier dismissed following her death.
Records showed that instead of conducting a public bidding, Sarangani and Dibaratun resorted to small-value procurement or “shopping” without any valid justification.
The ombudsman said the items were reportedly procured from companies owned by and registered under the name of Dibaratun.
The Sandiganbayan has sentenced to 112 years in prison an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in connection with the allegedly anomalous procurement of P3.76 million worth of office supplies and equipment in 2010.
https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/17/murder-charges-filed-before-doj-vs-ex-negros-oriental-gov-pryde-teves-9-others Multiple murder charges were filed against former Negros Oriental governor Pryde Henry A. Teves and nine others over their alleged involvement in the 2023 massacre in Pamplona town where 10 persons died, including then governor Roel Degamo.
Brig. Gen. Nicolas D. Torre III, chief of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG), on Monday, Feb. 17, led the filing of the multiple-murder complaints against Pryde and nine other respondents before the Department of Justice (DOJ).
“We submitted it before the DOJ for case build-up prior to preliminary investigation,” Torre told journalists.
He explained that "there have been new pieces of evidence uncovered.”
“So we have them included so the prosecution can study how they can be included to the already existing cases filed in court and so that the respondents can also be charged in court,” he said.
Pryde’s brother, expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District congressman Arnolfo “Arnie” A. Teves Jr., and several others were already charged in court over their involvement in the massacre.
The former legislator is out of the country and with the issuance of arrest orders against him, he is now considered a fugitive from justice, the DOJ earlier said.
Multiple murder charges were filed against former Negros Oriental governor Pryde Henry A. Teves and nine others over their alleged involvement in the 2023 massacre in Pamplona town where 10 persons died, including then governor Roel Degamo.
Charges of unlawful utterances and inciting to sedition were filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday, Feb. 17, against former president Rodrigo R. Duterte.
The charges were filed by Brig. Gen. Nicolas D. Torre III, chief of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG).
Unlawful utterances is a violation under Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), while inciting to sedition is a crime under Article 142 of the RPC.
Torre explained that the charges stemmed from the statements by Duterte during the proclamation rally of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) held last Thursday, Feb. 13.
During the rally, Duterte said there were too many senatorial candidates and jokingly suggested “let’s kill the senators now to create vacancies.”
“Gusto niyang patayin yung 15 senador na gusto niyang bumbahin (Duterte wanted to kill the 15 senators by bombing them),” said Torre.
Torre stressed: “Hindi na pwede yung ganong mga statements na kinaumagahan ay joke only na lang (we just can no longer take such statements that later on will be branded as a joke only).”
He said he filed the case in his capacity as a police official. and in consonance with DOJ Circular No. 20 issued in 2023 by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla.
He also said the filing of the charges "is part of the PNP's mandate to make sure that we protect the citizenry from criminal activities like this."
Torre said the DOJ, together with the PNP, will conduct a case build-up on the charges before deciding whether a panel of prosecutors will conduct a preliminary investigation to determine if charges will be filed in court.
Charges of unlawful utterances and inciting to sedition were filed before the Department of Justice on Monday, Feb. 17, against former president Rodrigo R. Duterte.
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| https://dailyguardian.com.ph/ex-capiz-governor-two-others-found-guilty-of-procurement-law-violation/ |
The Office of the Ombudsman has found former Capiz Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras, former Provincial Administrator Edwin Monares, and former Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital (RMPH) chief Edmarie Tormon guilty of violating the Government Procurement Reform Law (RA 9184).
In a memorandum dated Jan. 30, 2025, the Ombudsman ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), through provincial director Cherryl Tacda, to enforce the penalty of a fine equivalent to six months’ basic salary for each respondent, pursuant to Section 10, Rule III of Administrative Order No. 07, as amended.
However, the Ombudsman dismissed the case against Nizza G. Billedo, the supplier, due to lack of jurisdiction.
The Sandiganbayan previously denied the trio’s motion to dismiss the criminal case filed against them.
In a four-page resolution, the anti-graft court’s Fourth Division upheld its July 9, 2024, ruling rejecting the defendants’ claim of inordinate delay in the preliminary investigation conducted by the Ombudsman.
Contreras, Monares, and Tormon were charged with one count of violating RA 9184 over alleged irregularities in the provincial government’s procurement of medical supplies in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The case stemmed from a criminal complaint filed on Nov. 25, 2021, by incumbent Vice Gov. Jaime Magbanua and members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board).
Prosecutors found evidence of unlawful contract splitting in the procurement of medical supplies through small-value procurement.
The accused argued that their right to the speedy disposition of cases had been violated, claiming that the preliminary investigation took 28 months, which they said hindered their ability to mount a proper defense.
In his motion for reconsideration, Contreras contended that the allegations did not constitute an offense and reiterated the claim of inordinate delay in resolving the complaint.
Tormon similarly insisted that their constitutional right to a speedy disposition had been violated, as the finding of probable cause took more than two years.
The Sandiganbayan ruled that Contreras had only until July 15, 2024, to contest the Joint Resolution but filed his motion nine days late on July 24, 2024.
“Under the Revised Guidelines for Continuous Trial of Criminal Cases, a motion for reconsideration must be filed within a non-extendible period of five days from receipt of the resolution,” the court stated.
Additionally, the court ruled that the defendants failed to demonstrate any actual or perceived error in the ruling that would justify a re-examination of their arguments.
“In any event, an examination of the issues raised in the instant motions readily reveals that they are merely a rehash of the arguments previously presented. A motion for reconsideration should be denied when it merely reiterates earlier claims,” the court added.
Contreras, who is currently running for governor of Capiz, has yet to comment on the Ombudsman’s ruling.
The Office of the Ombudsman has found former Capiz Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras, former Provincial Administrator Edwin Monares, and former Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital (RMPH) chief Edmarie Tormon guilty of violating the Government Procurement Reform Law (RA 9184).
Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez and the other complainants are asking the Office of the Ombudsman to put House Speaker Martin Romualdez and other House leaders in preventive suspension in relation to a graft complaint filed against them over alleged “insertions” in the enrolled bill for the 2025 national budget.They filed on Wednesday a motion for preventive suspension, citing the respondents' "high positions, power and influence" and the risk that they would interfere in a potential investigation.Apart from Romualdez, also named as respondents in the complaint are House Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe of Zamboanga City, House Committee on Appropriations acting chairperson Stella Quimbo of Marikina, and the panel’s former chairperson Elizaldy Co of Ako Bicol party-list.Alvarez, an ally of the Duterte family, filed the complaint on February 10, alleging that P241 billion was “inserted” in the 2025 enrolled General Appropriations Bill (GAB) that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law last December.Marcos Jr. and the Palace have said the version that was signed had been reviewed and did not contain any blank entries.House members earlier said that the bicameral conference committee report that the chamber ratified had blank entries for certain allocations.Quimbo and Senate President Francis Escudero had explained that the ratified bicameral conference committee report contained an omnibus motion, which states that if there are changes between the report and the printed copy, the latter will prevail.Quimbo also stressed that the values for the blanks in the bicam report were already determined by the bicameral conference committee and were part of existing documents.Other complainants in the falsification of legislative documents and graft complaitns are lawyer Ferdinand Topacio of Citizen's Crime Watch, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino senatorial candidates Jimmy Bondoc and Raul Lambino and lawyer Virgilio Garcia.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/19/cop-arrested-for-extortion-in-calamba-city |
A police officer was arrested for alleged extortion in Barangay Real, this city, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 18.
The Calamba police identified the suspect as Wilmar, with the rank of police master sergeant, assigned to the Tanauan City Police Station and a resident here.
Lawmen conducted an entrapment operation following the complaint of Joseph 38, a resident of Malvar, Batangas for extortion.
Wilmar received the P14,000 marked money from the complainant inside his car.
The suspect noticed police rushing to arrest him and almost hit them with his car and holding his firearm preparing to shoot them while escaping.
Police cornered him at the Calamba City police station. Seized from him were the gun, bullets, identification cards, vehicle, and marked money.
He faces complaints for robbery-extortion, resisting arrest, and violating the election gun ban.
Wilmar was taken to Camp Crame, Quezon City for documentation and proper disposition.
A police officer was arrested for alleged extortion in Barangay Real, this city, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 18.
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