Retards in the Government 236

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

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/12/06/2146089/basilan-mayor-killed-another-mayor-wounded-zamboanga-city-shooting

Darusallam Lajid, mayor of Al-Barka in Basilan, was killed in a gun attack in Zamboanga City on Monday morning that also left Akbar Mayor Alih Sali injured. 

Sali's driver Barad Nuruddin was also killed in the attack.

In an initial statement Monday, the Zamboanga City Police Office said the two mayors were attacked by four men on motorcycles in a seaside village in Barangay Baliwasan in Zamboanga City. The mayors had just arrived from Basilan on a small boat.

Police Maj. Chester Natividad, Police Station 11 commander, said the the victims were shot around 8:30 a.m. by one of the assailants who had been waiting in a narrow alley.

 

"The victims who came from Basilan aboard a speedboat clandestinely landed among the houses and while walking towards their vehicle they were shot by one of the suspects," Natividad said.

The victims' relatives in Basilan are convinced the attack is related to local politics but could not say who the target of the shooting was.

It will be recalled Lajid forged a peace pact with Al-Barka Vice Mayor Mujib Jakilan last month. Their followers had engaged in a shootout in August that left two dead and three wounded.

Two mayors were shot at and one was killed along with his driver. The mayor who was killed was previously involved in a dispute with the Vice Mayor who he entered a peace pact with after their followers were engaged in a shoot out.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1161914

A reelectionist councilor of Sarrat, Ilocos Norte was gunned down by unidentified gunmen on Monday morning.

Police investigators identified the victim as Apolonio Garcia Medrano, 69, of Barangay 1 San Joaquin in Sarrat.

Initial reports said Medrano was standing in front of his parked vehicle in front of the Sarrat municipal hall when he was shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen.

Citing witnesses, police said the assailants fled toward the eastern direction after the incident.

The victim was declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. A checkpoint operation was immediately launched to intercept the gunmen.

Medrano, a former police intelligence officer, was tagged in the killing of DZJC broadcaster Roger Mariano but the case against him was dismissed in 2010 due to lack of evidence.

A town councilor up for reelection who was also a former police intelligence officer and suspect in the killing of a radio DJ was assassinated by unknown men for unknown reasons.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1161895

The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court has ordered an official of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to return transportation allowances as she was already issued a service vehicle.

The anti-graft court’s Second Division found NIA department manager Virginia Atienza civilly liable and ordered her to return to the government the amount of PHP58,000 with interest.

The 20-page decision stated that even as the law excuses no one, the act “did not amount to a criminal because there is no sufficient evidence to show appellate acted with manifest partiality and evident bad faith”.

Atienza was charged in 2011 for claiming a monthly transportation allowance of PHP3,000 from April 2007 to October 2008 despite having been assigned a service vehicle.

Under the Government Accounting and Auditing Manual, no official who has been granted transportation allowance by any government office shall be allowed to use government motor transportation and if a government vehicle has been used, a proportionate amount shall be deducted from the transportation allowance of the official concerned.

Atienza said she received the sums in good faith as it had been the practice by her predecessor, adding that since she received the monthly transportation allowance, she no longer availed of the 15 liters of gasoline to which she was entitled.

She argued that she spent the transportation allowance for gasoline, repairs, and maintenance, adding that the costs were usually higher than the allowance she was questioned for.

An NIA employee has been ordered to return P58,000 with interest for unlawfully receiving a transportation allowance despite having been issued a vehicle.

 

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/12/07/2146201/bets-told-dont-fall-scam-rig-results

With the 2022 elections drawing near, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday reminded politicians not to fall for con artists whose modus operandi is to entice them with promises of sure victory.

Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez warned politicians not to believe those who claim they can manipulate the election system for a fee.

“Over the weekend, we have gotten a lot of reports of people trying to run a con, telling politicians that if they pay, they can win. We would like to remind everyone, the politicians especially, not to be misled into believing this is possible. This is not possible,” he said.

The scammers reportedly often introduce themselves as either someone with ties with the Comelec or with the service provider.

The scammers would also often prey on candidates of single position races. “They would offer the same deal that whoever win, wins; whoever loses gets a refund. You would think that something (fiddling with the results) happened but nothing happened,” Jimenez noted.

“This is false. This is the same kind of scam that is run on unsuspecting politicians since 2010,” he added. Jimenez said that in the past, they have conducted sting operations against these scammers, in coordination with agents from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

The fact that politicians have fallen for this since 2010 just shows how corrupt Philippine politics is. The thing is they are not "falling" for it. They believe the polls can really be rigged for a fee. 

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1162173

Members of the anti-scalawag unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) have arrested a police officer for alleged extortion in an entrapment operation in Pangasinan on Tuesday night.

In a statement Wednesday, Brig. Gen. Oliver Enmodias, chief of the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG), identified the suspect as Cpl. Danile Penuliar, who is assigned at the Bayambang Municipal Police Station (MPS).

Penuliar was arrested in an entrapment at Barangay Pantol in Bayambang at around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday after receiving marked money from a police operative who posed as motorist flagged down by the suspect while passing the axis road of the village.

The modus operandi of the suspect is to ask for a vaccination card from the motorists. He charges PHP500 from those who cannot present a vaccination card before they are allowed to pass.

Another cop arrested for extortion. This time for taking a fee to let motorists who cannot present a vaccination card pass.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/415867/talisay-police-admit-facing-a-blank-wall-in-shooting-to-death-of-barangay-tanod

Talisay City police are not discounting the possibility that the 41-year-old barangay tanod who was was shot dead by a still unidentified suspect on Tuesday noon, was being monitored and tailed before the attack in barangay Maghaway, Talisay City.

Admitting that they are still facing a blank wall in the murder of Efren Bonghanoy, a resident of the barangay, Police Lieutenant Colonel Randy Caballes, chief of Talisay City Police Station, said that they are still gathering statements from witnesses.

They are also looking for CCTV footage near the crime scene to help them gather crucial leads.

Bonghanoy used to stay in a small hut where he was shot to pass by time.

Caballes further said that Bonghanoy has already been a barangay tanod for years. However, he could not disclose for how long.

Bonghanoy was shot dead past 12 noon on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, by a still unidentified individual who was on board a motorcycle. 

Police said the suspect was wearing a black jacket and maong pants and a black helmet. 

Caballes said that Bonghanoy was shot at his nape which caused his immediate death. Investigators failed to find a fired cartridge in the area of the attack.

Based on the initial outcome of the investigation, Caballes said that the duty investigator interviewed the barangay officials there and the wife of the victim but said that they too are clueless about the possible perpetrator and motive as the victim has no known enemy.

However, Caballes said they are verifying a reported property dispute that the suspect was allegedly involved in.

A long time barangay tanod was assassinated by an unknown man for an unknown reason.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1162224

A 52-year-old local official was gunned down by motorcycle-riding suspects in Barangay Inspector here on Wednesday night.

A police report on Thursday identified the victim as Emiliano Muncal, chairperson of the said village.

Initial investigation showed Muncal was about to park his motorcycle in front of his house when his attackers shot him several times shot at around 7:19 p.m.

The victim came from the barangay hall, investigation also showed.

"After the incident, the suspects fled on board with their motorcycle heading towards east direction of the Sta. Rosa-Tarlac Road (Provincial Road)," the police report said.

Another village chair gunned down by unknown men for unknown reasons.

https://mb.com.ph/2021/12/09/poe-chastises-mumbling-uncooperative-bir-men-in-senate-hearing/

Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, Dec. 9 chastised the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) during the hearing of the Senate committee on public services for not providing information on whether or not franchise applicants have been fulfilling their responsibility with the bureau, specifically if they have been diligently paying their taxes on time and in full. 

Poe, chair of the Senate public services committee, warned that the BIR’s lack of preparation would delay the action on the franchise applications the committee is evaluating, specifically the 16 telco applications, the 12 broadcast franchise applications, and the franchise renewal of Air Philippines Corp. 

“Before we give a franchise to a company, we have to make sure that they have no liabilities. E kung may utang sa inyo?” Poe asked the BIR. 

“This is the best way you can collect from them because they are applying for a franchise,” the senator added. 

“The Senate is about to go on a break next week. As much as possible, we would like to finish our committee reports and hopefully take them up on the floor next week,” Poe said. 

The panel chair stressed that the invitations for the hearing were sent out three weeks ago and resource persons were provided a list of the information that the committee would need. 

“I hope the BIR is taking our hearings seriously,” Poe said. “I expect more participation and respect from the BIR because this is an actual public hearing. They should be able to assist the legislative because this is one of their functions,” she added.

BIR officials are not being very cooperative in letting the Senate know if franchise applicants have been paying taxes on time.

Coronavirus Lockdown: Substantial Population Immunity, 'No Vax, No Entry,' and More!

More news about how the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines is being handled by the public and the government. 

The push for mandatory vaccines by excluding the unvaccainted from particiapting in public life continues. This time college students are being bullied by the government to get the jab in order to attend face to face classes.

https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/12/2/CHED-limiting-face-to-face-classes-to-vaccinated.html???

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said limiting in-person classes to the fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is not discriminatory.

In a press conference in Tacloban City on Wednesday, CHED Chairperson Prospero De Vera III pointed out that the policy intends to protect the welfare and health of fully vaccinated students, faculty and staff, and it does not violate human rights.

He said there will only be discrimination if the unvaccinated will not be able to continue learning, which is not the case because attendance in face-to-face classes remains optional for college students, so the unvaccinated may still choose flexible learning modes.

[Translation: You know why you can’t join the vaccinated and unvaccinated? If you allow both, you will need testing requirements. Of course, you need to test the unvaccinated, and the question is, when will you test them? When will you do the follow-up test? Who will spend for this?]

These people are brazen liars. Excluding one group from participation is prima facie discrimination. And vaccinated people can still get infected! It has nothing to do with unvaccinated people spreading the virus because both camps can spread it. The vaccine is worthless when it comes to preventing infection.

Cebu City is effectively banning all unvaccinated people from public life starting January 1st, 2022.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1523109/no-vax-no-entry-rule-set-in-cebu-city-shops

Mayor Michael Rama has given residents until Dec. 31 to complete their COVID-19 vaccine shots as the city government will start disallowing unvaccinated people from entering local business establishments after the deadline.

But Rama said those unvaccinated could present a negative COVID swab test result should they want to enter shops here.

He said the ultimate goal was to vaccinate all eligible residents of Cebu City.

“By Dec. 31, all residents of Cebu City should be vaccinated. Is that doable? Let’s try. Perhaps, we can do it,” he said in an interview on Wednesday.

Paying every two weeks or even more often for a COVID swab test is not feasible. That makes this effectively a vaccine mandate in order to go shopping for food. Requiring a person be injected with an experimental drug in order to go shopping and participate in public life is incredibly immoral, unconscionable, and unethical. 

Funny that the country is slouching toward mandatory vaccination when there was not even enough vaccines to see their targeted goals during the 3-day vaccination drive.

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/813295/lpp-lack-of-vaccinators-stopping-lgus-from-hitting-vaccine-targets/story/

The League of Provinces of the Philippines has cited the lack of vaccinators as the reason why several local government units have failed to hit their targets during the government’s three-day national vaccination drive, the LPP president said Saturday.

“There are several LGUs that have insufficient numbers of vaccinators. That's why they haven’t met their target number to be vaccinated… but their supply of vaccines is enough,” LPP president and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. said in a mix of English and Filipino in an interview on Dobol B TV.

Velasco said 31 provinces have met 50% of their targets while 45% hit below 50% of their goals.

“Ilocos Norte, Ilocos 

Sur, Batanes, Siquijor, at Camiguin,  reached or surpassed 100% of their target number of individuals to be vaccinated during the ‘Bayanihan, Bakunahan’,” he noted.

Apart from the lack of vaccinators, Velasco said provinces also encountered problems with their supply of syringes and brand preference among vaccinees.

San Fernando, Pampanga could not meet its goals because they did not have enough vaccines.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1523321/pampangas-capital-city-postpones-2nd-dose-of-jabs-due-to-supply-shortage

The City of San Fernando had to postpone indefinitely the scheduled four-day second dose vaccination of residents, who initially received their first dose of Moderna vaccine, due to supply shortage.

The city government advised residents on its social media page on Thursday, Dec. 2, to wait for a notice from the city health office for new schedules.

Several affected individuals have expressed their anger and disappointment over the delay despite the city government’s assurance that it would proceed with the vaccination as soon as it received the Moderna vaccine from the health department.

A lack of vaccines and staff to administer them and problems with the supply of syringes should be obstacles to any vaccine mandate but it's not.

Somebody asked the Comelec if voters will be required to be vaccinated.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1523516/no-vaccine-no-vote-unconstitutional-says-comelec

“Unlikely,” Jimenez said in a meeting regarding the elections when asked about the possibility of requiring voters to be fully vaccinated for them to be able to vote.

“Wala dapat [There should be no] additional requirements to exercise their right to vote, that is unconstitutional, I think,” Jimenez added.

Previously, Jimenez also said that the poll body will not require voters to undergo swab tests as a voting requirement.

Unlikely? The correct answer is absolutely not!

The pandemic is slowing down but don't let that fool you. The new Omicron variant has stymied plans to allow foreign tourists. For one artist that means less pesos in his pocket.

https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2021/12/01/205603/filipino-artist-fears-longer-struggle-as-covid-variant-stalls-tourism-pickup/

Struggling Filipino artist Alberto Nunez was looking for a change in fortunes this week, until news broke of a new COVID-19 variant, which scuppered government plans to loosen restrictions and dashed his hopes for a long-awaited boost in business.

The Philippines on Sunday backed out of a planned reopening to foreign tourists after 21 months of border restrictions, citing uncertainty over the risks posed by the new Omicron COVID-19 variant that has triggered global concern.

Nunez had sold paintings to tourists on the island of Boracay for over 17 years, typically earning $600 a week before the pandemic. Now, he says he’s lucky to take home $100.

“When I heard the news that the entry of foreign tourists was suspended, I was dismayed since our market isn’t that strong yet,” said Nunez.

The Philippines has been one of the worst-affected countries in Asia by the coronavirus, with 2.8 million cases, 48,000 deaths and an economy that contracted 9.5% last year.

Boracay, famous for its white sands and stunning green waters, had benefited from a relaxation of rules to allow more domestic travel, but Nunez fears that might be short-lived.

“I am also worried after hearing the news about the new variant and that we may go into lockdown again,” he said.

The highlighted part of this article is missing some much needed context. Only .04% of the population has died from COVID-19 which is a stunningly small sample of the population. The reason the economy has shrunk by 9.5% is because the government shut everything down in a massive overreaction. This artist is right to fear another lockdown and his plight reflects that of many as the government has destroyed the economy and the lives of many poor Filipinos.

The government has been eager to vaccinate enough people to reach herd immunity and one official says it has arrived.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/07/21/lgus-stable-enough-to-stop-covid-transmission-expert

The decline of COVID-19 cases amid continued relaxed restrictions in the Philippines could mean the country has achieved "substantial population immunity" against the coronavirus, an expert said on Monday.

Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, a molecular biologist and member of the OCTA Research group, said that even though the Philippines had struggled coping with the effects of the Delta strain, the "most infectious" COVID-19 variant in the past 20 months, more and more Filipinos are moving around.

According to Austriaco, the country is recording its lowest levels of cases and hospitalization in the past 20 months even as it is currently experiencing the highest mobility levels since it recorded its first coronavirus case and the beginning of its major lockdown in March 2020. 

"It suggests that we have attained substantial population immunity from natural infections and vaccinations in the urban areas of the Philippines because the pandemic has raged and spread primarily in our cities and our first-class municipalities," Austriaco said during a taped public briefing attended by President Rodrigo Duterte and Cabinet officials.

"The fact that the virus is struggling to find new Filipinos to infect, suggests we have attained substantial population immunity."

The DOH has concurred saying 23 highly urbanized cities have achieved herd immunity.

(Out of our highly urbanized cities, 23 cities fully inoculated 70 percent or more of its target population.)

(It means, they have achieved herd immunity among their target population.) 

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1524886/fwd-23-highly-urbanized-cities-achieve-herd-immunity

Sounds great but I would not count on them acting on this and continue to mandate vaccines in certain sectors in those cities.

Hi, My Name is...19

A new batch of Filipinos to meet and greet.

Hi, my name is Julito Resquillo. I was holding a grudge with my coworker at the construction site. I was very mad. I planned my killing over a week. On the chosen day we were all in the service vehicle provided by our company. The driver took us to my co-workers house and he ran inside to hand his weekly pay to his wife. When he came back into the vehicle and sat down that is when I struck. I stabbed him several times in the head, chest, and thigh. Then I ran away and surrendered to the barangay captain. 

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/412952/construction-worker-i-carried-out-my-plan-to-kill-my-co-worker

Julito Resquillo, 38, of Barangay Tulay, Minglanilla town in southern Cebu, surrendered to the barangay captain after he stabbed dead his co-worker, Ronald Pratilla, 38, of Barangay Cadulawan, Minglanilla town at past 8 p.m. of November 20, said Police Staff Sergeant Wilfredo Pada, desk officer of Minglanilla Police Station. 

Resquillo, a construction worker, told police that he had been holding a work-related grudge against Pratilla, a fellow construction worker, for quite a while now and that the former had allegedly planned since last week how to kill the latter. 

Police Staff Sergeant Pada said that night, the service vehicle with Pratilla and another worker inside waited for Resquillo, who got off outside their home to give his salary to his wife. 

Pada said he was not certain why the service vehicle waited for Resquillo, who returned and boarded the vehicle heading to the back where he and the victim were seated. 

He said that it was then that Resquillo pulled out a kitchen knife and stabbed Pratilla several times in the chest, thigh, arms and head. 

Rsequillo then got off the vehicle and surrendered to the Tulay barangay captain.

Hi, my name is Gileen Gutierrez. The happiest day of my life was supposed to be my wedding day on December, 19th 2021. But my fiancee was killed after he "stepped out" of the house to meet someone. Instead he was met with a hail of bullets from an unknown person driving in a Toyota Vios Sedan. The police think his killing was related to the online cockfighting gaming center he operated. It happened while I and our two children were inside our apartment. So, to assuage my grief I married my dead fiancee at his funeral.

 

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1518114/bride-weds-slain-groom-in-bulacan

Hi, my name is Charlton William Sydney. I am a 72 year old codger who married a Filipina and then got a permanent resident visa. But my wife lodged a complaint against me as being an undesirable alien! She said I abused her physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Now I am going to be deported. Bollocks!

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1520224/fwd-authorities-arrest-british-foreigner-in-cebu-after-allegedly-abusing-filipino-wife

Agents from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have arrested in Cebu a 72-year-old British man tagged by authorities as an “undesirable alien” on allegations he abused his Filipino wife.

In an emailed statement on Friday, the BI said Charlton William Sydney was seized earlier this week at a beach resort in Sta. Fe, Bantayan, Cebu after immigration officials canceled his permanent resident visa.

“Let this serve as a warning to other aliens who maltreat and abuse our Filipino women.  We can always have you deported if you abuse our hospitality and commit acts of violence against our countrymen,” BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said.

BI records show that Sydney has held a permanent visa which he acquired after marrying a Filipina.

However, his visa was nullified last year after his estranged wife lodged a “complaint of undesirability” against him. In the complaint, Sydney’s wife alleged that he physically, psychologically and emotionally abused her when they were living together.

Hi, may name is Cenon Villanueva. I hAve been unjsutly accused of kissing a 6 year old on the mouth but that is not what happened at all. No way. See she was coming towards me and I ducked to get out one her way and I accidentally kissed her on the forehead.  Honestly.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1161019

The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the decision of a Manila court sentencing a 64-year-old garbage collector to up to 15 years in prison for kissing a six-year-old in the mouth in 2019.

Aside from the jail sentence, the court also awarded the victim PHP150,000 in indemnity and damages.

In his defense, Villanueva claimed he accidentally kissed the victim on the forehead -- not in the mouth -- when their paths crossed along a narrow alley.

The victim was on her way home from a computer shop.

Villanueva alleged that he avoided clotheslines and had to duck, causing the accidental contact.

He claimed the parents of the victim sued him because they resented his failure to collect their garbage sometimes. He reasoned it only happens when the garbage truck was unavailable.

He also said the parents often saw him drunk.

"There is no showing that the RTC overlooked or misinterpreted some facts or circumstances of weight and substance in convicting appellant. Indeed, appellant’s defense is in the nature of a denial which hardly creates reasonable doubt of his guilt in light of his testimony that he was at the place and time of the act of lascivious conduct," the court ruled in a decision dated November 18.

Hi, my name is Ador Castro. My family was given cash aid from the government to buy food but instead I bought a bottle of wine. My father started yelling at me so I tried to punch him but my younger brother intervened and we got into a fight. I tried to hack him with a bolo but he stabbed me first. Maybe they will drink that bottle of wine during my funeral.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1521491/teen-stabs-older-brother-to-death-in-cagayan-town

A farmer in Allacapan town in Cagayan province was stabbed to death by his younger brother after a heated argument when the former spent his cash aid from the local government on wine, police said.

Maj. Antonio Palattao, Allacapan police chief, identified the fatality as Ador Castro, 43, who sustained a chest stab wound after he was attacked by his 18-year-old brother, identified as Jefferson, with a kitchen knife.

Investigators said Ador was castigated by their father for spending the cash on an alcoholic drink instead of buying food for their family.

When Ador allegedly tried to hit his father, Jefferson intervened, which resulted in a verbal tussle between the brothers.

Ador tried to attack Jefferson with a bolo but the younger brother managed to stab him first, causing Ador’s death. Jefferson told investigators that he acted in self-defense. 

Hi, my name is being withheld. I am the Mother of three kids whose baby drowned in there feet of water while we were on vacation. Please don't judge us.  We did not ask for this to happen. It was a complete accident and not negligence on our part. The kids wanted to go swimming. We told them to eat breakfast first but they would not listen so we let them go off by themselves to the pool. We could see the pool from our window so we thought it was no big deal to let the swim alone with one to watch them and keep them safe. The older kids left the youngest alone in the kiddie pool and she drowned, possibly hitting her head when she fell in the pool. It could have happened to anyone.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/414217/family-outing-turns-into-tragedy-7-year-old-drowns-in-3-feet-deep-pool

(In the morning, the kids were set to take a dip in the pool but the parents of the kids told them that they had first have breakfast. But the three kids insisted because they wanted to really swim in the pool, so they — the victim, her older brother and sister — left and later the victim drowned in the pool.) 

(The parents did not stop the kids, and besides they can see the pool from their room, which was adjacent to the pool. They can just see the pool from their room’s window so they were not worried about their children. (But) a few moments later, there was a commotion outside.) 

The family immediately hurriedly went outside when they learned about the commotion. 

Pacaldo said that the victim was left by her siblings in the three-feet-deep kiddie pool because they went to the nearby kiddie slide. 

The 7-year-old victim had with her a floater, but she was not able to use it when she started swimming at the pool. 

Pacaldo also learned from the representative of the management that there was only one lifeguard at that time because the second lifeguard arrived late. 

(There were supposed to be two lifeguards-on duty at that time but the other lifeguard was late in coming to work. There was only one lifeguard present during the time of the incident. And we talked with the lifeguard, who told us that he was roving at that time of the incident. The resort have a lot of pools.)

Hi, my name is Saiden Esmael. I live in a house on the side of a busy highway. My house isn't exactly well built as it is constructed out of light materials as are my neighbors. One day I was asleep in my hammock inside the house when all of a sudden a speeding van lost control and plowed right through my house killing me. Instead of filing a criminal case my family and the driver's family have agreed to an amicable settlement.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1160828

A construction worker resting on a hammock inside his roadside home in Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao died when a wayward passenger van plowed through several homes made of light materials in the area on Wednesday noon.

Rajah Buayan Mayor Jack Ampatuan said the man was asleep in a hammock inside his home when the speeding white Toyota Hi-Ace passenger van hit at least three houses along the highway in Barangay Sapakan.

The mayor identified the fatality as Saiden Esmael, 37, a construction worker of a police station in Rajah Buayan.

“He was resting when the freak accident happened,” Ampatuan said over a local radio station interview.

“Both sides, the van owner and the victim’s relatives, have agreed to a peaceful settlement,” he said.

A witness who saw the incident said in a separate radio interview that the van was speeding at the time of the incident.

“The driver might have lost control of the steering wheel,” the witness, identified only as a certain Datu, said.

Hi, my name is Ronald Tolo. I was having a drinking session with the security guard of my condo up on the roof. It's a lovely place. You can see the whole city. Things spiraled out of hand when we got into a heated argument. Suddenly he pulled out a gun and shot me several times. I stumbled backwards and fell off the roof and plunged seven stories down to the ground below.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1521960/security-guard-fatally-shoots-man-on-makati-condo-rooftop-after-argument

A security guard allegedly shot and killed a man after a heated argument during a drinking session on a rooftop of a condominium in Makati City. The man then fell from the rooftop.

Authorities identified the security guard as Dionisio Tabla, 58 years old, and the victim as Ronald Tolo, 38 years old.

According to a police report, a witness heard gunshots from the building and saw a man fall to the ground before. The person reported the incident to the authorities at around 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday.

After an initial investigation, the police disclosed that the two were having a drinking spree before getting into a heated argument which led to Tabla allegedly drawing a firearm and shooting Tolo multiple times.

Tolo sustained gunshot wounds to different parts of his body and fell seven stories from the condominium rooftop.

Hi, my name is anonymous nine year old girl. My daddy's friend came over and invited me out with him to buy bread. So I went. But he took me to a vacant lot and crushed my head with a rock and raped me. 

https://mb.com.ph/2021/11/30/girl-assaulted-by-dads-friend-dies-in-hospital/

A nine-year-old girl died Monday, November 29, two days after being found wounded in a vacant lot in Barangay Taculing here, where she was allegedly assaulted by a friend of her father. 

Police Maj. Leo Estopa, head of Police Station 6, said the victim, whose name was withheld, passed away at Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) here around 2:55 a.m. due to head injuries. 

Estopa said the suspect went to the child’s house in Barangay Banago here last Friday, as he is a friend of her father. 

He then invited the child to go with him to buy bread, but they ended up in Barangay Taculing. 

Estopa said the suspect alleged that he got irked when he saw his girlfriend allegedly entering a lodging house, and turned his anger on the child. 

Trava, in a media interview, initially denied that he sexually molested the child. 

But, based on the medical examination, the victim was later confirmed to have been sexually abused, Estopa said.

Hi, my name is Zahariya Bansuan. I was out riding my motorcycle with my 14 year old son when all of a sudden men pulled up and fired on us. We were both killed instantly. Now we will join my husband who was killed last month over a long standing grudge. 

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1161898

Police are trying to pursue two “persons of interest” linked to the shooting of a widow and her son in Talayan, Maguindanao on Sunday.

Col. Jibin Bongcayao, Maguindanao police director, said Monday that victims Zahariya Bansuan and her 14-year-old son died on the spot due to multiple gunshot wounds.

Bongcayao said the mother was driving a motorbike with her son around 5 p.m. Sunday while traversing the national highway in Sitio Matalam, Barangay Poblacion, Talayan, Maguindanao when they were attacked by riding-in-tandem suspects.

The gunmen sped off toward adjacent Datu Piang town after the incident.

“We believed it was due to a long-drawn grudge,” Bongcayao said, adding that the victim’s husband was also shot dead last month in Cotabato City.

Hi, my name is Dr. Raul Winston Andutan. I was sitting in my SUV when all of a sudden a motorcycle pulled up and I was fired upon. I was able to drive away but I ended up crashing and hitting a pedestrian. Later I died at the hospital. It turns out my death was a hit job because of a patient that died while in my care. 

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1523981/cagayan-de-oro-surgeon-slain-for-p150000-bounty-arrested-suspects-confess

For a P150,000 bounty to be shared by four people, a prominent surgeon and urologist was recently shot and killed in this city, according to a confession of two arrested suspects.

The suspects were arrested on Friday, the day they were supposed to collect the promised sum, and some 17 hours after they committed the crime.

Dr. Raul Winston Andutan, 62, medical director of Maria Reyna-Xavier University Hospital (MRXUH), was alone in his SUV when he was shot dead in Barangay Nazareth at past 10 a.m. on Thursday.

Although wounded, he was still able to drive away from the attackers but eventually rammed a vehicle in front of a laundry shop, injuring a bystander.

Andutan was rushed to the MRXUH in nearby Barangay Camaman-an where he was expired.

On Friday, at around 3 a.m., police operatives swooped down on Barangay San Alonzo, Balingoan town, Misamis Oriental, some 88 kilometers away from here, and arrested three suspects, all residents of Bukidnon province.

Lt. Teddy Macarayo, acting Balingoan police chief, identified them as Jomar Pacilan Adlao, 30, of Maramag town; Marjun Abayon Cabug, 39, of Don Carlos; and Joel Arcilla Nacua, 37, of Valencia City.

Interviewed on Friday by local broadcast station Magnum Radyo, Nacua admitted shooting Andutan while on board a motorcycle driven by Cabug.

According to Nacua, Tortosa, who served as lookout outside the home of Andutan, signaled to him that their target had already left his residence.

Alerted by Tortosa of the vehicle’s plate number, Nacua and Cabug then trailed Andutan until they found the chance to carry out the crime.

Nacua and Cabug separately told Magnum Radyo that the hit job was arranged by Tortosa whom they know to be an ex-Army personnel.

Tortosa also owned the Balingoan house where they stayed and the motorcycle, and also the pistols and grenade taken from them, Nacua added.

While claiming they did not know the mastermind, Nacua and Cabug said they were told by Tortosa that Andutan allegedly caused the death of a patient.

 

Hi, my name is sixteen year old boy. I have been under a lot of stress lately with my school modules. So much so that I went wild and hammered in the evening. I took a hammer and went bang bang down upon my mom's head and I made sure that she was dead. Then my father arrived home and since I had that hammer I hammered out a warning on him too. Now they won't badger me to study my school modules.

https://www.panaynews.net/boy-16-hammers-ma-to-death-injures-father/

A 16-year-old student in Anini-y, Antique hammered his mother to death and injured his father. 

“Basi na-pressure ang bata sa iya modules, sa iya studies. Amo to guro nga daw naglain sya,” said Police Corporal Randolf Gomez of the Anini-y police station. 

The 52-year-old Mildred Datuin of Barangay Magdalena, Anini-y died at the Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital for severe wounds on her head. 

Her husband Rolly, 49, was taken to the same hospital for treatment.

The “hammering” took place on Sunday at the Datuin house around 10:30 p.m., according to Gomez. 

The couple’s son just went wild, he said, and attacked his mother first. 

The mother and son were alone in the house that time. 

When Rolly came home, his son also attacked him with a hammer, said Gomez. 

From what the Anini-y police so far gathered, his parents constantly badgered the teenager to study his school learning modules.