POLICE ROUNDUP

Bolinao barangay exec, bet shot, survive attack

BOLINAO Pangasinan – An incumbent barangay councilwoman and a candidate for a councilman were shot and wounded while they were on their way home here night of Oct. 19, police said.

Fely Anama, 59, a councilwoman of Barangay Samang Sur, and Freddie Ariola, 48, who was running for councilman in the barangay elections, suffered bullet wounds in the right foot and left hand, respectively. – Jennelyn Mondejar


Bocap’s son, another man nabbed for guns
BANGUED, Abra- Elements of the Special Action Force, the Abra provincial police office and the Bangued municipal police station seized high-powered firearms and ammunition in the hall of Barangay Lingtan.

They also arrested a son of a barangay chairman and another man. The seized firearms included M-14 Armalites rifles, a Browning machine gun, assembled magazines and hundreds of rounds of ammunition for high-powered firearms. Police authorities identified the arrested suspects as James Siobal and Oliver Millare, 20, son of the punong barangay in Lingtan. -- Dexter See


Barangay candidate shot dead in Nueva Ecija
SAN LEONARDO, Nueva Ecija -- A former barangay chairman running for councilman in Barangay Tabuating here was shot dead by two unidentified men riding an unmarked motorcycle on Friday, Oct. 19.

The victim was identified as Nomeriano Sapiandante y Ricio, 55, former two-term barangay captain of Tagumpay.

The victim suffered two bullet wounds in the head and two in the back. Police said four persons riding two motorcycles waylaid the motorized tricycle carrying Sapiandante. – Liam Anacleto


Chop-chop motorcycles seized in Tarlac raid
GERONA, Tarlac – Some 61 dismantled motorcycles (chop-chop) were confiscated from a branch manager of an establishment in Metro Manila during a raid in his compound here in Barangay Pinasling on Oct. 20.

In a report, Senior Supt. Nicanor Bartolome, Tarlac provincial police director, said Gerona policemen raided the house of a certain Villamor Paraiso, 48, branch manager of T-REX Marketing Corp. located along Jose Abad Santos, Sta. Cruz, Manila and confiscated the said items.

Bartolome said the raiding team was armed with a search warrant issued by Judge Domingo Jose of the Regional Trial Court Branch 64, Tarlac City when they raided the compound of Paraiso.

He said confiscated from the compound of Paraiso were 61 chop-chop motorcycles such as one Yamguchi, nine American eagle, two PMR pioneer, 18 Zhong Shen, and 30 Motor Star. – George Trillo


5-year-old girl blasted to death with a shotgun
ALAMINOS CITY,Pangasinan- A five-year-old day care girl died when she was fired upon with a 12-gauge shotgun in her room in Barangay Quilbar, this city. Police identified the victim as Rose-ann Barril y Suoc of Barangay Quibar. Police said she was shot to death by unidentified persons.

It was learned that the victim was playing inside their bedroom when a a gunshot was heard by her grandfather, Avelino Barril y Borillo, 49, farmer. He was then about to pick up a battery of a vehicle in the bedroom.

When he investigated, he saw his granddaughter Rose-Ann sprawled on the floor of the bedroom, oozing with blood from the head and portion of the brain scattered on the concrete wall and ceiling. He said he did not see anyone, suspecting that the gunman had run quickly away. The girl’s grandfather believed that a man with an old grudge against him might be the killer. (Liezle Basa Inigo)


PNP, AFP in joint squad tactics training
SAN JUAN, Ilocos Sur – To boost their skills in the anti-insurgency program, the Ilocos Norte Police Provincial Office and 50th Infantry Battalion launched on Oct. 18 a joint Army and PNP squad tactics training at the 50th IB Headquarters here as part of the interoperability enhancement program of the two agencies involved in the government’s counter-insurgency campaign.

The special joint training, through the initiative of Senior Supt. Roman Felix, provincial director of the Ilocos Norte PNP, and LT. Col. Roy Devesa, 50th IB Battalion commander, is part of the overall plan crafted by the Ilocos Norte Internal Security Coordinating Committee to enhance the internal security operations capability of both forcers in the province.

The Ilocos Norte ISCC has been activated recently to synchronize efforts of the AFP and PNP forces in the province.

Devesa said the creation of the provincial ISCC is mandated under EO 546 issued by President Arroyo. The PNP contingent participating in the joint training is from the 1st PMG of Ilocos Norte.

Devesa said the training will last for 15 days and the participants are expected to acquire knowledge and procedures. The joint training will also improve the cohesiveness of small unity organizations of both forces.

“There will be an exchange of ideas on how to further improve the skills of each member of the team. And this will not end here, there will be more training program in the future to improve their competence, build up confidence and boost the morale of the two forces,” Devesa said. -- Myds Supnad


Cable thieves arrested in Guagua, Pampanga
Camp Olivas, Pampanga – Two members of the so-called “cableman” werearrested Oct. 19 by policemen while cutting telephone cables
in Barangay Quillo, San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga.

Senior Supt. Keith Ernald Singian, Pampanga provincial police director, identified the arrested suspects as Albert Del Rosario, 19, and Ronnie Miranda (not his real name) alias “Doy-Doy,” 17, single, jobless, both residents of San Roque, Guagua town.

Singian said four cohorts of the two suspects were able to elude arrest when the Guagua police force arrived at the area.

Singian said a manhunt operation has been launched against the four suspects identified as “Binoe Ramirez” (not his real name, 17, Jason Casupanan alias Bad Boy, 27, married, Gerald Macapagal and Archie “Cheng-Cheng” Calilung.

Guagua police immediately sent a team of policemen after receiving a telephone call from the office of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) regarding the presence of a group allegedly stealing their company’s cables along Barangay Quilo, San Matias, Guagua.

The police team, accompanied by personnel of PLDT proceeded to the area and arrested the two suspects while they were cutting the cables. – George Trillo


Designation of NLEX emergency lane urged
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Central Luzon police director Chief Supt. Errol T. Pan urged the operator of the North Luzon Expressway to provide a lane for emergency on the tollway.

In a recent letter sent to Anthony M. Mabasa, president, and Oscar M. Lopez,
chairman of the board of directors of the North Luzon Tollway Corp., Pan cited the importance of a lane designate for ambulances, police vehicles, firetrucks, prisoner’s transport vans and military vehicles so that movement in emergency cases is not delayed.

Pan said observations and experiences of some government agencies, particularly the Department of Health, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, indicated that movement is impeded during emergencies. -- Mar Supnad