Sagada allots P50K reward for killer’s identity

By Gina Dizon

SAGADA, Mountain Province -- The  Sangguniang Bayan here last  week condemned the killing of  jeepney driver TaymoSaturnino ‘Elmo’ Panoyo as it  allocated P50,000 reward to any person who could identify the  assailant.

Jeepney driver/owner Panoyo, 44, of Barangay Bangaan here, was  shot dead by an unidentified man  who hired the owner’s vehicle  from Bangaan to Besao  town evening of  Oct. 30 after buying bread from the Panoyo’s bakery shop in Bangaan around 5 p.m. same day.

Panoyo who is married to a member of the Fidelisan tribe traces his ancestry from Kapangan, Benguet.

Panoyo’s nine year old son who accompanied his father drive the man from Bangaan to Besao told  Besao  police that  the man shot  his father along the  road above lake Danum.

Passengers of a jeep which passed by brought Panoyo to the Besao District Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.  

Police are still investigating the cause of Elmo’s death and the identity of the assailant.