Gun-for-hire nabbed in
Abra
BANGUED, Abra – A “gun-for-hire” wanted for
murder and several shootings in this province was arrested July 23 here.
A police report said John Jayson P. Millare, 26 of Barangay
Lingtan was arrested by Senior Insp. Nicomedes Angel Olarte III along the
junction of Sitio Ambiatriz, Barangay Pagala, Bucay town.
Investigation
conducted by Bucay police disclosed the suspect fired his firearm and escaped
on board a tricycle prompting police to set up a checkpoint at the said place
and flagged down said tricycle.
The suspect was
frisked and found in possession of a Cal. 9 mm handgun loaded with three
bullets.
Millare is now in jail
at the Bucay police station while charges were being prepared against him.
Police said Millare
has standing warrants of arrest for murder and frustrated murder both issued by
Judge Corpus Alzate.
Millare was ranked No.
2 top most wanted person in Abra.
Millare
was the suspect in the shooting to death of one Ronnie Barbosa and wounding of
four other persons on Sept. 21, 2008 in Tupengs Panciteria at Zone 1, Bangued.
The suspect was
arrested following a call from a concerned citizen after he fired his gun then
tried to escape with his tricycle.
Suspects
in series of Baguio taxi heists fall
BAGUIO CITY -- Police
on Wednesday arrested two men suspected of having involvement in at least eight
armed robberies in Baguio City.
Senior
Supt. Jesus Cambay Jr., Baguio City police director, identified the suspects as
Reynaldo Tabanao Ramos alias “Rey/Negro” and Mark Joseph Fernandez Manaois,
alias “Patog/Macmac”, 20, both residents of Binmaley, Pangasinan.
Cambay
said that the two are suspects in a series of taxi robberies and house
break-ins in the city.
He
said that the most prominent case where the suspects are involved in is the
robbery-slay of 55-year-old Salvador Sab-it, known around the city as a very
amiable and jolly cab driver.
Cambay
said that they have evidences against the two suspects. Charges are being
prepared against them, he added.
Wife
dead; husband, kids hurt as van falls off cliff
BONTOC, Mountain Province – A 40-year-old
woman was killed while her husband and two children were injured when their van
fell from a cliff in Bontoc, Mountain Province July 19.
Novie Bongengngeng, of
Barangay Aguid, Sagada, died on the spot while her husband, Joseph, 40, and
children – Ariza, three; and Alex, one – were taken to a hospital for
treatment.
SPO1 Jessie Lopez said
Joseph was driving the van when its front tire exploded, causing him to lose
control of the wheel.
Reports said the
family was on their way home from Baguio City when the incident happened in
Sitio Mogaw, Alab Proper, at past noon.
Nine
wanted men in Cordillera arrested
CAMP BADO DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet –
Police arrested the No. 4 top most wanted person in the region while eight
others were also arrested in different parts of the region last week.
Police Chief Supt.
Benjamin B. Magalong, regional police director the suspect as Conrado Ampoy
Gudaden alias “Condring”, 57, and a resident of Sitio Cabacab, Balili,
Mankayan, Benguet.
Judge Agapito K.
Laoagan, Jr. of the Regional trial Court (RTC) Branch 64 in Abatan, Buguias,
Benguet issued his warrant of arrest for kidnapping.
Joint personnel of the
PNP-Intelligence Group, Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU-14), Mankayan and
Buguias Municipal Police Stations (MPS) and Benguet Provincial Public Safety
Company (PPSC) arrested the suspect at his residence.
Eight other wanted
persons were also nabbed in their respective residences.
Two were arrested for
robbery identified as Jimmy Ballong Batang-ay, and Hitler Atumpa Ballong, both
of Nambaran, Tabuk City, Kalinga.
Both were arrested by
virtue of a warrant issued by Judge Felipe Jesus Torio II of the RTC Branch 22,
Cabagan, Isabela.
Another two
individuals were arrested by virtue of a warrant issued by Judge Iluminada
Cabato.
They were identified
as Wilson Casagan Mondejar, 41, and a resident of San Narciso, Zambales charge
for the crime of 2 counts of RA 7610 known as The Special Protection Against
Child Abuse and 5 counts of Acts of Lasciviousness and Perry Claro Castulo, 43,
Bombo Radio employee, and a resident of Lourdes Subdivision, Baguio City who
was arrested for violation of RA 9262 also known as the "Anti-Violence
Against Women and their children (VAWC).
Four individuals were
arrested for estafa. They were identified as Maritess Felipe
Dupingay, 30, and a resident of Delos Reyes St, Outlook Drive, Baguio City; Joe
Reauno Verzosa, 34, and a resident of San Antonio Village, Baguio City;
Lagmayan E. Malinga, 39, and a resident of Antamok Tram, Ucab, Itogon, Benguet
and Rosely Dukitan Ramos, 30, and a resident of Brgy Turod Luna, Apayao.
All arrested persons
are now under the custody of the municipal police stations concerned prior to
their turn-over to the issuing courts for proper disposition except Dupingay,
Verzosa, Malinga and Castulo who were later released after posting their
respective bail bonds.
2
nabbed in Tayum, Bontoc for illegal guns
CAMP BADO DANGWA, La
Trinidad, Benguet – Two men were nabbed in the Cordillera last week for illegal
possession of firearms.
In Abra, Tayum town
cops arrested Jerry Bagorio Coloma, 39, married, tricycle driver at their
resident in Sitio Palpal, Barangay Basbasa, Tayum, Abra on the evening of July
14, 2013.
Coloma was arrested when a text message from
Andrew Credo, a resident of the same place informed police that the suspect was
roaming around at their barangay carrying a firearm.
Upon arrival of the
police at said place, the reportee (Andrew Credo) personally pinpointed the
suspect who at that time was fixing a tricycle.
An inspection on the
tricycle own by the suspect resulted to the recovery of a Cal. 30 M2 Carbine
one magazine loaded with seven bullets.
Meanwhile,Hazim Gomer
Kedawen Pangod, 26, married, Instructor at Xijen College, native of Demang,
Sadanga, resident of Poblacion, Bontoc, Mountain Province, was arrested by
Bontoc police July 14.
Pangod was arrested on
complaint of Romeo Agsisiyo Aladino, 54, carpenter, native of Tue, Tadian and
presently residing at Poblacion, Bontoc who said the suspect entered their
boarding house intoxicated and carrying a short firearm tucked on his back.
Recovered from the
possession of the suspect was a Cal. 45 pistol with magazine loaded with four
bullets.
Both suspects were
brought to the respective police stations concerned for documentation and
filing of appropriate charges against them for Illegal Possession of firearm
and ammunition.
Girl dies after being bumped
by Land Cruiser
ATOK, Benguet – Charges for reckless
imprudence resulting to homicide were filed against the driver of a Toyota Land
Cruiser pickup truck last week for bumping a 5-year-old girl which resulted to
her death.
A
police report said the incident happened July 9
at km 58 Barangay Calasipan here when the truck driven by Efren Sapalong, 24 of Pulag,
Gambang, Bakun town bumped Reigina Ventura Gante, 5, pre-sSchool
student of Calasipan Elementary School, Atok.
Investigation
disclosed the victim and his father were at the side of a road curve when the
victim suddenly ran to the opposite side where her mother was waiting for them
but was bumped by the vehicle going up
to Buguias.
The victim was rushed
by her parents to Atok District Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
The driver was jailed
while the vehicle was impounded by police.
Miner
nabbed for stabbing three men
BAGUIO CITY – A miner is now in jail after
stabbing three young men here July 8 at around 2:30 a.m. in front of Padis
Point, Fernando G. Bautista Street.
Police identified
victims as Israel Pullay, 18, student, of Upper Tabuk, Kalinga and Denver
Degay, 22, both of Tabuk kalinga and residents here of Barangay Holy Ghost
Extension and Bernardo Betao Jr., 24, of
Lubuagan, Kalinga and resident here of Barangay Honeymoon.
They were allegedly
stabbed by Joel Bay-ong, 23, of Hingyon, Ifugao and resident here of Purok 5,
Barangay Kias.
Investigation
disclosed , the three victims were about to go home after coming from a
drinking spree at the said bar when one of them had a verbal altercation with
the suspect leading to a fistfight.
The two other victims
tried to pacify but in doing so, the suspect swung his knife several times
against the victims.
Pullay sustained
multiple injuries on his body, Bernardo Betao was slashed on his right cheek
and back of his head while Degay was slashed on his right hand and below
his right eye.
Responding police of
Station 7 arrested the suspect while the knife six inches reportedly used in
the incident was turned over to them by the bar security guard of the pub
identified as Rex Licos Valdez.
The victims were
brought to Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center.
Hooded
men hold up Buguias gas station
BUGUIAS, Benguet – Two hooded men held up a
gas station here on July 8 at around 5 a.m. and fled with P14,000 cash.
A
police report said the gas refilling station was owned by Florante
Astudillo located at Bad-ayan, Baculongan Sur.
Investigation
disclosed the men held up gasoline attendant Harold Andayan, 19, a resident of
Kapangan, Central Buguias.
The perpetrators, one
of them armed with a shotgun reportedly fled on foot towards Central Buguias,
Benguet.
Cousins
caught with P3.2M marijuana
BAGUIO CITY – Agents of the Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency-Cordillera seized more than P3.2 million worth of marijuana
blocks about to be shipped.
A PDEA report said 47
kilos of marijuana were seized from a repeat offender and his cousin during a
buy-bust operation here last week.
Ten large blocks of
dried fruiting tops and nine oval or tubular packs of dried stalks wrapped and
bound in a tan-colored packaging tape and placed in a sack bag and traveling
bag were supposed to be shipped to the lowlands by cousins Kenneth Lagadeo, 28
and Melchor Lagadeo, 25.
The contraband was
valued at P3,208,000.00.
PDEA-Cordillera
spokesperson Emily Fama said Kenneth was a repeat drug law violator.
During the arrest,
Lagadeo identified himself as Ardie Ramos.
The cousins, who are
natives of a known lair of marijuana cultivators in Badeo, Kibungan, Benguet,
were collared at around 4 a.m. in Barangay San Roque, where they sold the
marijuana bricks to an undercover PDEA agent.
PDEA added that
Kenneth was arrested on April 5, 2009 along with a certain Jerry Adiwang with
2,909.90 grams of dried marijuana fruiting tops in bricks.
The two were acquitted
two years after and released.
Satur Dayao, a cousin
of Kenneth and Melchor, had been convicted and sentenced to a life term on Dec.
12, 2011 for the same offense.
Meanwhile,
anti-narcotics agents also busted two marijuana suppliers from Bakun town in
Benguet.
Nabbed were Olibrum
Canias, 30 and J-pee Pacuz, 19, residents of Sitio Barbarit, Barangay Bagu in
Bakun.
They were caught
selling four huge blocks of marijuana bricks weighing 17,293 grams.
Miner
dies of poison gas inside
Benguet tunnel
MANKAYAN, Benguet -- A miner was killed here
after inhaling poisonous gas inside a mining tunnel in Sitio Bagwit, Barangay
Suyoc July 12.
Police identified the
victim as Sonny Cobcobo, 44, a resident of Barangay Guinaoang, Mankayan,
Investigation revealed
a team of miners entered the tunnel that reeked of a strong odor which knocked
Cobcobo unconscious.
This prompted them to
come out and rush the victim to the Lutheran Hospital in Barangay Abatan,
Buguias, Benguet, where he was declared dead on arrival. The type of poisonous
gas is still under investigation.
Officials
urge gun muzzling in Abra
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Local officials are
calling for an extension to the mandatory muzzling of firearms of law enforcers
in Abra to ensure that the peace enjoyed in the province during the midterm
elections that culminated last May carries over until the barangay and
Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in October.
Abra politicians
concurred to the proposal of Bangued Mayor Valera, which was endorsed by Gov.
Eustaquio Bersamin, that the move to secure guns from indiscriminate firing
must be continued. Chief Supt. Benjamin Magalong, Police Regional
Office-Cordillera Administrative Region director, said Abra’s officials have
shown solidarity in nurturing peace and order initiatives.
Benguet
police seize illegal lumber
CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad,
Benguet - The intensified campaign by the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources and the Philippine National Police against the destruction of
our few remaining forest product resulted to the confiscation of 1, 324 of
board feet of illegal pine lumbers with a total market value of 38, 912.00.
Senior
Supt. Rodlofo Jun Azurin, Benguet provincial police director several pine
lumber were confiscated in separate places.
Ampucao,
Itogon Benguet police and Philex Mines Corp. workers confiscated 414 board feet
with a market value of P11,592 in Sitio Sedwing, Ampucao.
In
Bokod town, 910 board feet valued at P27,320 were also confiscated at Sitio
Taal, Jangjang, Ambuklao.
No
suspects were arrested.
2
men held up in Apayao; P8K taken
KABUGAO, Apayao – A
certain Jayson Enciso and a minor identified only as Austin, both residents of
Barangay Lenneng here, are now the object of a police manhunt after they
reportedly forcibly took P8,000 from two victims.
A police report said the robbery
happened 12:30 p.m. of July 12 along the national road, near the boundary of
Kabugao-Conner towns in Barangay Lenneng, Kabugao.
Victims were identified as Mauricio Dulnuan, 33, miner, of Piiwan, Hungduan, Ifugao, now
residing at Dipipio, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya and Julius Guay, 35, also a miner, of Maggoc, Hungduan, Ifugao and now
residing at Tukod, Cabaroguis, Quirino.
Investigation revealed
that the victims were on board on
motorcycle on their way to Conner, Apayao when suddenly, suspects also
boarded on a motorcycle chased them and blocked their way.
Enciso allegedly drew a handgun and pointed to
the victims and declared a hold–up.
He then commanded his
companion, a minor, to take the wallet of Dulnuan, containing P 8,000.00 and
important documents.
Also taken from his
pocker were unaccounted bills. from his pocket.
Suspects escaped
towards Lenneng.
Drunkards
jailed for not paying bar drinks
BONTOC, Mountain
Province – Two drunkards are now in jail here for failing to pay P1,2000 worth
of drinks they incurred in a bar.
Police said the
incident happened about 9:55 p.m.of July 13 at Plaza
View Sing-Along, Engngeg Building, at the public market, Poblacion.
Investigation
disclosed that Yankee Tabling
Dao-angan, 25,
construction worker, native of Bekigan, Sadanga town and his unidentified
companion had a drinking spree at the establishment and tried to leave without
paying their bills prompting the manager identified as Shirley Bagawi Gittabao, 18, of Poblacion. to call for police
assistance.
The drunks
reportedly created commotion and broke a bottle of beer and uttered unsavory
words against Gittabalo when she demanded
payment.
Responding police
apprehended the suspects.
Van
falls down Bontoc road; driver injured
BONTOC, Mountain
Province – The driver of a van was injured when he bumped his vehicle to an
electric post causing it to fall down the road about 5:30 a.m. of July 14 along
the national road at Sitio Bawi, Barangay Gonogon.
Police said the Pregio
Kia van bearing plate number WDN- 444, was owned and driven by Justin Kitongan, aka Paksay, 31, small scale miner, resident of
Fedilisan, Sagada town
His passenger was
identified as Bernard Addogan, 27, helper, resident
of Ambagiw, Besao town.
Investigation disclosed the dark blue
van was on its way to Baguio City when the driver lost control of the steering
wheel due to loose brake.
The driver sustained
minor injuries and was brought to the Bontoc General Hospital for medical
treatment while his passenger was unhurt.
The vehicle’s windshield
was broken, its front left tire detached, while the axle was also broken.
Four
hurt as van truck collide along Kennon
TUBA, Benguet – A
passenger van ascending towards Baguio City skidded, bumped pavement of the wet
road then collided with a Forward Truck
descending towards La Union here about 3 p.m. on July 14along Kennon Road here
at Sitio Tokang, Camp 3.
The passenger van was driven by Edgar De Guzman, 39, of Binalonan, Pangasinan, while the Forward
truck was driven by Jerry Picpican, 39,
of Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet.
Four passengers of the van sustained
injuries and were rushed to Baguio General Hospital for treatment.
They were identified as Almar
Valerio, 22, of 215
Military Cut Off, Baguio City; Realyn
Iglisia, 17 of
Inoman, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan; Angelita
Estuesta, 22, of Engineers
Hill, Baguio City and Japhet Calica, 19, of Sison, Pangasinan.
All injured passenger were discharged
after treatment. The van incurred heavy damages on its front portion while the
the truck was damaged on its left side.
Both drivers agreed to
settle the case amicably.
Officials
push muzzling of firearms in Abra
BANGUED, Abra -- Local officials urged
extension to the mandatory muzzling of firearms of law enforcers in Abra to
ensure that peace during the May
elections carries over until the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)
elections in October.
Abra politicians
concurred to the proposal of Bangued Mayor Valera, which was endorsed by Gov.
Eustaquio Bersamin, that the move to secure guns from indiscriminate firing
must be continued.
Chief Supt. Benjamin
Magalong, regional police chief
said Abra’s officials have shown solidarity in nurturing peace and order
initiatives.
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