Woman’s body found in
Baguio inn
BAGUIO CITY -- A dead
body of a woman was found in Room 1 of Katipunan Inn II in Barangay Kagitingan
here.
The victim was
identified as Mary Ann N. Garcia, 24, of Tobeleng, Loakan Itogon, Benguet by
her mother Mailene N. Garcia.
Police said at about
4:45 p.m. same date, the victim together with an unidentified man checked in
for two hours. However, the man went out after 30 minutes and left the victim.
At around 6:45 p.m., the establishment clerk knocked on the door of the room
for check out but no one was responding. She called the building carpenter
after 10 minutes of knocking to forcibly open the door and found the victim
dead. Recovered in the crime scene were unidentified crystalline chemical and
the victim’s cell phone with a farewell message for her mother.
Based on autopsy, the
victim died of taking in toxic substance. Authorities are still investigating
the identity of the victim’s male companion since there were no CCTV cameras
installed in the establishment. -- Ian Pajarillaga
Man who axed wife dead
surrenders
TARLAC CITY – A man surrendered after axing
dead his wife.
In his report Supt.
BayaniRazalan identified the man who killed his wife as Julio Trinidad Mercado,
44, of Barangay Cut-cut 2 here.
Mercado admitted axing
his wife Alma Delama Mercado, 41, at their residence Friday during a heated
argument. Alma died after three days fighting for life at the Intensive Care
Unit of the Jecson Medical Center here.
“I was so drunk and I
lost control of myself,” Mercado said when he surrendered to the police
Wednesday accompanied by his brother Dominador and Barangay Councilor Bernardo
Nidera.
Razalan disclosed that
Mercado fled after he axed his wife. “I believe he has no intention to kill his
wife but probably it was his being drunk that made him do it”, said Razalan.
Razalan said Mercado
was charged of parricide, a non-bailable offense, after his wife was pronounced
dead. -- Nelson Bolos
Farmer shot dead by
unidentified men
LAGAYAN, Abra – A
farmer was shot to death here by still unidentified perpetrators around 7:15
a.m. Thursday.
A police report said
that day a few minutes earlier, Insp. George Apostol Acob received a call from
Anita M. Seares, chairperson of Barangay Ba-i, informing him of a shooting
incident transpired in Sitio Dumayco, Barangay Ba-i, wherein a certain Maximo Guyang Cortez, 60,
resident of Sitio Lunglungboy, Ba-i,was shot dead.
Investigation showed
the victim’s son immediately ran outside their house when he heard the gunfire and
saw his father lying on the rice field that prompted him to call for
help. The victim sustained one gunshot wound on his chest and one on his
head that caused his instant death.
Responding cops and
elements of 24th IB, Philippine Army scoured the area to arrest
perpetrators but they could not be found. Six fired cartridges of Cal. 5.56
were found in the area.
Engineer, security guard
arrested over land dispute
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet –
Police arrested a geodetic engineer and a security guard here Thursday around
3:30 p.m. over a land dispute. Arrested were: Robert Kalang-ad
Wanchakan, 44, geodetic engineer, native of Mankayan, Benguet and a
resident of Purok 4, Pinget, Baguio City and Fidel Tinay Pa-ay, 34,
security guard, of KamogSablan, Benguet,resident of Purok 8, Upper Pinget,
Baguio City for physical injuries and threat that transpired about 11 a.m. of
same date, in Lamut, Beckel here.
Complainants were
farmers Michael Consi Daniel, 25 and Marines Palsa-en Takingan, 63, both
residents of Gulon, Ambiong, La Trinidad.
Initial investigation
showed the group of the suspects were
conducting land survey in Lamut,
prompting the victims and other relatives to verify. The victims
approached the suspects together with the Sungyap family to stop the land
survey but Wanchakan pushed one of the complainants and suddenly punched his
upper right cheek. One of the security guards identified as Fidel Pa-ay pulled
out a handgun and pointed it to the complainants.
The suspects were
detained in La Trinidad Municipal Jail. Case was transmitted to the
Prosecutor’s Office of La Trinidad.
Kalinga board member’s
bodyguard, tanod arrested for gun ban violation
TABUK CITY – Two
persons were arrested here Thursday for violation of the Commission on
Elections gun ban.A police report said the suspects were nabbed around 11:45
p.m. They were identified as Lito Arpid Baggas, 26, bodyguard of a Kalinga
board member and resident of Sto. Isla Basao, Barangay San Juan here and Jimmy
Agayyong Dammay, 30, barangay tanod and a resident of Purok 6, Bulanao.
Investigation
disclosed police established a checkpoint at San Juan, and later flagged down
and checked a Suzuki motorcycle. Cops noticed a protruding firearm in possession
of LitoBaggas and confiscated the Cal.
9mm Taurus weapon from him loaded with 11 bullets. Suspects were brought to
police station where charges were prepared against them.
Woman arrested for
swindling, bouncing checks in La Trinidad
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet –
A 44-year-old married woman was arrested here Thursday for cases of swindling
and bouncing checks. A police report identified the suspect as Aida Ngitiw Milo, 44 of Sitio Buhao, Barangay
Puguis here.
This, after arrest
warrant was issued against her by Glenda T. Ortiz-Soriano, presiding judge of
the Municipal Trial Court in Cities, 2nd Branch, Baguio City for
swindling. Ortiz-Soriano recommended bail of P50, 000 for her temporary
liberty.
Another arrest warrant
was issued against her by Judge Delilah Gonzales Munoz, presiding judge of
MTC La Trinidad, Benguet for violation
of Batas Pambansa 22 (Bounding Checks Law). Munoz recommended bail of P5, 000
3 drug dealers’ houses
raided; guns, ammos, shabu confiscated
TARLAC CITY -- Three
houses of known drug peddlers were raided Wednesday which resulted in the
confiscation of guns, ammunitions and illegal drugs.
The raid was jointly
conducted by the Tarlac Criminal Investigation and Detection Group led by CInps
Angelo Nicolas, this city’s police headed by Supt. BayaniRazalan and by the
Tarlac Provincial Public Safety Company under Supt. Samuel Munoz.
Arrested were Dante
Rodriguez Ramos, 31, of Barangay San Isidro, JenelynMarimla De Lara, 42, Roy
TregeroMagbag, 44, Rodelyn De Lara Magbag, 25, and Rhoyvin De Lara Magbag, 21,
all of SitoSuba, Barangay Matatalaib.
“The raid was by
virtue of 3 court-issued Search Warrants on the residents of Ramos, De Lara and
Roy Magbag who are all in the Watch list of drug personalities in this city”,
Razalan.
According to Nicolas,
Magbag is the number 6 among the Top 10 Priority Targeted Drug personalities
and is the leader of the Magbag robbery and drug group.
The houses of
Rodriguez, De Lara and Magbag all yielded Caliber .38 pistols, several pieces of shabu sachets and
various drug paraphernalia.
The raid on the 3 houses was conducted past
midnight. – Nelson Bolos
Unemployed man arrested for
frustrated murder
LAGAYAN, Abra – Police
arrested an unemployed man here Thursday for frustrated murder. The suspect was
identified as Joel Bicera Bersamina, 47, of Barangay Dangdangla Bangued, Abra.
This, after Raphiel F.
Alzate, presiding judge, Regional Trial Court Branch 1, Bangued issued arrest
warrant against him for trustrated murder and set bail of P200, 000 for
his temporary liberty.
Bersamina was released
after posting bail following release order signed by Alzate.
Woman arrested for rape
BAGUIO CITY – A
24-year-old woman was arrested here Thursday at Barangay Kitma, rape by sexual
assault among other cases. The suspect was identified as Adelia Sales
Rodriguez, of Upper Quezon Hil.
Mia Joy Oallares,
presiding judge of RTC Branch 59, Baguio City issued arrest warrant against the
suspect for violation of Republic Act 7610 and rape by sexual assault. The
judge recommended bail of P80,000 and P200,000 respectively for her temporary
liberty.
The suspect is now
detained at the Criminal Detection Group office here.
Korean student loses belongings
to taxi driver
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet –
A Korean national lost his personal belongings Tuesday to a taxi driver whom he
instructed to wait for him in front of the Philippine Postal Services Office
here.
The victim, a student
of Benguet State University here told police he took the cab inside the BSU
Compound near the library together with his friends whom he dropped off at Gladiola Building in Km 5, Barangay Betag
then rode to the PPS to get his package. He asked the taxi driver to wait for him because he will
just get his package leaving his bag inside the cab. When he went back, he
noticed that the taxi was already gone. The victim exerted effort to find the
cab but he couldn’t.
The victim said the
bag contained electronic dictionary worth P4,000, ATM, visa card, student I.D,
books and important documents. The CCTV footage was being reviewed by police to
identify the taxi driver at press time. – KhyrlLeizel A. Tanacio
Missing Isabela village treasurer
surfaces
ECHAGUE, Isabela – The
treasurer of Barangay Bacradal here who was reported kidnapped on Monday,
surfaced Wednesday, claiming his captors released him without precondition.
Orlando Lagasca told
police his captors returned his mobile phone and wallet.
Lagasca was reportedly
taken from his house after attending a wedding reception in the village.
Police said they are
investigating if the alleged kidnapping and the killing of village chief Nestor
Medina of Barangay Rumang-ay are related. -- RaymundCatindig
Farmer
hacks dead another farmer
TABUK CITY – A farmer
was hacked dead by another farmer over water here Thursday around 8:40 p.m. A
report said cops responded to the incident in Sitio Isla Basao, Barangay San
Juan wherein a certain Lawrence Pudayan, of Barangay Malin-awa, Tabuk city was
hacked on his nape allegedly by BinsayBallongDugay, 56, of Sitio Isla Basao,
Barangay San Juan.
Investigation
disclosed around 6 p.m. that day, while the suspect was watering his rice
paddies using water from irrigation canal when the victim asked the suspect to stop. A heated
altercation ensued between them prompting the suspect to leave. The suspect
came back holding bladed weapon then hacked the victim on his nape the
causes his instant death.
Dugay was nowhere to
be found when cops went to the area.The victim’s body was brought to his
residence in Sitio Isla Basao, San Juan.
Killing of Tarlac cop,
drug related?
TARLAC CITY – Police
are investigating whether the killing in broad daylight of PO3 Jessie Cabanlong
at the busy Mac Arthur Highway fronting the Siesta bus stop, Barangay San
Roque, Wednesday was drug related.
Cabanlong, who hails
from Barangay Militar, Fort Magsaysay, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija, was assigned at the San Clemente police station
but was formerly with the Nueva Ecija Public Safety Company and with the Munoz
City police station.
A police investigator
here, who requested that his name be withheld, revealed that Cabanlong was
suspected to be involved in illegal drugs in Nueva Ecija.
“Base sa aming imbestigasyon,
may connection ‘di umano si Cabanlong sa mga drug groups sa Nueva Ecija, at
malamang related ang pagka-transfer niya ditto saTarlac sa pagpatay sa kanya ”,
said the police source.
“Kung totooito,
maaring may commitment siya o utangsamga drug suppliers nanaiwananniyasa Nueva
Ecija kaya siyapinatay”, added the investigator.
From the Nueva Ecija
police command, Cabanlong was ordered re-assigned to the San Clemente police
station only last January.
He was shot in the
head by an unidentified lone gunman while crossing the Mac Arthur highway
fronting the Siesta bus stop. The cold-blooded killing was witnessed by several
persons who were waiting for north-bound buses around 10:30 in the morning.
In a separate
interview, police chief Supt. Bayani Razalan said, “our investigation is still
ongoing and we are looking into all possible motives in the killing of PO3
Cabanlong. Rest assured we will not stop (our investigation) until we arrest
the killer of Cabanlong”. -- Nelson
Bolos
Tourist loses gadgets in
pickpocket incident
BAGUIO CITY -- A local
tourist lost P33,000 worth of gadgets to a pickpocket morning of Feb. 14 here
along Harrison Road.
Victim Mike Ybanez
Sarceno,40,of Quezon City and his companions were looking for a restaurant in
the said place around 8 a.m. when his bluetooth headset suddenly alarmed,
signaling that his gold-plated Samsung S5 and blue Samsung S3 were five meters
away from the headset. Upon checking, he noticed that the zipper of his belt
bag placed at his back was open and the gadgets were gone.
The victim said he
didn’t notice someone went near him. Police officials no CCTV cameras installed
in the vicinity. -- Ian Pajarillaga
16 gang members arrested
in La Union
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La
Union -- Police and narcotics operatives
arrested Thursday 16 gang members involved in illegal drugs, shooting incidents
and various offenses.
Senior Supt. Angelito
D Dumangeng, provincial police director, partnered with other government
personnel in implementation of 23 search warrants and two arrest warrants
from courts in Pangasinan and La Union.
They seize five
illegal guns, ammunition, a rocket launcher, 104 sachets of shabu, 1 lunchbox
of white crystalline substance believed to be shabu, 31 sachets of Marijuana
and drug paraphernalia.
Dumangeg said the
arrested gang leaders and members included drug personalities from the towns of
Bauang, Agoo, City of San Fernando,
Caba, Sto Tomas, San Juan, Rosario and Aringay.
Chief Supt.
Ericson T Velasquez, police Ilocos director cited his men and other law
enforcement agencies for initiating operations. - MydsSupnad
P28-M marijuana
destroyed in Benguet, La Union, Kalinga
CAMP DANGWA, La
Trinidad, Benguet -- – Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency personnel destroyed
over 60,000 marijuana plants and seedlings with an estimated value of P28
million in separate operations in Benguet, La Union and Kalinga last week.
Anti-drug operatives
discovered around 53,900 marijuana plants in a 2,850-square-meter plantation in
the mountain village of Takadang in Kibungan, Benguet.
Authorities said it
was the biggest marijuana plantation raid in the province since January.
Chief
Supt. Ericson Velasquez, Ilocos police director, said 8,800 marijuana
plants worth P1.7 million were uprooted in four plantations in Barangay Sapdaan
in Santol, La Union.
In Tinglayan, Kalinga,
7,000 marijuana plants worth P1.4 million were destroyed in Barangay Bugnay,
said Senior Superintendent Victor Wanchakan, Kalinga police director.
Grenade launcher,
illegal drugs confiscated in Caba
CABA, La Union – A
grenade launcher, five sachets of suspected shabu, 12 packs of dried marijuana
leaves, drug paraphernalia and ammunition were seized during a raid here
on a suspected drug den.
Senior Supt. Angelito Dumangeng,
La Union police director, said the operator of the drug den, Ramon Gapuz, is
the second most wanted drug suspect in the province.
Violence against women, children
down in Baguio
BAGUIO CITY -- A lower
number of violence against women and children was recorded at start of this
year compared to same period last year, according to the Women and Children
Protection Desk of Baguio City Police Office.
A total of 42 cases of
violence against women and children were recorded by the Women and Children
Protection Desk last January. Among the listed cases, 25 were physical abuse
and 17 were psychological abuse. Compared to the same period last year, the
office recorded a higher number of cases totaling to 108 cases, 41 were filed
in court. It is expected to increase in the succeeding moths but the WCPD is
hoping that it will not be greater on the total cases recorded last year.
SPO4 Lieza Batanes of
the Women and Children Protection Desk said most common cases were physical
abuse and psychological abuse.
She said they cannot
force abused women to file cases against violent husbands because it just a
waste of time and the case might just be dismissed.
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