Frat men fall in Bulacan

MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan – Two members of a fraternity group were arrested Tuesday in Barangay Matimbo this town on suspicion of carrying out initiation rites that led to the death of their neophyte member.

Senior Supt. Fernando H. Mendez Jr., acting Bulacan police director, said charges of homicide are being prepared against the two – Marlon Mendoza,18 and John Lawrence Borja, 18, both members of the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity, over the death of Ronel de Guzman, 20, of Hagonoy, two weeks ago in alleged hazing rites.

Two other fraternity members are still being hunted by police.