Brothers stabbed; one dead,
another wounded
BUGUIAS, Benguet – Police are trying to identify
suspects who attacked two brothers which resulted to the death of one and
wounding of another.
A police report said at about 11:30 p.m. of
May 20, Domingo Penetrante, 63,farmer of Abangkawan, Bangao, Buguias, Benguet,
reported to police that his son, Jayson Penetrante arrived home with multiple
stab wounds and that his other son Nelson was left at the place of incident.
Investigation revealed victims were attacked
by unidentified suspects.
Jayson was able to evade their assailant and
went home. He was rushed to the Abatan Emergency Hospital and later transferred
to Baguio General Hospital. and Medical Center, Baguio City.
His brother Nelson was brought to Lutheran
Hospital by Buguias police but was declared dead on arrival by a physician due
to multiple stab wounds.
The incident happened at around 10:30 p.m. of
May 20 at Moling, Bangao, Buguias, Benguet
2 rebels surrender to
Ilocos Sur police
STA LUCIA, Ilcos Sur -- Two members of the
New People’s Army, one of them a woman, surrendered to police here May 19.
Chief Insp. Benedicto Cardenas, town police
chief, said Reynaldo Haban, chairman of Barangay Palali, facilitated the
surrender of his relative, Angelito Haban, 37, of Morong in Bataan, and Ann
Asido, of Masinloc, Zambales.
No additional details were released regarding
the surrender of the two, who are believed lovers, pending assessment by the
military.
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Man arrested for robbing
cell phone in Nissan Patrol
BAGUIO CITY -- A Nissan Patrol vehicle
bearing plate no. XPP-357 owned by Jaime Laduan, 37, of Tiptop, Ambuclao
Road here, was allegedly robbed by Charlie Aboy, 27, here of Scout Barrio around 2 p.m. on May 20, a police
report said.
His companion, a certain Lupin, eluded
arrest. The incident took place at Club Paradise, Km. 4, Marcos
Highway, Bakakeng Central in this city.
Police probe revealed the suspects opened the
vehicle with the use of pick-lock.
They took away one cell phone worth
P1,000.00. The security guard of said club, a certain Jerry Vansuela and Madeline
Umipig, reported the incident to the police who acted swiftly and arrested
Aboy.
The case is ready for inquest
proceedings while investigation is on to identify and arrest the other suspect.
Taxi driver robbed of
P1K by 3 unidentified men
BAGUIO CITY – A taxi driver was robbed of his
earnings for the day worth P1,000 at about 11:30 p.m. on May 20 here along
General Lim Road.
A police report said Alexander Zarzua, 24, of
San Carlos Heights here by still unidentified three male men.
Investigation disclosed that the victim was
flagged down by perpetrators and ordered him to ferry them to Dr. Cariño
Street, when suddenly one of the suspects held his neck, while the other
pointed an ice-pick at him, then they took away his money.
Responding personnel of police Station 5
together with the complainant later scoured the place and patrolled nearby
areas but suspects were nowhere in sight.
Three finger prints of the suspects were
taken at the passenger window. Fingerprints
were submitted to the crime laboratory for examination.
Isabela village chief, 3
tanods survive ambush
TUGUEGARAO CITY – Police have yet to identify
men who ambushed a village chief and three of his tanods (barangay watchmen)
which the victims survived unhurt.
The victims were shot after attending a
wedding reception in San Pablo, Isabela night of May 18, police said.
Barangay chairman Bricsio Gummaru and his
tanods were cruising Sitio Flaviano, Barangay Dalena in San Pablo on board an
Isuzu truck when they were waylaid.
Amid the gunfire, Gummaru and his men managed
to jump off the truck and run for their safety.
Supt. Narciso Paragas, spokesman of the
Isabela police, said the ambush was the first violent incident reported after
the generally peaceful elections in the province.
Police were investigating if the attack was
politically motivated.
Man
jailed in Abra for gun ban violation
BANGUED, Abra – A certain Marc Dan Acosta was
locked in jail here May 20 for violation of the Commission on Elections gun
ban.
A case was filed against Acosta at the
Municipal Trial court, and Regional Trial Court, Bangued, Abra.
The suspect was incarcerated at the provincial
jail on order of Corpus B Alzate, executive judge of the Regional Trial Court.
Man
nabbed for homicide, damage to property
KABUGAO, Apayao – Local police arrested May
20 a certain Renie Ablingan, 39, farmer, resident of Barangay Luttuacan here
for reckless imprudence resulting to homicide and damage to property.
Maita Grace A. Deray Israel, presiding judge
of MTCC Second Judicial Region, Branch 3 Tuguegarao, Cagayan, recommended bail
of P30, 000 for Ablingan’s temporary liberty.
Crime syndicate leader
nabbed
CAMP GEN. FLORENDO, La Union — Chief Supt.
Ricardo C. Marquez, Police Regional Office 1, announced last week the arrest of
an alleged leader of a crime syndicate known in Ilocandia as the “Espada
Group.”
Marquez said joint police operatives arrested
Loreto Y. Aquino, 33, at a checkpoint in Barangay Say-oan, Bacnotan, La Union.
It was learned that Aquino was the subject of
three warrants of arrest issued by courts in La Union and Benguet.
He was arrested along with Rey S. Carino, 27,
for alleged violation of the election gun ban after yielding a .30-caliber
Carbine rifle. -- Mar T. Supnad
Boy helps father mine
for gold, falls to his death
ITOGON, Benguet – A 15-year-old boy fell down
a ravine here which resulted to his death around 11 a.m. on May 19.
Police identified the victim as Junel Siasa
of Goldfield, Poblacion here and native of Guinyangan, Quezon, Province.
Police investigation disclosed morning of May
19, the victim went with his stepfather Jil Bigo Dela Torre, inside the tunnel
to extract gold ores.
While Torre was busy extracting gold ores, he
did not notice that his son went about 25 meters away from his working place
and accidentally fell into the ravine about 15 meters deep.
The father immediately sought help from other
miners and they were able to retrieve his son who died due to wounds.
Itogon municipal health officer Oliver C
Guadaña, said the cause of death was due to severe blood loss due to injuries.
Father commits suicide after
argument with son
PIDIGAN, Abra – A heated argument between a
father and his son resulted to the death of the former.
Police said around 1 p.m. of May 20, they
received information that an alleged suicide victim was taken to Abra
Provincial Hospital in the capital town of Bangued.
The victim was identified as Ernesto Llanosa
Bargas, 51,farmer, resident of Barangay Pangtud, Pidigan.
Police probe revealed prior to the incident,
the victim and his son, Rickson Bargas, had a heated argument regarding the
victim’s drinking habits prompting them to leave their father and take refuge
at the house of their relatives.
At around 3 a.m. of May 20, the victim’s
sister in law, Josie Bargas, discovered the body of the victim hanging inside a
hut in front of their house with a nylon cord looped around his neck with its
end tied to a wooden beam.
The body of the victim was later taken to Saint
Peter Funeral Homes. The family refused autopsy of the body.
Beneco vehicle falls
down Tuba ravine; crew unhurt
TUBA, Benguet -- An Izuzo elf vehicle owned
by the Benguet Elelctric Coop fell down a ravine here along Marcos Highway in
Barangay Badiwan around 11 a.m. on May
20.
A police report said the vehicle was being
driven by Bernardo Camilo, 32, Beneco lineman, when it fell down the ravine of about 15 feet.
Investigation disclosed while the vehicle was
negotiating and descending the said road towards Pangasinan, the driver felt
that the brake was not functioning prompting him to swerve to the right side of
the road.
As a result, said vehicle fell into the
ravine. The driver and his crew were brought to Baguio General Hospital,
Baguio City for medical treatment where the attending physician declared them unhurt.
Man sits on bench, dies
clutching chest
BAGUIO CITY -- A man sitting alone on a bench
here died May 20 but cause of death was not determined.
A police report said at about 4:45 p.m. on
May 20, personnel of Police Station 5 went to General Lim St., Burnham Legarda, acting on a report
regarding a dead body of a male person identified as Francisco Gregorio, 65,
resident of said place.
Interview conducted on a certain Reggie
Rosario, 29, married, driver of Holy
Water Delivery revealed he saw Gregorio
sitting alone on a bench and holding his left abdomen.
He suddenly fell down the pavement. Rosario
and other neighbors responded but Gregorio laid motionless prompting them to
call for assistance.
Responding emergency medical personnel found
Gregorio had no pulse and had stopped breathing.
The victim was later brought to the La Paz
Funeral Homes.
Grenade lobbers of town mayor’s
house unidentified
URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan – The men who
hurled a grenade at the house here of Mayor Amadeo G.E. Perez IV morning of May
12 have yet to be identified, police said.
The grenade did not explode and investigators
are puzzled on motive of the attack since Perez, who ran for re-election under
the Nationalist People’s Coalition, was unopposed.
One of Perez’ security personnel said he
heard a loud sound at the main gate, but did not check it, thinking that it was
only a vehicular accident outside the compound.
When Perez’ house helper went out at around
6:30 a.m., she saw a metal object in front of the main door and called the
attention of the security personnel.
Responding policemen recovered parts of the
hand grenade, including the safety pin and safety lever.
The grenade was recovered at around 9:20 a.m.
and defused.
Estafa complaint filed against
contractor
BAGUIO CITY – A certain Flora Belalama
Quiambao, 28, resident of Magsaysay Avenue here lodged a complaint for estafa
against Richard Delos Santos, resident of Engineers Hill, Baguio City.
Police investigation disclosed the suspect
allegedly took an advance payment of P14,000.00 from the complainant on March
21 to buy construction materials for the renovation of the Deliza Store owned
by the brother of the complainant located here along Naguilian Road, Lourdes
Extension Subdivision.
The respondent again reportedly took
P9,000,00 on April 16, 2013 but since then,
did not continue the construction.
Complainant brought the matter before the
Katarungang Pambarangay but the respondent reportedly never appeared during three
scheduled hearings, hence, the complaint before the police.
Teacher shot dead in her
home buried
SAN GUILLERMA, Isabela – A female public school teacher was buried
here last week after she was shot in her home by ski mask-wearing man night
before election day.
Senior Supt. Sotero Ramos Jr., Isabela police
director, said probers were eyeing land dispute and personal grudge as possible
motives behind the killing of May Aquinde, 36.
Ramos said the gunman, armed with a 12-gauge
shotgun and a .38-caliber revolver, first accosted Aquinde’s husband Elmer who
was playing billiard near their house in Barangay Guam, and their 13-year-old
son and told them to go inside their house.
Upon seeing Aquinde, the man shot her in the
right temple, killing her on the spot.
Senior Insp. Richard Babaran, San Guillermo
police chief, said they were not concluding that the Aquinde slay was
election-elected as other angles were being pursued.
Elsewhere in Isabela, seven men wearing ski
masks waylaid a certain Angel Cauan, 53, while on his way home on his
motorcycle in Jones town night of May 12.
Police said Cauan was able to flee his
attackers and brought himself to a hospital for his bullet wounds.
Two incidents of indiscriminate firing,
meanwhile, were reported in Gamu and Palanan towns.
In Gamu, a certain Orlino Salvador, said to
be a supporter of Mayor Fernando Cumigad, was held after he fired his gun night
of May 12.
In Palanan, unidentified men fired shots in
Marikit village and left threatening notes with M-14 bullets
attached.
Resort owner found dead
in Isabela
SAN ISIDRO, Isabela – An 87-year-old widow
was found dead in her resort here in Barangay Rizal East May 19.
The body of Felomina Alla, owner of Malla
Resort, was found by her granddaughter beside the swimming pool at around 6
p.m.
Supt. Narciso Paragas, spokesman for the
Isabela police, said the victim might have slipped and hit her head on the
floor.
Police have yet to determine if there was
foul play involved in her death.
Ilocos Norte vice mayor,
councilor make peace
LAOAG CITY, – The vice mayor and a
councilor of Burgos, Ilocos Norte who were reported to have figured in a
fistfight at the town’s police station have patched up their differences.
Re-electionist Vice Mayor Rey Espejo and
councilor Joseph Ramirez made peace upon the intervention of Burgos Mayor
Cresente Garcia.
Ramirez’s brother Jojie, a barangay chairman,
is pitted against Espejo in the town’s vice mayoral race. – Teddy Molina
Suspect in shooting of
old lady nabbed
VINTAR, Ilocos Norte — One of the suspects in the fatal shooting
of a 77-year-old woman in Barangay 1, San Roque here on May 10 was arrested
last week, police said.
Chief Insp. Jaime Quiocho, Vintar chief of
police, said probers are still interrogating Odilon Pindao, a native from San
Isidro Sur, Luna, Apayao and resident of Laoag City, on motive in the killing
of local senior citizen, Pacita Foronda.
Quiocho said the hunt for the triggerman is
ongoing. -- Freddie G. Lazaro
Men in slay of bocap, injury
of another hunted
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Police are still
looking for two motorcycle-riding men
who shot dead a barangay chairman and wounded another in San Miguel,
Bulacan dawn May 4.
Ronnie Roura, 40, died on the spot, while
tricycle driver Emmanuel Manabat sustained a gunshot wound in the body.
Senior Supt. Joel Ordona, Bulacan police
provincial director, said Roura and his wife, Lotus, were on Manabat’s tricycle
when the suspects fired at them in Barangay Poblacion.
Lotus survived the attack. The couple was on
the way home when the incident happened.
Investigators recovered six shells for a
caliber .45 revolver at the crime site.
They have yet to determine whether the
killing was election-related.
Police created task force Roura to dig deeper
into the incident.
Man punches drinking
partner
BAUKO, Mountain Province – Barangay officials
here are set to hear complaint against a man who punched his drinking partner
during heated argument while they were drinking.
A police report said at about 2:30 a.m. of
May 20 here in Barangay Mayag, victim
Rudy Langbayan Siagan, 53, native of Salapadan, Abra was punched twice on his face by the suspect
identified as Rafael Bulasoy, 35, married and a resident of Leseb, Bauko.
Bulasoy immediately left the place. Case was
endorsed to the Barangay Lupon of Mayag, Bauko for action.
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