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(Eagle News)–Two suspects in the killing of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote have been arrested. The police said Florencio Suarez, 48, and Robert Gumacay, 35, were arrested around 9:30 a.m. after a vehicle they were on was flagged down in a checkpoint in Barangay Cabasag, Del Gallego, Camarines Sur on Wednesday, July 11. Police earlier said Gumacay was not a suspect nor a person of interest. A police report said a a caliber .45 pistol […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has junked the petition of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos and the so-called Ilocos 6 against the contempt order issued against them by the House of Representatives and the detention of the six provincial officials. “The Court dismissed the omnibus petition for habeas corpus, prohibition, injunctive relief, and Amparo as against the show cause order issued by respondent Committee of the House of Representatives,” the SC said on Tuesday, […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Authorities in Rodriguez, Rizal are searching for two men who were swept away by raging river waters early Tuesday, July 10. Charlie Labez of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said authorities were searching for Eben Selga and Lander Ranara, both 21 years old, who were at that time crossing the river in San Jose on board a motorcycle. Their companion, Joric Velasco, managed to jump off […]
(Eagle News) — Arestado ang 12 drug suspek sa ikinasang magkakahiwalay na buy-bust operation sa Laguna at Cavite. Batay sa ulat ng Regional Police Office, target ng operasyon ang drug suspek na si Angela Borigas sa bahagi ng Barangay Canlalay sa Biñan, Laguna. Bukod kay Angela, huli rin sa akto ang 10 pang kasamahan nito sa isinagawang drug transaction ng isang pulis na nagsilbing poseur-buyer. Nakuha mula sa mga ito ang may dalawang gramo ng […]
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Aabot na sa mahigit 78% sa buong lalawigan ang drug-cleared na ayon sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office 1. Ayon kay Bismarck Bengwayan, Public Information Officer at Chief Preventive Education and Community Involvement Section, sa inilabas na pinakahuling drug clearing statistics sa Pangasinan ng PDEA, mula sa kabuuang 1,271 na drug affected sa lalawigan, 78.36% nito ay drug cleared na. Nasa 275 na lamang aniya ang bilang ng […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Trece Martires, Cavite Mayor Melandres De Sagun will be among those to be invited for questioning in the investigation into the killing of Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan on Saturday, July 7. Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, Calabarzon regional director, noted, however, that De Sagun, who is abroad, was not considered a person of interest and that it was but natural he be invited. “Incumbent mayor siya kaya..inherent na makunan ng […]
(Eagle News) — Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan was killed a day after he announced his intention to run for mayor in the next polls. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who spoke in a television interview on Monday, July 9. According to Año, they were therefore looking at politics as a possible motive behind his killing. He said this was also one of the motives they were looking into in the killing […]
Vice mayor’s driver also killed; another seriously injured (Eagle News)–The vice mayor of Trece Martires, Cavite was shot dead on Saturday, July 6. The police said Alex Lubigan was on board a black Toyota Hilux, with conduction sticker Y0477, on Trece-Indang Road in Barangay Luciano when a black Montero fired at it at 3:15 p.m. Lubigan was killed on the spot. His driver Romulo Guillemer was seriously injured and was rushed to the General Emilio […]
(Eagle News) — General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Vice Mayor Melvin Pascual has been sworn in as the municipality’s new mayor. Pascual officially took over the post of slain Mayor Ferdinand Bote on Wednesday morning, July 4. Judge Celso Baguio of Gapan Regional Trial Court Branch 34 administered his oath-taking. Anna Rouselle Busalpa, the number one councilor, meanwhile, succeeded Pascual’s post as vice mayor. Bote died after he was shot as he was leaving the National […]
(Eagle News) — Labintatlong miyembro ng Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) ang napatay sa sagupaan sa Philippine Army sa Maguindanao nitong Miyerkules, ika-4 ng Hulyo. Ayon sa AFP, anim ang nasugatan sa panig ng 40th Infantry Batallion ng Philippine Army sa engkuwentro na tumagal ng mahigit sa isang oras. Umatras ang mga terorista matapos silang bombahin ng militar gamit ang 105-millimeter howitzers cannon at dalawang helicopter gunship ng Philippine Air Force (PAF). Narekober ng militar sa […]
(Eagle News)–The family of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili suspects the government had a hand in his murder, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday, July 5. According to Lacson, who spoke to the mayor’s kin on Wednesday, family members came to the conclusion after they supposedly discovered a surveillance was conducted on them by vehicles using “manufactured plates.” Lacson, a former chief of the Philippine National Police, admitted that police made use of such plates […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, July 5, said Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili was involved in a land dispute with a former general before he was killed. “Medyo matagal tagal na rin. I just don’t know kung taon na yan pero it’s going on actually before the incident. Ibig sabihin nangyari na long before na nangyari itong shooting,” Albayalde said. Albayalde, however, could not […]
