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(Eagle News)–Three others convicted for the rape and murder of Aileen Sarmenta and the murder of her friend Allan Gomez in 1993 are already deceased. According to Bureau of Corrections Chief Nicanor Faeldon, who faced the Senate hearing the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Monday, Sept. 2, George Medialdea, Rogelio Corcolon and Zoilo Ama died in prison. Faeldon could not say, however, the cause of their deaths. Apart from Medialdea, Corcolon and Ama, former […]
(Eagle News)–Former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez maintains he is innocent of the crimes he was convicted of, and for which he has been sentenced to seven terms of reclusion perpetua. “Ako’y nakikisimpatiya doon sa mga Gomez at doon sa Sarmenta,” he said in an interview with GMA7, referring to the families of Aileen Sarmenta and her friend Allan Gomez. Sanchez was convicted of the rape-slay of Sarmenta and the killing of Gomez in the […]
(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon wants to probe into the status of the bodyguards of ex- Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio who were also convicted in connection with the murder and rape of Aileen Sarmenta and the murder of Allan Gomez in the 1990s. In an interview over radio dwiz,Drilon said the whereabouts and status of the six bodyguards–Baldwin Brion, Luis and Rogelio Corcolon, George Medialdea, Zoilo Ama and Pepito Kawit–should also be looked into, […]
(Eagle News)–Former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez filed for executive clemency sometime this year but was denied. This is according to parole and pardons administration head Manuel Co, who was interviewed on GMA’s News to Go on Thursday, Aug. 22. “Hindi na nakarating sa Presidente ‘yun… denial na po ang aming desisyon,” Co said. According to Co, the board denied Sanchez’s bid because he had been convicted of a heinous crime. Sanchez was sentenced to […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Wednesday, Aug. 21, denied he was behind the impending release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez, who was convicted of the rape and murder of two University of the Philippines students. “As pointed out by (Justice) Secretary (Menardo) Guevarra, hindi kailangan ng kahit sinong na tao mag-intervene o lumakad sa release kasi may batas na,” Panelo, a counsel for Sanchez then, said. Panelo was referring to Republic Act […]
