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(Eagle News) — A primary suspect in the 2009 killing of the then-provincial police director of Sulu has been arrested, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Ban Sali Ubbie, believed to be also behind the deaths of three of Senior Supt. Julasirim Kasim’s men in Maimbung, Sulu, was nabbed by authorities in Barangay Arena Blanco over the weekend. Ubbie, according to the PNP, is the subject of several warrants. The PNP said […]
COTABATO, Philippines (AFP) — Nine people were killed and three injured in the southern Philippines Saturday when a convoy of SUVs was shot at in an ambush linked to a feud between rival Muslim clans, police said. The attack occurred in a region with a long history of violence, and a short drive from where 58 people -– including 32 journalists -– were murdered in the nation’s worst political massacre in 2009. Clan leader […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered “all-out” pursuit operations against alleged members of the New People’s Army who ambushed a convoy of health workers and police officers who were about to fetch COVID-19 vaccines for use in Calbayog’s COVID-19 vaccination program. PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar said he directed the Regional Director of Police Regional Office 8, Police BGen Ronaldo De Jesus to start the legal offensive not only against those […]
(Eagle News) — The seven policemen implicated in the killing of Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and his companions are now under restrictive custody. Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar made the announcement after the National Bureau of Investigation filed complaints for murder and frustrated murder against the seven and two others months after the killing. Aquino and his companions were on board a vehicle when they were shot at by the suspects in Barangay […]
One Army member hurt in NPA ambush hours later, PNP says (Eagle News) — Authorities foiled what it said was an attack by rebels on a police station in Surigao del Norte on Thursday, Jan. 28, but one Army member was wounded in an ambush two hours later by members of the same rebel group. Police Brigadier General Romeo M. Caramat, Jr. said in his report to Camp Crame that policemen assigned to the Sison Municipal […]
(Eagle News) — At least two, including a police officer, were killed and several others were hurt in what authorities said was an ambush by members of the New People’s Army in Eastern Samar. A police report identified the policeman slain in the attack in Libutan in Borongan at 3 p.m. as Pat Rama. The report said the other fatality was a female civilian. Some of the injured were identified only by their surnames: […]
(Eagle News)–The mayor of Clarin, Misamis Occidental was killed in an ambush on Friday, Oct. 25. Authorities said Mayor David Navarro was shot while on board a vehicle by still-unidentified men on M.Velez Street in Cebu past 1 p.m. He was reportedly on his way to the Cebu City Prosecutors Office for his hearing on charges he punched a massage therapist and molested a girl inside a spa. The alleged crime took place a day […]
(Eagle News)–Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has ordered a probe into the shooting of broadcaster and public information officer Pat Lucero Pacquiao in Davao del Norte. In a statement, Andanar also condemned the ambush, and wished for the swift recovery of Pacquiao who was shot in the shoulder when attacked in front of his house on Oct. 11. “(The Philippine Communications Operations Office) condemns any act that threatens the well-being of media practitioners simply for doing […]
(Eagle News)–The vice mayor of Batuan, Masbate was shot in Manila on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Reports identified the victim as Charlie Yuson III. Wilfredo Pineda and Alberto Alforte were also injured and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. In February, police raided the house and resort of Yuson and of his son,the town mayor, Charmax Jan Altajeros Yuson, in Barangay Canvañez, and confiscated high-powered firearms. The police had said they raided the places following […]
(Eagle News)–The police on Friday, Sept. 13, said they have identified the owners of two getaway vehicles used by those behind the ambush of former Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino Jr. The names of the owners of the red Hyundai Elantra and the grey Ford Everest according to the police, however, have been withheld in light of the police probe. Police Lieutenant Colonel Crystal Peralta, chief of the Police Regional Office 1, clarified the owners are […]
(Eagle News)–The police are investigating the driver of the back-up vehicle of former Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino Jr. in connection with Wednesday’s ambush that led to the deaths of two people. In a press briefing on Thursday, Sept. 12, Col. Redrico Maranan, Pangasinan provincial director and head of the Special Investigation Task Group tasked to look into the incident, said Anthony Columbino, a retired policeman, is being probed after police, who initially thought he had […]
(Eagle News)–Police have found the alleged getaway vehicle of the suspects in the ambush of former Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino Jr. The discovery of the vehicle, which contained two M-16 rifles, a face mask, clothes, and a cap, among others, took place only minutes after Wednesday’s attack that left, according to the police, one dead and several injured, including Espino. Senator Richard Gordon earlier said five of Espino’s bodyguards had been killed. Police identified the […]
