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(Eagle News) — “I am innocent.” This was the statement of John Paul Solano, who surrendered on Friday to Senator Panfilo Lacson days after he was named a primary suspect in the death of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III. Solano, who was wearing a grey jacket, told reporters he was only called on to give “medical assistance” to Castillo. He said he was a medical technologist, and filed his leave of absence from the University […]
(Eagle News) — One of the primary suspects in the death of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III has surrendered to Senator Panfilo Lacson. Lacson said his personnel picked up John Paul Solano from a gasoline station on the North Luzon Expressway on Friday. He said this was after he received a phone call from a Senate staff, who told him Solano wanted to surrender. University of Sto.Tomas Faculty of Civil Law dean Nilo Divina said […]
Urges other witnesses to come out in open (Eagle News) — The Manila Police District on Friday clarified that only the three primary suspects in the killing of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III are the subject of manhunt operations so far. Supt. Erwin Margarejo, MPD spokesperson, said as such, the others who know something about the circumstances that led to Castillo’s death have nothing to be afraid of. Castillo died of a heart attack due […]
(Eagle News) — Two witnesses in the death of Horacio Castillo III have surfaced and expressed willingness to share information with authorities, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said. In a radio interview on Friday, Aguirre said the two “went straight” to him to seek his help. He said the first–who “knows something”—went to see him at the DOJ office, while the other–“an eyewitness who was involved”–left a contact number where he could be reached. Only one […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police will ask the Interpol’s help in locating one of the primary suspects in the death of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III. This is what Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa told reporters on Thursday, after the Bureau of Immigration said Ralph Caballes Trangia already left for Taiwan a day after the agency issued a lookout order against him and 15 other members of the Aegis Juris […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service One of the primary suspects in the killing of Horacio Castillo III is now out of the country. Based on records of the Bureau of Immigration, one Ralph Caballes Trangia, born on November 10, 1995, boarded an Eva Air plane with flight number BR262 toward Taipei on Sept. 19, a day after the Department of Justice issued an Immigration Lookout Bulletin against 16 members of the Aegis Juris Fraternity. […]
(Eagle News) — The University of Sto. Tomas Faculty of Civil Law dean on Wednesday announced that the preventive suspension on Aegis Juris fraternity members had been lifted. Nilo Divina made the announcement after police criticized his directive barring the fraternity members from entering the UST campus and from attending classes. The police argued this only made it difficult for investigators to locate the fraternity members. In a radio interview, Divina, a prominent member of […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate is set to investigate the death of law student Horacio Castillo III, who was believed killed in hazing rites held by the Aegis Juris fraternity based in the University of Sto. Tomas. Senator Panfilo Lacson, head of the Senate public order committee, set the first hearing of the inquiry on Monday, September 25. The justice committee headed by Senator Richard Gordon has been designated as secondary panel. Earlier, it was […]
(Eagle News) — Several members of the Aegis Juris fraternity believed responsible for the death of University of Sto. Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III have been placed under the Bureau of Immigration’s watchlist. The move to place Arvin R. Balag, Mhin Wei Chan, Marc Anthony Ventura, Axel Mundo Hipe, Oliver John Audrey Onofre, Joshua Joriel Macabali, Jason Adolfo Robiños, Ralph Trangia, Ranie Rafael Santiago, Danielle Hans Mattew Rodrigo, Carl Mattew Villanueva, Aeron Salientes, Marcelino […]
(Eagle News) — The University of Sto. Tomas student who claimed to have found the lifeless body of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III is now considered a “primary suspect” in his death. In a press conference, Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District director, said this was after John Paul Solano was found to have “deliberately” given “false information” to mislead investigators in the case. He said he believed this was part of his and […]
(Eagle News) — It was Horacio Castillo IiI himself who booked the Uber vehicle that took his things to his house in Makati minutes before he died. This is according to the Uber driver himself who drove the vehicle and surfaced at the Manila Police District headquarters early Wednesday to clear his name. In an interview with reporters, the driver, who refused to be identified, said Castillo booked the vehicle on Saturday afternoon. He said […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bagong Henerasyon party-list Representative Bernadette-Herrera Dy urged fellow lawmakers in the House of Representatives to act on her proposal to make all kinds of hazing illegal. Herrera Dy, who is also chair of the information committee, made the statement following the death of Horacio Castillo III, a first-year law student at the University of Sto. Tomas, allegedly due to hazing. Castillo’s body–which bore candle and cigarette marks, and bruises—was […]
