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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte took offense at allegations he knew something about the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili. “Unfair sila sa akin (They are are unfair to me),” Duterte said in a speech before the Filipino community in Papua New Guinea, where he is attending the 26th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting. According to Duterte, when he says he is going to kill, “pangtakot man lang yan, istorya man lang […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, July 9, ordered the implementation of “early security measures” for the 2019 elections to prevent “election-related violence.” Albayalde gave the order following the killings of three high-ranking local government officials, Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili; General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote; and Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan. The police are looking at politics as a possible motive in the killing of […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, July 6, said a former general who had a dispute with the slain Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili had plans of running as chief executive of that city. In a radio interview, Lacson said this was revealed to him by Halili himself before he was killed on Monday, July 2. “Natatandaan ko ikinuwento niya actually medyo may pag-aalala siya nun kasi alam niyang may kapasidad ang dating heneral,” Lacson […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, July 6, “strongly condemned” the killing of Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan, the third high-ranking local government official to be killed this month. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque also called on the Philippine National Police “to conduct a fair and thorough investigation and spare no effort in getting to the bottom of this latest crime.” “We must band together and put an end to the worrisome […]
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) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Thursday, July 5, denied there was a “pattern” in the recent killings of two mayors. In a statement, DILG officer in charge Eduardo Año noted that “each case has its own facts.” He was referring to the killings of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili on Monday, July 2, and General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote. Halili was shot as he was presiding over the […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque dismissed as “unfounded” speculations the government had a hand in the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili. In a press conference, Roque noted the three angles the police were looking into in the mayor’s killing: politics, his shame campaign and his alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade. “Apparently iba’t ibang aspeto ngayon ang lumalabas sa pag-imbestiga,” Roque said. On Thursday, July 5, Senator Panfilo Lacson said […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — The police on Thursday, June 5, said it was possible the man who shot and killed Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili was with a companion when he committed the crime. In a press conference after the reenactment of the killing, Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, director of the Philippine National Police Region 4-A, made the deduction after finding that there was a “distortion” in the “natural growth of the grass” where police believe the […]
(Eagle News) — The task force that is investigating the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili held a reenactment of the same on Thursday, July 5. The reenactment was done around the same time Halili was purported to have been killed, during the city’s flag-raising ceremony on Monday, July 2. Authorities said the reenactment was to determine where the bullet that killed Halili came from and its trajectory that will help in the investigation. […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, July 3, said it considers the killings of “high-profile figures” as an “attempt to erode confidence” in President Rodrigo Duterte. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque noted the President’s “main platform of governance,” after all, “rests on fighting crimes.” According to Roque there was no “culture of impunity” in the country as the government “does not condone any state-sponsored killing.” In fact, he said the Philippine National Police was “sparing no […]
