Tag: Calbayog mayor

PNP: 7 cops charged over Calbayog mayor Aquino’s death under restrictive custody

(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 […]

Calbayog City mayor shot dead

(Eagle News) — Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and three of his companions were killed in what was initially reported as an ambush on Monday, March 9. Samar Rep. Edgar Mary Sarmiento said in a Facebook post that the mayor and his group were riding a van on Laboyao Bridge in Barangay Lonoy when unknown assailants fired a volley of bullets at them. Aquino’s security detail managed to fire back but were also hit. The […]