Tag: homicide

Espenido, his co-accused to appeal DOJ decision to indict them for homicide

(Eagle News) — Ozamiz police chief Jovie Espenido on Thursday, Sept. 20, said he and his co-accused would appeal the Department of Justice’s decision recommending the filing of homicide cases against them. “Magmotion for reconsideration kami to inform (the) DOJ na legitimate ang operation namin na nangyari sa Ozamiz,” Espenido said in a television interview, speaking on behalf of Senior Police Officer 4 Renato Martir Jr. and Police Officer 1 Sandra Louise Nadayag. The three […]

Bodies found in Colombia are journalists from Ecuador

  CALI, Colombia (AFP) — Colombian prosecutors said Monday that bodies found in a border jungle area were those of three Ecuadoran journalists who were killed after being held hostage. The bodies, found on Thursday, were those of reporter Javier Ortega, 32, photographer Paul Rivas, 45, and their driver Efrain Segarra 60. The trio was abducted on March 26. The bodies “will be handed over to Ecuadoran authorities who already have arranged the air transport from […]

OSG seeks reversal of Ombudsman order dismissing homicide raps vs Aquino, 2 others over Mamasapano

(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reverse an Ombudsman  resolution that junked the homicide charges filed against former President Benigno Aquino III and two others in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. In its 45-page manifestation, the OSG asked the SC to direct the anti-graft body to file the 44 counts of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide against Aquino, former Philippine National Police […]

CA, kinatigan ang desisyon ng korte ng Olongapo na si Pemberton ay guilty sa kasong homicide

Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Ibinasura ng Court of Appeals ang hiling ni Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton na baliktarin ang unang desisyon ng isang korte na nagsasabing siya ang pumaslang sa Pilipinong si Jeffrey Laude noong October 2014. Kinatigan ni Associate Justice Marlenez Gonzales-Sison ng 16th Division sa 48 na pahinang desisyong kanyang isinulat ang unang desisyon ng Olongapo Regional Trial Court Branch 74 na nagsasabing guilty si Pemberton sa kasong homicide. Sinentensya rin […]