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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — A good son, and a good husband. This was how Cpl. Lauro De Guzman was described by his grieving parents, and his wife. The bemedalled police officer was among the four killed in the misencounter between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Lauro’s wife, Andrea, still could not believe that he was among those killed […]
(Eagle News) — The number of fatalities in the Feb. 24 misencounter between members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has risen to four. Aside from the two Quezon City police officers earlier reported, two more had passed away — one PDEA agent, and another PDEA informant. This was confirmed by PDEA director general Wilkins VIllanueva. The policemen who died were identified as PCpl Lauro de Guzman and […]
Senate to hold hearings on Tuesday, March 2, on Commonwealth misencounter (Eagle News) — Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief and now senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa expressed apprehension about the recent misencounter between members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), noting that the possibility that the two agencies may have been “played” by drug syndicates. “Yung anggulong na posibleng pinaglaruan ng sindikato, posible yan,” Sen. Dela […]
(Eagle News) — Two policemen were killed in a shootout between members of the Quezon City Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in what appeared to be a “misencounter” on Wednesday night, Feb. 24. The Philippine National Police said that a “joint PNP-PDEA Board of Inquiry will be formed to determine what transpired and who should be held liable.” A PNP statement said that the joint inquiry will be done “in the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, July 3, expressed hope the National Bureau of Investigation would “find the truth for us” in the shooting of four soldiers by several policemen in Jolo. The President, who had flown to Zamboanga to meet with Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police officials to discuss the incident that left the four soldiers dead on Monday, made the statement as he appealed to soldiers for calm. “Kung […]
(Eagle News)–The commanding general of the Philippine Army on Tuesday, June 30, said there was “no provocation” on the part of the soldiers who were killed in a “fatal shooting” by policemen in Jolo on Monday, as he called for a “full-blown investigation.” In a statement, Lt. General Gilbert Gapay said based on eyewitness accounts, no altercation transpired between the two parties either “to warrant such a carnage.” “Furthermore, no agents from the Philippine Drug […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, June 28, said investigators were looking into the possibility the Samar “misencounter” between the military and the police was an ambush by members of the Philippine Army. According to Albayalde, the angle was being investigated as the military appeared to be in an advantage when the incident took place. “Ang gusto nating makita dito kung alam ba nila na pulis na […]
By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of National Defense (DND) will hold a joint probe into the alleged “misencounter” between army troopers and police operatives in Samar. DILG OIC-Secretary Eduardo M. Año said in a statement on Tuesday, June 26, that a board of inquiry will be formed to determine the lack of prior communication and coordination between local military and police […]
(Eagle News) — Anim na pulis ang patay habang siyam na iba pa ang sugatan sa nangyaring misencounter na naganap sa Sitio Lunoy, Brgy. San Roque, Sta. Rita Samar Lunes ng umaga, Hunyo 26. Ayon sa press release na ipinadala ng 8th Infantry (Storm troopers) Division, Philippine Army Division Public Affairs Office sa media, nagpapatrol sa lugar ang mga tauhan ng 1st Platoon ng 805th company ng Regional Mobile Force Batallion nang maka-engkwentro nila ang […]
Police say this may be why she tested positive for gunpowder nitrates By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The woman who died in the “misencounter” in Mandaluyong on December 28 could have tested positive for gunpowder nitrate because she was shot at close range. This is according to the Eastern Police District, which released results on the autopsy of Jonalyn Ambaan on Thursday. “Tattooing in her left cheek is possible, so there was nitrate found […]
(Eagle News) — The team leader of policemen involved in the “misencounter” in Mandaluyong City on December 28, 2017 finally surfaced on Wednesday. A report from dzbb said Senior Inspector Maria Cristina Vasquez came forward days after the incident that saw two people–Jonalyn Ambaon and Jomar Hayawon—killed. Vasquez and nine other policemen– Police Officer 2 Nel Songalia and PO1s Kim Tinbusay, Bryan Nicolas, Julius Livuen, Ariel Uribe, Jave Arellano, Tito Danao, Mark Castillo and Albert Buwag—are […]
(Eagle News)– The 10 policemen and two barangay watchmen who figured in the “misencounter” in Mandaluyong City have been ordered detained. This was after the filing of homicide and frustrated homicide complaints against the policemen from the Mandaluyong Police and Wilmer Doron and Ernesto Fajardo over the deaths of Jonalyn Anilao and Jomar Hayawun. Anilao and Hayawun were killed on December 28 after the policemen and Doron and Fajardo fired at the vehicle they were on, […]
