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(Eagle News)–Former Dinagat Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. has been arrested. Authorities nabbed Ecleo, who had been convicted of parricide and of graft and corruption over several anomalous projects when he was mayor of San Jose, near Beverly Golf in San Fernando, Pampanga. Also arrested was his driver Benjie Fernan who will be charged with obstruction of justice. Police seized a vehicle registered under the name Marcos Macapagal Garcia, allegedly Ecleo’s alias. Also seized were over […]
DOJ says Bohol courts, not Cebu courts, have jurisdiction over case (Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has ordered the withdrawal of parricide charges against a Bohol official tagged in his wife’s disappearance and presumed killing last year. In a March resolution, Undersecretary Reynante Orceo said these charges against Bohol Provincial Board Member Niño Rey Boniel should be dropped because Cebu courts do not have jurisdiction over the case. He said the crime against Bien Unido […]
Authorities now scouring waters for Bien Unido, Bohol Mayor Gisela Boniel’s body (Eagle News) — Police are now searching the waters for the remains of Bien Unido, Bohol Mayor Gisela Boniel, whose killing was believed to have been masterminded by her own husband, Bohol Board Member Nino Rey Boniel, and as such is now facing criminal charges. “As we are talking now, elements of police and coast guard are already scouring the area,” Senior Supt. Jonathan Cabal, Cebu […]
