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(Eagle News) — The controversial convict former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez has died, the Bureau of Corrections announced Saturday, 27 March 2021. Mayor Sanchez, convicted in 1995 for the June 1993 rape-slay of 19-year old University of the Philippines Los Banos student Mary Eileen Sarmenta and the killing of her boyfriend UPLB student Allan Gomez, was found unresponsive in his cell at around 7 a.m., Saturday. He was then brought to the New […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Education on Saturday condemned the rape-slay of a Grade 7 student in Camarines Sur. According to the DepEd, the victim from Tinawagan High School in Tigaon was found lifeless at a banana plantation around 50 meters from her house. According to the DepEd, the victim’s younger brother said that on December 7, 2017, he and his sister were walking home when she walked ahead of him, “made a turn to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is considering returning the police into the government’s campaign against illegal drugs, after authorities noted a spike in drug-related crimes, including rape, robbery hold-ups, and murder. The President said that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), which only has 2,000 officers, was incapable of doing the job. “Whether I like it or not, I have to return that power to the police,” he said in a speech on […]
