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(Eagle News)—-The Legazpi Regional Trial Court has allowed Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo to post bail. But Branch 10 asked Baldo to post a bail of P3 million in cash or P4 million in property bond not for the charges of murder filed against him in connection with the death of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, but for the charges of illegal possession of firearms he faces. The charges for illegal possession of firearms were filed against him after […]
(Eagle News) — The wife of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, who was slain in December last year, will replace him in the mayoral race in Daraga, Albay. Gertie Duran-Batocabe made the announcement herself in a Facebook post. Her post included pictures of President Rodrigo Duterte, who appeared to have endorsed her bid. “Thank you, Mr. President for all the help and encouragement. Yes, ready to be a #partnerforchange for our hometown of Daraga!,” she said. She […]
(Eagle News) — The police have recovered one of two guns allegedly used in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe and his bodyguard in December last year. The 45 cal. pistol, the police said, was recovered from a fish pond in Barangay Busay in Ligao City, Albay. A magazine loaded with ammunition was also recovered. The gun was reportedly thrown by Christopher Naval, one of the suspects in the killing of Batocabe and SP01 Orlando […]
(Eagle News)–Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo, who has been tagged by police as the mastermind in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, was rushed to the hospital following his arrest for alleged illegal possession of firearms on Tuesday, Jan. 22. According to the police, Baldo’s blood pressure shot up and he hyperventilated while inside his detention cell in Albay on Tuesday night. Baldo was reportedly rushed to a hospital in Legazpi at 11 p.m. Police […]
(Eagle News)—Two other suspects in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe surrendered to authorities on Saturday, Jan. 5. Police said Rolando Aromado and Danilo Muella were the next to surrender after Henry Yuson, the alleged main gunman, and Jaywin Babor, the alleged driver of the getaway motorcycle used in the attack in December last year that also killed SP01 Orlando Diaz, Batocabe’s security escort, and injured six others. With Aromado’s and Muella’s surrender, only Daraga, Albay […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, June 10 (Eagle News) — In an exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, Rep. Rodel Batocabe, spokesperson of the Party-list bloc in the 16th Congress, gives us an insight on how the party-list system works as well as the new ruling currently implemented that is related to the party-list system. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/Ys7PFzDWfQg
