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(Eagle News)–Former Tanauan, Batangas Vice Mayor Julius Platon has died. Platon reportedly passed away after suffering a heart attack while driving along the South Luzon Expressway. The former vice mayor’s wake will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at the Heritage Memorial Chapel in Taguig.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte took offense at allegations he knew something about the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili. “Unfair sila sa akin (They are are unfair to me),” Duterte said in a speech before the Filipino community in Papua New Guinea, where he is attending the 26th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting. According to Duterte, when he says he is going to kill, “pangtakot man lang yan, istorya man lang […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, July 6, said a former general who had a dispute with the slain Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili had plans of running as chief executive of that city. In a radio interview, Lacson said this was revealed to him by Halili himself before he was killed on Monday, July 2. “Natatandaan ko ikinuwento niya actually medyo may pag-aalala siya nun kasi alam niyang may kapasidad ang dating heneral,” Lacson […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, July 6, “strongly condemned” the killing of Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan, the third high-ranking local government official to be killed this month. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque also called on the Philippine National Police “to conduct a fair and thorough investigation and spare no effort in getting to the bottom of this latest crime.” “We must band together and put an end to the worrisome […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, July 5, said Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili was involved in a land dispute with a former general before he was killed. “Medyo matagal tagal na rin. I just don’t know kung taon na yan pero it’s going on actually before the incident. Ibig sabihin nangyari na long before na nangyari itong shooting,” Albayalde said. Albayalde, however, could not […]
(Eagle News) — The police on Thursday, June 5, said it was possible the man who shot and killed Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili was with a companion when he committed the crime. In a press conference after the reenactment of the killing, Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, director of the Philippine National Police Region 4-A, made the deduction after finding that there was a “distortion” in the “natural growth of the grass” where police believe the […]
(Eagle News) — The task force that is investigating the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili held a reenactment of the same on Thursday, July 5. The reenactment was done around the same time Halili was purported to have been killed, during the city’s flag-raising ceremony on Monday, July 2. Authorities said the reenactment was to determine where the bullet that killed Halili came from and its trajectory that will help in the investigation. […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator JV Ejercito, the two recent killings of mayors, if proven to be connected, were “probably intended to shame the government.” “I’m a little bit alarmed kasi two days dalawang mayors,” he told reporters, referring to the slays of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili and General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote. Halili was shot as he was presiding over the city’s flag-raising ceremony on Monday, July 2. A day later, […]
(Eagle News)–The bullet that hit Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili disintegrated upon impact, the Philippine National Police said on Tuesday, July 3. In an interview over GMA7’s Unang Balita, Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, Calabarzon director, said, however, that police were trying to determine the gun used to kill the mayor through an analysis of the bullet jacket recovered from him. The police also found a bullet shell in the area. According to Carranza, so far, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police should consider stricter firearms control measures. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson, who issued the statement following the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili on Monday, July 2. “The killing of priests, prosecutors, and former and incumbent local officials in broad daylight and in full view of the public may be suggestive of the impunity and brazenness of those responsible for such acts,” he said. Senate President […]
(Eagle News) — Three people, including two minors, were killed and several others were hurt after the bus they were riding fell off a bridge in Leyte. The fatalities in the incident that saw a Philtranco Bus, with plate number ACA 9771, fall off a bridge in Tanauan at 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22, were identified as Wendell Simbajon, 15; Brian Noterte, 30; and Queenly Galagnara, 3. Authorities have yet to determine the cause […]
