By Karen Lapitan
Inquirer Southern Luzon
First Posted 15:40:00 06/21/2009
Filed Under: Crime
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna—A lone gunman shot a couple Sunday morning in their residence in Sitio (sub-village) Palua, Barangay (village) Canlubang, Calamba City, police said.
Senior Superintendent Manolito Labador, Laguna provincial police director, said Elizabeth Saturno, 35, died in the shooting, while her husband Mar, 46, was brought to the trauma center of a local hospital for treatment.
Labador said suspect Andy Gabinete was arrested after the couple's son identified him as the shooter. Gabinete voluntarily surrendered to the authorities.
A 9mm caliber gun was recovered from the suspect, who is now detained at Canlubang police station.
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
2 rob suspects killed in Biñan shootout
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna -- (UPDATE) Two suspected members of a robbery gang were killed while another eluded arrest during an alleged shootout with police in Biñan on Saturday night, police said Sunday.
Senior Superintendent Manolito Labador, Laguna police provincial director, said Saturnino Gobis and his still unidentified companion died when they shot it out with police on Sacrament St., South City Homes near the gate of the St. Joseph subdivision in Barangay (Village) Sto. Tomas, Biñan, Laguna at around 11:45 p.m.
Another unidentified companion of the slain suspects managed to escape.
According to Labador, patrolling Biñan policemen saw the suspects onboard a tricycle parked in a dim area of the subdivision.
Seeing the policemen, the suspects tried to escape, triggering a chase.
Gobis and the other slain suspect jumped off the tricycle and fired at the police, triggering the shootout.
Police recovered a .45-caliber and .38-caliber pistols and a sketch of the subdivision from the suspects.
“They were preying on possible victims that night,” Labador said.
He added that the slain suspects were members of a group that had been staging a series of robberies in the first district of the province.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Labor leader escapes slay try
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – A militant labor leader was almost hit by bullets when two unidentified armed men shot his residence several times Thursday night in Riverside, Calamba City at 9:30 p.m., a labor group reported Friday morning.
The labor leader, identified as Arnold Cerdo, is a staff member of the Cabuyao Workers Alliance.
According to Virgilio Colandog, member of Pagkakaisa ng mga Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan-Kilusang Mayo Uno, two men wearing bonnets, suspected to be military agents, attempted to shoot Cerdo and his brother-in-law, Juanito Dacillo.
Fortunately, they (Cerdo and Dacillo) immediately saw the gunmen so they were able to evade the shots,” he added.
The two unidentified men with bonnets were reportedly riding a motorcycle, the usual style of perpetrators of political killings in the country, Colandog added.
Cerdo and Dacillo temporarily transferred into another house given the threats, Colandog said in a phone interview.
Prior to this incident, four Southern Tagalog activists were jailed in Calapan.
They were accused of multiple counts of murder and frustrated murder in an ambush on March 3, 2006.
Of the 72 names identified by the police, at least 30 are militant leaders.
Cerdo, however, is not included in the list.
In Cavite, a labor leader was arrested by the police Thursday morning in Barangay Manggahan, General Trias.
Arnaldo Seminiano, organizer of the militant Ilaw-Buklod Manggagawa (IBM), was reportedly arrested by four policemen, two of whom were not in uniform, at around 10 a.m. Thursday.
He was joined by another organizer of IBM, Sonny Gum-o, who was released after the police failed to present a warrant of arrest.
Their personal belongings like flash disks, cell phones and bags were reportedly confiscated by the police.
Seminiano was brought to Camp Vicente Lim, Laguna, for interrogation on Thursday.
His name is among the 72 names that appeared in the charge sheet in connection with the ambush of government troops on March 3, 2006, in Puerto Galera.
The ambush was reportedly staged by communist New People’s Army rebels.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Cop shoots cop
MANILA, Philippines (Update) -- An angry Philippine National Police Director General Jesus Verzosa on Saturday ordered administrative and criminal charges filed against a policeman who allegedly shot dead another cop in Bacoor, Cavite, over a traffic incident.
In a statement, Verzosa said he ordered a thorough investigation into the killing of Senior Inspector William Pelicano of the Las Piñas police.
Superintendent Mario Reyes, Bacoor police chief, said Pelicano was driving his passenger jeepney with his wife on Marcos Alvarez Road in Barangay (village) Molino 3 at around 8 p.m.on Friday when their vehicle was bumped by a Daihatsu multicab driven by Hermogenes Gagan.
With Gagan in the van was Senior Police Officer 2 Alfie Madrid of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), Reyes said.
He said that after his jeepney was hit, Pelicano, who was in uniform, approached the van and had an argument with the people inside.
Suddenly, Madrid shot Pelicano several times, Reyes said.
Pelicano was rushed to the Molino Doctors Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.
Police found two 9-mm Beretta pistols, bullets and magazines for .45-cal. and 9-mm handguns, and Gagan’s license to carry firearms in the van.
Gagan was arrested by Bacoor police who responded immediately, while Madrid was arrested in a follow-up operation.
“This incident will not be taken lightly. I have directed the NCRPO to file the corresponding administrative case, aside from criminal charges, against subject PNCO (police non-commissioned officer, Madrid),” Verzosa said.
PNP spokesperson Chief Superintendent Nicanor Bartolome said Verzosa was angered by the incident where a minor traffic altercation resulted in the breakdown of discipline between two policemen.
“The PNP chief has ordered a massive value formations seminar to be conducted for all PNP personnel,” Bartolome said.
He said Madrid was placed under restrictive custody by NCRPO chief Director Jefferson Soriano while the investigation was proceeding.
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