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.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Youth group hits arrest of 15 protesters
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna--The youth group Anakbayan in Southern Tagalog slammed on Tuesday the arrest of 15 protesters in Batangas City on Monday, claiming that it was part of a crackdown against militants in the region.
John Paulo Bautista, Anakbayan-ST chair, said, "It is clear that the wholesale filing of criminal cases against activists in the region has become the Arroyo government's policy in facing the protest of the people."
Among the 15 arrested are leaders of militant groups in Batangas.
They are Isagani Iseta, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Batangas spokesperson; Thelma Maranan, Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap-Batangas spokesperson, and June Arante, Anakbayan-Batangas secretary-general.
They were arrested at around 11:30 a.m. on Monday while marching toward the city mayor's office.
They were supposed to seek a dialogue with Mayor Eddie Dimacuha, Bautista added.
Other members of militant organizations in the region are facing criminal charges for allegedly being involved in an ambush against government troops in Calapan City on March 2006.
Among them is Pedro Santos Jr., former secretary-general of Anakbayan-Southern Tagalog.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Groups denounce criminal raps vs 27 Southern Tagalog activists
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna–Leaders of militant groups on Thursday denounced the filing of criminal charges against 27 activists in Southern Tagalog.
Marlo Timbreza, security specialist of Globe Telecom Inc., filed the complaint at the Batangas Provincial Prosecutor’s Office (BPPO), charging the activists with arson, crimes involving destruction, and conspiracy to commit rebellion.
Timbreza also alleged that they were involved in burning a Globe cell site in Lemery, Batangas, on Aug. 2.
Asked by the INQUIRER to elaborate on his charges, Timbreza refused to answer and instead directed it to call his superiors at the head office, without specifying who.
Bani Combrenero, regional coordinator of the party-list group Bayan Muna, claimed that the government was behind the filing of the complaint as part of its anti-insurgency campaign and crackdown on activists.
“After failing to silence militant organizations through extrajudicial killings, the Arroyo [administration] has resorted to filing trumped-up charges,” Cambronero said.
He said eight of the 27 respondents were abducted and detained in Silang, Cavite, by the Calabarzon police on Aug. 31 but were released after they failed to file charges against them.
Cambronero is among the 27 respondents. The rest are Rolando Mingo, vice president of PISTON (Pinag-isang Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide); Noriel Rocafort, secretary general of Bayan-Batangas; lawyer Remigio Saladero, founding member of the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL); Agaton Bautista, Anakpawis-Batangas provincial coordinator; Renato Baybay, Katipunan ng mga Magsasaka sa Kabite chair; and Isabelo Alicaya, haligi ng mga Batangeñong Anak Dagat chair.
The BPPO formally released on Aug. 12 the memorandum of preliminary investigation through assistant provincial prosecutor Esmeralda Andaya.
The 27 claimed, however, that they had not received a subpoena informing them about the complaint.
Cambronero said the group “learned about the complaint by accident” on Sept. 30. He said he got the information from a Bayan Muna member who had inquired about another complaint filed with the prosecutor’s office.
Lawyer Jobert Pahilga, a member of the NUPL who the 27 respondents had consulted, said the documents pertinent to the case should have been sent to them immediately after the memorandum of preliminary investigation was released.
Cambronero said they were “clueless as how the initial investigation was conducted since they were not even notified.” Karen Lapitan, Inquirer Southern Luzon
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