5 SUSPECTS IN JAPANESE KILLING FALL
POLICE operatives arrested five persons linked to the killing of a Japanese in Imus, Cavite on December 29, 2012. Director Samuel Pagdilao Jr., Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief, identified the arrested suspects as Merlinda Soria alias Melinda Niikura, Gabriel Soria, Mark Anthony Soria, Gil Brown Ilag and Arnold Marcos, the alleged gunman.
Initial investigation showed that Melinda ordered the killing of her husband, Hideo Niikura, 61. Melinda’s son, Mark Anthony and Ilag hired the gunman for P100,000. Chief Insp. Rey Magdaluyo, Cavite CIDG head, said that Melinda and Ilag voluntarily executed an extra-judicial confession.
EX-CONVICT CLUBBED TO DEATH
A former convict was clubbed to death by his former cellmate during a drinking spree in a village in Agusan del Sur, police said on Saturday. Edgar Hingpit, 46, and his killer, Romwel Aguilar, were former prisoners at the Davao Penal Colony in Davao City. ANTHONY VARGAS
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:115
By : NEIL A. ALCOBER REPORTER
THE legal counsel of martial law human rights victims has chided the Philippine government, claiming that the biggest stumbling block for the compensation of the victims is the opposition from it and not from the Marcoses. Read more
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:89
By : WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL
INCOMING chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista vowed on Wednesday to bring down the insurgency problem to a negligible level before the end of his tour of duty or before the Aquino administration vows... Read more
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:86
By : JING VILLAMENTE
Employees of the Agrarian Undersecretary Felix Perry Villanueva, Finance Management Office (FMAO) officer-in-charge, stormed his office on Tuesday, to condemned the purported militarization of the department’s perimeter. Read more
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By : JOHN CONSTANTINE G. CORDON
EVEN if she is only holding an ad interim position in the Commission on Elections (Comelec), poll member Ma. Graciela “Grace” Padaca still believes that impeachment must first be initiated before she faces her corruption charge. Read more
Published : Wednesday January 16, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:293
By : JING VILLAMENTE REPORTER
The prosecution’s bid to turn into a state witness the backhoe operator who supposedly dug the graves of the massacre victims was opposed by the defense team handling the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre case. Read more
