Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts

Friday, November 26, 2010

Children laws hamper police work vs TBS gang

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

PRESENT laws governing children in conflict with the law are affecting efforts by law enforcers to bring them to justice for the crimes they committed.

‘They bathed with blood of victim’

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

SIMILAR to satanic cult rituals, members of the notorious TBS-13 bathed themselves with the blood of a taxi driver who hailed from Guimaras province.

‘San Enrique 17’ cleared in illegal firearms case

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

THE Iloilo Provincial Prosecutor’s Office (IPPO) dismissed the criminal charges against the so-called “San Enrique 17” who were accused of carrying illegal firearms last May 10 elections in San Enrique, Iloilo.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

EVIL RITES

Beware of TBS gang

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

THE Police Regional Office (PRO-6) warned parents and schools to prevent student hooliganism following the death of a taxi driver in the hands of three teenage gangsters Tuesday.

Hostage drama wounds tanod

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

A MAN believed to be suffering from unstable mental condition held hostage his own aunt and four others and wounded a barangay tanod (village watchman) in Molo, Iloilo City early Wednesday morning.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

ANOTHER TAXI DRIVER KILLED

Number of robberies this year now 14
By Francis Allan L. Angelo

A MEMBER of a teenage gang was arrested Tuesday morning for the killing of a taxi driver Tuesday early morning in Arevalo, Iloilo City.

TF Bakhaw to cover Odicta drug haven

By Tara Yap

MALIPAYON-DELGADO is next on the list of the region’s top cop who makes a high profile pitch on wiping out the illegal drug trade in Iloilo City.

‘Fortress of illegal drugs’

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

WESTERN Visayas’ top cop could only shake his head when he saw the reportedly notorious hub of illegal drug operations at Brgy. Bakhaw, Mandurriao, Iloilo City.

Cops deployed in 7 entry, exit points

By Tara Yap

THE PNP’s Task Force Bakhaw is keeping vigil in key entrance and exit points of Brgy. Bakhaw, Mandurriao, Iloilo City after it was reactivated over the weekend.

Promotions for cops in P7-M cocaine haul

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

PROMOTIONS await police officers who helped track down and recover P7-million worth of cocaine from a suspected drug pusher in Miag-ao, Iloilo Tuesday.

P7-M CATCH

Cocaine seized in Miag-ao

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-6) scored their biggest haul this year after seizing almost a kilo of suspected cocaine in Miag-ao, Iloilo Tuesday.

‘REESTABLISH AUTHORITY’

Querol reactivates TF Bakhaw

By Tara Yap
NO less than the region’s top cop has ordered the reactivation of Task Force Bakhaw to at least curb one of the two most notorious drug groups in Iloilo City operating in Brgy Bakhaw.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Lamis suspects still in Iloilo

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

THE main suspects in the assassination of a police officer are still in Iloilo, according to the PNP and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

Friday, November 12, 2010

Suspects in slay of cop charged

Hired assassins of a drug syndicate – police

By Tara Yap

THE quest for justice in the murder of PO2 Joemarie Lamis has rolled off as charges were filed against his suspected killers.

Charged with murder Thursday were Rene Esnaldo, 36, of Brgy. Taal in Molo district, Fluvio Libre, 32, of Brgy. Bakhaw in Mandurriao district, and two John Does.

Both Esnaldo and Libre are believed to be members of the Prevendido drug group.

Five witnesses buttressed the charges, particularly the eyewitness who saw the shooting of Lamis last November 2 along Muelle Loney Street, City Proper.

Ma. Luisa G. Lamis, the slain cop’s widow, said this is a significant step in finding justice for the untimely death of her husband who worked hard to minimize the spread of illegal drugs in Iloilo City.

Luisa said she knew first hand of the death threats received by her husband since June.

Lamis, who was then an intelligence operative of the La Paz PNP, first received a threatening text message.

“Pila gid ulo mo man? Halong ka, (Killing you is not that expensive. Beware),” the sender warned.

By August, Lamis, who was then assigned at the Regional Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Group (RAIDSOG), confided to his wife that he received another death threat after a buy-bust operation in Bakhaw.

By September, Lamis received another threatening text message. “Congrats parts. Blib kami sa pisan mo, daku gid pirdi negosyo Bakhaw, pero hasta ka lang Kalag2 (Congratulations! Business in Bakhaw suffered a big loss because of your dedication to duty. You will live until Halloween only),” the text messenger warned.

On October 26, Ernesto “Tirso” Regalado, one of close friends of Lamis, went to his residence in Lapuz. It was only his wife who was around. Regalado was accompanying a man who only introduced himself as “Amay,” an alleged friend of her husband from Bakhaw.

According to the widow, Amay wanted to know where Lamis was and she then told him that he was on duty in Guimaras. Amay told her that he would come back some other time to discuss important matters with her husband.

“Considering he said he was a friend of my husband, I did not give it too much importance. I was thinking they might have other personal transactions,” the widow said.

By November 2, Lamis was dead.

Meanwhile, the police are still hunting down the two John Does.

C/Insp. Eleizer Baclagon, City Proper police chief, said they are conducting further investigation on the identities of the two unnamed suspects and other personalities linked to the murder of Lamis.

Iloilo City Police Office director Dennis Basngi said they will file supplemental affidavit with the prosecutors once they have ascertained the participation of the two John Does in the killing.

PDEA twits rumors on death list of cops

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

DRUG syndicates are trying to scare the police and anti-drug agents by spreading yarns that more cops in Iloilo City are on their death list.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Lawyers want airtight case against Tan killers

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

THE filing of criminal raps against the suspects in the murder of businesswoman Rose Gustilo-Tan and her personal assistant was postponed upon request of the lawyers of the victim’s family.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Lamis’ slay: Police probe zeroes in on illegal drugs

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) is concentrating on illegal drugs as the motive for the assassination of a police officer in Iloilo City as week ago.

Bukas Kotse gang back in business?

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

WARNING to car owners: the dreaded Bukas Kotse gang might be back in Iloilo City.

Slain cop thinking of retirement

By Francis Allan L. Angelo and Tara Yap

SLAIN PO2 Jomarie Benites Lamis was tinkering with early retirement after he was reassigned to Guimaras province when he arrested bet collectors of first two, a form of illegal numbers game in Iloilo City.

PDEA dares PNP to get justice for Lamis

By Francis Allan L. Angelo
LAW enforcers should take the cudgels for the slain PO2 Jomarie B. Lamis and go after criminals with resolve and vigor, according to the regional head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).