Police authorities in North Cotabato have launched a manhunt against two men riding tandem on a motorbike who shot dead an altar server of the Catholic Church and his uncle here on Sunday night. In a report, Maj. Maxim Peralta, Pikit town police chief, identified the fatalities as Jonnel Alconera, 26, and his uncle Pepito Sobrepeña, 57, both of Barangay Poblacion. A witness told reporters that the victims were selling fish at a roadside stall in Barangay Poblacion when two men onboard a motorbike arrived. “They demanded money but when the vendor said he has no money at that time,
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos on Monday ordered the creation of a special investigation task group (SITG) to investigate the attack on Infanta, Quezon Mayor Filipina Grace America. In a statement, PNP public information office chief Brig. Gen. Roderick Alba said the Police Regional Office in Calabarzon (PRO 4-A) has been tasked to activate a task group that will coordinate all efforts of police investigative units. “On other pressing matters, as we speak, checkpoint operations are continuing within the town proper of Infanta, Quezon, and surrounding areas to possibly intercept suspects responsible in the shooting incident yesterday
Department of Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar has submitted her resignation to campaign for her husband, who is seeking a Senate seat. She will assist former Public Works secretary Mark Villar, who stepped down shortly before filing his Certificate of Candidacy last year. If elected, he will join his mother, incumbent Senator Cynthia Villar. “It is with deep sadness that I announce the resignation of Atty. Emmeline Aglipay-Villar as undersecretary of the Department of Justice effective on March 21, 2022,” DOJ Secretary Menardo Guevarra told reporters via text message. Undersecretary Villar is the youngest daughter of former Philippine National Police
The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court will implement strict entry policies starting Tuesday when full in-court hearings resume. All court users must either be fully vaccinated or with negative antigen/reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results before they are allowed entry. Hearings via videoconferencing may be conducted only in exceptional cases. “All lawyers, parties, witnesses, and court users who are not fully vaccinated or are unable to adequately present copies of their vaccination cards shall be required to present a laboratory-confirmed or professionally conducted negative antigen or RT-PCR test result taken within a maximum of 48 hours before entry into the Sandiganbayan,”
A Nigerian national was killed in a buy-bust operation that yielded PHP13.6 million worth of shabu in Quezon City on Sunday evening, the Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG) said Monday. DEG chief Brig. Gen. Randy Peralta, citing the report of the DEG’s Special Operations Unit, identified the suspect as Ejiofor Smart, who died during the operation at around 11:10 p.m. along the Batasan-San Mateo Road in Barangay Batasan Hills. Smart was killed after he opened fire on arresting officers, prompting them to retaliate. Recovered from the suspect were two kilos of shabu, boodle money, a wallet with assorted IDs,
The country must be prepared to face another pandemic and policy directions must be crafted for this scenario, Partido Reporma standard bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Sunday night. “Dapat may policies na tayong nila-lay out, Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is here to stay, whether it’s pandemic or endemic. So kailangan mayroon na tayong policy directions and we should be ready to face the next pandemic (There should be policies being laid out now, Covid-19 is here to stay, whether it’s’ pandemic or endemic, so there must be policy directions and we should be ready to face the next pandemic),”
