2 cops hurt in ambush, 2 Reds killed by Gemi Formaran Monday, 25 October 2010 18:06 SAN Andres, Quezon A team

led by town police chief Senior Insp. Glenn Miralles w as ambushed by some 30 heavily armed New People's Army rebels in Barangay Talisay h ere Sunday afternoon, wounding two policemen. Provincial police director Senior Supt. Ericson Velasquez, however, said the out numbered policemen managed to fire back, killing one of the rebels on the spot. Velasquez said the policemen were visiting the remote village in connection with the barangay and SK elections when a landmine exploded a few meters away from the patrol car followed by a volley of gunfire from the rebels, wounding SPO1 Paterno Arrabis and PO1 Timot eo Reyes. Velasquez said the policemen withdrew, firing their guns at the enemy. An uniden tified rebel was killed. Senior Insp. Glenn Miralles and PO1s Arvin Sayson and Christopher Icaro quickly r etreated leaving their burning vehicle. The rebels pursued them, he said. While withdrawing, the trio almost ran out of bullets. Halos magdamag silang nakikipagpalitan ng putok habang tinutugis ng mga rebelde k aya nang mauubusan na sila ng bala ay nagpahabol si Miralles mag-isa kaya nakalayo at nak aligtas iyong dalawa niyang tauhan," he said. Rumors spread that the three policemen were captured or killed by the rebels aft er they failed to surface for several hours. Sayson and Icaro were found by troops from the Army 74th Infantry Battalion at 6 a.m. yesterday while Miralles surfaced at 8:30 a.m. after the rebels had left. 1 / 2 2 cops hurt in ambush, 2 Reds killed by Gemi Formaran Monday, 25 October 2010 18:06 Arabis and Reyes were taken to a hospital in Lucena City while the unidentified slain rebel was brought to a funeral parlor by a KLG-47 group operating in the area. A blocking force was immediately set up on orders of Brig. Gen. Jessie Dellosa, commanding general of the Army's 2nd Infantry Division, while Velasquez ordered his field s upervisors to put up checkpoints. At 10 a.m., pursuing troops encountered some of the fleeing rebels in Sitio Dao, Baranga Talisay, Col. Generoso Bolina, spokesman of the Southern Luzon Command, said. Bolina said a brief firefight resulted in the death of another unidentified rebe l. Town officials said these incidents affected the barangay and SK elections. Vice Mayor Charlie Endiape said many of his townmates were afraid to go out and vote. Bolina said troops from the Army 2nd Infantry Divsion's reconnaissance company w ere deployed in the town to secure the election. He said another group of soldiers from the 201st Infantry Brigade under Col. Edg ardo Ao was

sent to augment the government forces in the area. 2 / 2 2 foreigners fall victim to con men Saturday, 23 October 2010 20:29 TWO foreigners learned their lesson the hard way that not all Filipinos are that hospitable when they were victimized by con artists in separate incidents in Manila the oth er day. Arah Amady, 31, Iranian national, first lodged complaint before the Manila Polic e District-General Assignment Section when he lost his baggage containing his pers onal belongings. Amady said he boarded a taxi at the South Harbor around 11 a.m. Friday and asked that he be taken to his hotel in Ermita. He said he was about to get his luggage from the compartment after alighting fro m the cab when the unidentified driver sped off. Amady said he was not able to jot down the taxi s plate number. Hours later, Thomas Schimidger, 28, a native of Switzerland and presently billet ed at Las Palmas Hotel, Ermita, Manila, also filed a complaint with the police. The Swiss national identified the suspects only as certain Martin, Michaela, Don ie and Danilalai -- whom police suspect to be members of the notorious Ativan Gang. Jerico Javier 1 / 1 5 die in Cagayan mishap by Alfred Dalizon Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:16 FIVE people died when the Starex van they were riding was hit by a speeding 10-w heeler truck in Alcala, Cagayan at 12:30 a.m. yesterday, police said. Only two of the five fatalities were identified as Randy Batabalanos and Pepito. The driver of the truck, Florentino Felipe, was held by the local police and wil l be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide and damage to properties, Phi lippine National Police Highway Patrol Group director Chief Supt. Leonardo A. Espina sai d. Espina ordered the Regional Highway Patrol Unit 2 to thoroughly investigate the incident which occurred in Barangay Piggatan and file charges against the culprits. 1 / 1 72-year-old rapist gets mercy by Mia B. Billones Tuesday, 26 October 2010 19:44 A 72-YEAR-OLD man detained at the Caloocan City Jail for rape charges was given a probationary dismissal under the justice on wheels project of the Department of Ju stice (DOJ) out of humanitarian reason. Supt. Lyndon Torres, CCJ warden, said Venerando Ravory, was among the 27 detaine es granted the privilege out of the 64 prisoners whose cases were heard by the Calo ocan City Regional Trial Court. Torres said the court gave Ravory s complainants two years to surface and express their intention whether or not to still push the case against the accused.

Kapag hindi nagpakita o dumalo ang mga complainants ng 27 inmates na nabigyan ng probationary dismissed, awtomatikong laya na sila, Torres explained. Isa lang ang programang yan na aktibong sinuportahan ni Warden kung bakit siya napiling Best W arden noong 2006-2007 sa Las Pias City Jail, a jail officer said. 1 / 1 CAFGU runs amuck, kills 6 Monday, 25 October 2010 18:09 A MEMBER of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit went berserk Sunday nigh t in Zamboanga Sibugay killing six of his colleagues before being shot dead by respon ding officers. The Police Regional Office 9 said Olegario Vocal, Jr. shot dead Narciso Rudas an d his brother Nilo, Edgar Sibelo, Salvador Belono,Ike Hilario and Elmer Taberos. PRO9 director Chief Supt. Edwin Corvera, Jr. said the suspect launched the attac k while his colleagues were watching television inside the Palid detachment. He killed five of his colleagues in his initial salvo of gunfire. Taberos was gunned down as he tried to run away . The motive behind Vocal s deadly outburst is still being investigated. Alfre d Dalizon 1 Chiz to SC: Don t be onion-skinned by Marlon Purificacion Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:24 SENATOR Chiz Escudero yesterday urged Supreme Court members to brace for critici sms. Escudero said the impasse between the High Magistrate and University of the Phil ippines Faculty of Law does not augur well for our freedom of expression. As a former member of the UP Law Faculty, it is my strong belief that any governm ent official including members of the judiciary should not be thinned-skin about dissenting p ublic opinion which is permitted in a democratic country like ours, he said. The senator said SC members, as all other government officials, are always under public visibility, thus criticisms such as that from the UP Law faculty should be taken constructively, especially given the fact that even our Supreme Court had the matter already inv estigated. Freedom of expression is an inalienable part of a democratic system. Anyone for t hat matter is not precluded from voicing out his opinion, be it either contrary or supportive of the prevailing facts, he added. He said that this is especially true in the legal profession, where lawyers are but advocates for or against a particular judicial controversy over which the SC has the final say . In fact, the SC, as a collegial body, in the performance of its constitutional du ty to resolve such controversies even reverses itself at times in the light of significant developm ents, he added. 1 / 1 Dad gets 14,400 yrs for raping daughter daily by Hector Lawas Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:47

HE raped his 14-year-old daughter 360 times in 18 months. For that, Carlos Henry Troy Donato, Sr., a tricycle driver, was meted out death by a Calamba court for 360 counts of rape. The Court of Appeals however reduced the penalty to reclusion perpetua or a maxi mum of 40 years in prison for each count of rape or a total of 14,400 years in prison. The Appellate Court described the case as the worst case record of sexual abuse o f a minor in the annals of our jurisprudence. Donato s wife left for Hong Kong to work, leaving their three children under his c are. They lived in a small rented unit in a subdivision in Los Baos, Laguna. Every day for 18 months, the father raped the victim. He only spared her during her monthly period and birthd ay. On May 7, 2002, the victim and her two siblings went to Pangasinan to visit thei r maternal grandparent. On the last day of their vacation, she informed her aunt of her fat her s incestuous attacks. The shocking news reached her mother who arrived a week later and sought the ass istance of the Philippine National Police in Camp Crame. After the victim was examined, she was made to undergo psychological counseling. A medico-legal officer found lacerations in her hymen, indicating penetration. The CA gave full weight and credence to the testimony of the victim, now 22 year s old. The girl s testimony rings true. It is corroborated by a credible witness and suppo rted by incontestable evidence of the condition of her genitalia, the CA said. It junked Donato s claim that it would be physically impossible for him to engage in nightly sexual bouts with his daughter as he was on the road all day long. A rape victim s actions are most often overwhelmed by fear and emotion rather than by cool logic or reflection, the CA said. It is on the fear springing from the initial rap e that the perpetrator is able to create a climate of psychological terror numbing his vict im to submissiveness and silence. Incestuous rape magnifies the terror, because the perpetrator is a person normall y expected to give solace and protection to the victim, and his proximity serves to heighten h er helplessness and lack of direction, it added. 1 De Lima urged: Probe trumped-up charges by Hector Lawas Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:41 A FARMER S group yesterday urged Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to probe the want on practice of filing trumped up charges against farmer-leaders involved in agraria n disputes with their landlords. In a three-page letter to De Lima, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas-Negros C hapter, Pamalakaya-Negros and National Federation of Sugar Workers in Negros (NFSW-Negro s)

brought to her attention the sad plight of their members in Negros Island. The group appealed to de Lima to investigate the criminalization and resurgence of filing trumped charges by big landlords and local government, military and police autho rities against farmer leaders and members currently involved in agrarian disputes. The farmers group also appealed to De Lima to stop government prosecutors from pu rsuing these fabricated charges against farmers. We are writing you this letter of concern/position paper to bring to your attenti on the sad plight of our members in Negros Island whose collective aspiration for genuine land ref orm has been criminalized by powerful landlords and local authorities in vain attempt to deny their land rights and basic right for jobs, food and justice, the group said. 1 / 1 Ecija trader escapes ambush try; gunman falls by Steve A. Gosuico Sunday, 05 September 2010 15:46 CABANATUAN City A local trader who will run for barangay chairman in next month s barangay elections cheated death when two motorcycle-riding men peppered him wit h bullets in a botched ambush try Wednesday. Nueva Ecija police director Senior Supt. Roberto L. Aliggayu identified the busi nessman as Fernando Pangilinan, 54, of Barangay San Josef Sur, this city. Pangilinan was rushed to a nearby hospital. City police chief Supt. Eliseo D. Cr uz said the attack occurred at 7:50 a.m. in Purok 3, Barangay San Josef Sur. During follow-up operations, police arrested one of the suspects, Joey San Gabri el, 38, of Purok 5, Barangay Talipapa. San Gabriel is an alleged member of the notorious Martinez Group, said to be invol ved in several gun for hire activities in Nueva Ecija and nearby areas. Cruz said a frustrated murder case was slapped against the suspect while his coh ort, Esteban delos Santos, of Barangay Polilio, remains at large. The victim was talking with a neighbor outside his house when the suspects stopp ed near them. One of the gunmen shot him several times. Although wounded, he was able to run f or cover. Cruz said politics could be the motive for the failed ambush try since the victi m had earlier declared his intention to run for barangay captain next month. 1 / 1 Total gun ban for SK, Bgy polls by Alfred Dalizon Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:37 DON T be surprised if you see more police checkpoints and chokepoints in Metro Man ila and other parts of the country starting tomorrow, September 25. According to Philippine National Police chief, Director General Raul M. Bacalzo, the security checks are part of the security measures including the strict implementation of the nationwide gun ban starting tomorrow to ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct of the sync hronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 25.

Bacalzo issued Letter of Instruction HOPE 2010-Bravo, mobilizing the entire 135, 000-strong PNP to assume election duties as deputies of the Commission on Elections. We take this challenge as another opportunity for the PNP to shine and possibly d uplicate our fine performance of election duties in the May 2010 national and local polls, Bac alzo said. PNP Deputy chief for Operations, Director Benjamin A. Belarmino Jr. will be the one in-charge of the election security preparations as commander of the National Task Force HO PE (Honest, Orderly and Peaceful Elections) 2010-Bravo Comelec Resolution 9019 orders the PNP and the Armed Forces to enforce a nationw ide gun ban from September 25 to Nov 10, 2010 or 30 days before and 15 days after the sy nchronized Barangay and SK elections. Joint Security Coordinating Centers will be put up by the PNP and AFP at the nat ional, regional, provincial and municipal levels to ensure police-military inter-operab ility and coordination in operations against Partisan Armed Groups and other election law violators. Bacalzo has instructed NTF HOPE 2010-Bravo to closely monitor the prevailing sit uation in perennial election hotspots and to initiate immediate action to prevent any outb reak of election-related violence. According to PNP spokesman, Senior Supt. Agrimero A. Cruz Jr., Gen. Bacalzo orde red the setting up of checkpoints in strategic parts of the country to arrest the presen ce of loose weapons and prevent possible election-related violent incidents. The PNP will implement the nationwide gun ban during the period on orders of the Commission on Elections. All police forces have been ordered to exercise utmost vigilance a gainst prohibited acts during the period similar to the actions they undertook during the last pre sidential and national elections. Cruz added that the use of security personnel or bodyguards, use of armored vehi cles or craft, and appointment and use of special policemen or confidential agents are also pro hibited during the period. 1 / 1