TALUGTOG, Nueva Ecija - A village head and two other officials were killed in an ambush after attending a political meeting in this far-flung municipality of Talugtog, Nueva Ecija Monday night.
Senior Supt. Allen Bantolo, Nueva Ecija policedirector, identified the victims as Barangay CaptainLiberato Ramos of Barangay Saverano, councilmanJuanito Tonya, and barangay treasurer Eusebio Jimenez.
The victims were shot repeatedly by still unidentifiedgun men at the adjoining Barangay Severano afterattending a meeting of Bagong Lakas nbg Nueva Ecija inthe adjoining Barangay Sampaloc, reports said.
Bantolo said they were conducting an ocularinvestigation and have yet to got lead on the suspectsas of press time.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
Nueva Ecija pols sign peace covenant
CABANATUAN CITY - Rival politicians running for various positions in Nueva Ecija are set to sign a peace covenant in connection with the May 14 elections, an official of the Parish Pastoral Council said.
Initiated by the PPCRV, the Candidates’ Forum and Peace Covenant, spearheaded by Bishop Sofronio A. Bancud of Cabanatuan, is expected to “clearly reiterate our unwavering commitment to peace and justice, for the service of our people and for the good of our province,” said a letter from Fr. Aldrin B. Domingo, PPCRV-Diocese of Cabanatuan coordinator.
The priest said that the covenant fills the need to promote peace and justice as fundamental foundations of a civilized, orderly and progressive society.
He stressed that “only in an environment of peace and justice can we pursue the road to progress and harmony that we all dream about.”
Candidates for congress, governor, vice governor, mayors will participate in the peace covenant, said Fr. Domingo.
It was learned that several candidates for posts in the municipal level have already signed peace covenants.
Initiated by the PPCRV, the Candidates’ Forum and Peace Covenant, spearheaded by Bishop Sofronio A. Bancud of Cabanatuan, is expected to “clearly reiterate our unwavering commitment to peace and justice, for the service of our people and for the good of our province,” said a letter from Fr. Aldrin B. Domingo, PPCRV-Diocese of Cabanatuan coordinator.
The priest said that the covenant fills the need to promote peace and justice as fundamental foundations of a civilized, orderly and progressive society.
He stressed that “only in an environment of peace and justice can we pursue the road to progress and harmony that we all dream about.”
Candidates for congress, governor, vice governor, mayors will participate in the peace covenant, said Fr. Domingo.
It was learned that several candidates for posts in the municipal level have already signed peace covenants.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Nueva Ecija reporter killed
SANTA ROSA, Nueva Ecija - A reporter of the government-owned radio station Radyo ng Bayan was killed and dumped in the outskirts of Barangay Soledad, Santa Rosa, by still unidentified suspects.
Supt. Benjamin de la Cruz, town police chief, said the body of Mark Palacios, 42, a resident of the northern Nueva Ecija town of Guimba, was recovered about 6 a.m.
Palacios is a member of the Nueva Ecija Press Club Inc., the umbrella organization of media groups in the province.
He has also been involved in an anticrime group.
Initial investigation disclosed that Palacios was hit by a hard object in his head, said de la Cruz, sustaining bruises in different parts of his body. -Armand M. Galang
Supt. Benjamin de la Cruz, town police chief, said the body of Mark Palacios, 42, a resident of the northern Nueva Ecija town of Guimba, was recovered about 6 a.m.
Palacios is a member of the Nueva Ecija Press Club Inc., the umbrella organization of media groups in the province.
He has also been involved in an anticrime group.
Initial investigation disclosed that Palacios was hit by a hard object in his head, said de la Cruz, sustaining bruises in different parts of his body. -Armand M. Galang
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Nueva Ecija elections: bet gunned down in Licab
LICAB, Nueva Ecija - Two armed men killed a candidate for the town council on Sunday morning as he stepped out of the church where he stood as a sponsor in a wedding.
Police identified the fatality as Ariel de la Merced, a resident of San Cristobal, Licab, Nueva Ecija.
He was running for councilor under Liberal Party.
Mayoralty bet Teddy Ilagan was unhurt since he managed to cover himself from the assassins, reports said.
The two were just stepping out of the church in Barangay Villarosa when the suspects approached and shot de la Merced repeatedly until he lied dead on the ground. The victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds from .45 caliber pistol, police said.
The suspects made sure their victim was already dead, before they drove away on a motorcycle. Police have yet to established the motive of the killing. --Armand M. Galang
Police identified the fatality as Ariel de la Merced, a resident of San Cristobal, Licab, Nueva Ecija.
He was running for councilor under Liberal Party.
Mayoralty bet Teddy Ilagan was unhurt since he managed to cover himself from the assassins, reports said.
The two were just stepping out of the church in Barangay Villarosa when the suspects approached and shot de la Merced repeatedly until he lied dead on the ground. The victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds from .45 caliber pistol, police said.
The suspects made sure their victim was already dead, before they drove away on a motorcycle. Police have yet to established the motive of the killing. --Armand M. Galang
Friday, April 13, 2007
Tommy's certified candidate
Gov. Tomas Joson III (Kapmi-Balane) of Nueva Ecija shows his certificate of candidacy to supporters. He is running for Cabanatuan City against incumbent Vice Mayor Raul Mendoza (UNO), Celcor Pres. Alvin Vergara (Lakas-CMD) and former city Coun. Elpidio Valino (Kapartido ng Masang Pilipino). Photo by Jun Torres
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Ecija candidate dies after sortie
PEÑARANDA, Nueva Ecija - A Lakas candidate for councilor in this southeastern Nueva Ecija town succumbed to suspected heart attack hours after the party’s proclamation rally, police reported on Wednesday.
Senior Insp. Reulito Barcelo, town police chief, said Benjamin M. Naga, died before reaching a local hospital at about 2 a.m. on Tuesday.
Naga has joined his partymates, led by mayoralty candidate Gerry Geronimo with gubernatorial and vice gubernatorial bets Rep. Aurelio Umali and Popoy Taruc, respectively until midnight of Monday at the town’s poblacion.
Initial reports said Naga could have died of heart attack owing to the pressures and fatigue brought by the campaign.
Senior Insp. Reulito Barcelo, town police chief, said Benjamin M. Naga, died before reaching a local hospital at about 2 a.m. on Tuesday.
Naga has joined his partymates, led by mayoralty candidate Gerry Geronimo with gubernatorial and vice gubernatorial bets Rep. Aurelio Umali and Popoy Taruc, respectively until midnight of Monday at the town’s poblacion.
Initial reports said Naga could have died of heart attack owing to the pressures and fatigue brought by the campaign.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Army,NPAs exchange fire in Lupao
LUPAO, Nueva Ecija - An undetermined number of suspected New Peoples Army guerillas were wounded while two Armalite rifles with bunch of subversive documents were recovered in a “fierce encounter” between the government troopers and and the rebels in a narrow river in the far-flung village here Monday night, the military reported on Tuesday.
Lt. Col. Gregory Cayetano, commander of the Army’s 71st Infantry Battalion, said the rebels, reportedly led one Antonio Layco alias Ka Domeng of Sandatahang Yunit sa Platun, Pangasinan – Front Nueva Ecija Provincial Command, initially positioned to engage the soldiers in firefight but after a considerable period of exchange of fire scampered to different directions carrying with them “their wounded comrades.”
The rebels, Cayetano, run through the “cover of darkness and thick vegetation,” in Sitio Pinggan, Barangay Parista, Lupao. The place, the military said, is a remote village situated at the foothills of Caraballo Mountain range. The encountered happened at about 9:15 p.m., he said.
Cayetano said that the soldiers, led by 2Lt. Roselio Cabarliza conducted a tactical offensive after receiving reports from some residents that the NPAs were allegedly “terrorizing” the residents in an attempt “to regain mass base in the area.”
Cabarliza, in his report to the 7th Infantry Division based in Fort Ramon Magsaysay, Palayan City, noted the alleged inferiority this time of the rebels owing to low quality manpower and evident lack of training.
“The communist insurgents were trying to regain influence over their lost mass base in Lupao,” which he said, “is the life blood of the rebels as it provides them crucial supports such as food, finance and information.”
Cayetano noted that a number of former NPA supporters have joined the military-inspired Barangay Defense System, a project supported by various private institutions which provided training and supports for livelihood. -Armand M. Galang
Lt. Col. Gregory Cayetano, commander of the Army’s 71st Infantry Battalion, said the rebels, reportedly led one Antonio Layco alias Ka Domeng of Sandatahang Yunit sa Platun, Pangasinan – Front Nueva Ecija Provincial Command, initially positioned to engage the soldiers in firefight but after a considerable period of exchange of fire scampered to different directions carrying with them “their wounded comrades.”
The rebels, Cayetano, run through the “cover of darkness and thick vegetation,” in Sitio Pinggan, Barangay Parista, Lupao. The place, the military said, is a remote village situated at the foothills of Caraballo Mountain range. The encountered happened at about 9:15 p.m., he said.
Cayetano said that the soldiers, led by 2Lt. Roselio Cabarliza conducted a tactical offensive after receiving reports from some residents that the NPAs were allegedly “terrorizing” the residents in an attempt “to regain mass base in the area.”
Cabarliza, in his report to the 7th Infantry Division based in Fort Ramon Magsaysay, Palayan City, noted the alleged inferiority this time of the rebels owing to low quality manpower and evident lack of training.
“The communist insurgents were trying to regain influence over their lost mass base in Lupao,” which he said, “is the life blood of the rebels as it provides them crucial supports such as food, finance and information.”
Cayetano noted that a number of former NPA supporters have joined the military-inspired Barangay Defense System, a project supported by various private institutions which provided training and supports for livelihood. -Armand M. Galang
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Popoy Taruc hits report
GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecija - A neophyte politician running for a top position in Nueva Ecija deplored over the weekend alleged attempt to discredit him by identifying him as the one involved in the fatal accident along Olongapo-Gapan Road in Arayat, Pampanga.
Jose Taruc V, son of veteran broadcaster Joe Taruc, expressed belief that the linking of his name in an incident which actually involved his elder brother, Jose “Jekjek” IV, could be a try to attack his candidacy.
"Palibhasa ako ang kandidato kaya iniintriga tayo,” Taruc who is running for vice governor under Lakas-CMD told the media. He is teamed up with gubernatorial bet Aurelio Umali, incumbent third district representative.
The accident resulted to the death of tricycle driver Marlon Lumbang and serious injuries on Enrique Moranos and Ernesto Pacheco. The three were riding on a motorcyle when it collided with a car driven by Taruc IV, reports said.
Lumbang died instantly. Moranos is in unstable condition while Pacheco suffered a broken pelvis.
Weekend reports said that the driver of the car was Jose Taruc IV, a vice-gubernatorial candidate for Nueva Ecija and son of veteran broadcaster Joe Taruc.....". The report, he said, “was all wrong for he was then in Manila when the accident happened".
Investigation showed that the motorcycle, with the three on board suddenly swerved to the left lane of the road, but was hit by the vehicle driven by nger Taruc IV.
Police noted an attempt by the Taruc IV to avoid the swerving motorcycle, as evidenced by “17-meters skid mark on the road”.
Jose Taruc V, son of veteran broadcaster Joe Taruc, expressed belief that the linking of his name in an incident which actually involved his elder brother, Jose “Jekjek” IV, could be a try to attack his candidacy.
"Palibhasa ako ang kandidato kaya iniintriga tayo,” Taruc who is running for vice governor under Lakas-CMD told the media. He is teamed up with gubernatorial bet Aurelio Umali, incumbent third district representative.
The accident resulted to the death of tricycle driver Marlon Lumbang and serious injuries on Enrique Moranos and Ernesto Pacheco. The three were riding on a motorcyle when it collided with a car driven by Taruc IV, reports said.
Lumbang died instantly. Moranos is in unstable condition while Pacheco suffered a broken pelvis.
Weekend reports said that the driver of the car was Jose Taruc IV, a vice-gubernatorial candidate for Nueva Ecija and son of veteran broadcaster Joe Taruc.....". The report, he said, “was all wrong for he was then in Manila when the accident happened".
Investigation showed that the motorcycle, with the three on board suddenly swerved to the left lane of the road, but was hit by the vehicle driven by nger Taruc IV.
Police noted an attempt by the Taruc IV to avoid the swerving motorcycle, as evidenced by “17-meters skid mark on the road”.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Gov't says open to redeploy Pinoys not ready to return
by KRISTY ANNE C. TOPACIO-MANALAYSAY
MANILA—SUCCESSFULLY building a business after working abroad, Alberto Limbo Perez still couldn’t be pinned down in his own country. Luckily for him, a recently-built government center can give him that chance.
“Who would reject the opportunity of working abroad?” the 47-year-old Perez said in Tagalog. “Earnings from abroad are a big help to meet our needs. It’s a waste to let the opportunity pass.”
This comes from a man whose seven-year-old work abroad is being poured on a house with swimming pool at a cost of P4 million, almost half of what the Philippine government spent on a building to mold Filipinos like him to either stay home for good or go back to migrant work.
The building in Intramuros, Manila, was funded by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration with a P7-million purse (US$140,000 at US$1=P48) according to Labor Attache to Japan Reydeluz Conferido.
Conferido said the National Reintegration Center for Overseas Filipino Workers would allow temporary migrant Filipino workers with plans to return permanently here to adjust first by allowing them go back to overseas work.
MANILA—SUCCESSFULLY building a business after working abroad, Alberto Limbo Perez still couldn’t be pinned down in his own country. Luckily for him, a recently-built government center can give him that chance.
“Who would reject the opportunity of working abroad?” the 47-year-old Perez said in Tagalog. “Earnings from abroad are a big help to meet our needs. It’s a waste to let the opportunity pass.”
This comes from a man whose seven-year-old work abroad is being poured on a house with swimming pool at a cost of P4 million, almost half of what the Philippine government spent on a building to mold Filipinos like him to either stay home for good or go back to migrant work.
The building in Intramuros, Manila, was funded by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration with a P7-million purse (US$140,000 at US$1=P48) according to Labor Attache to Japan Reydeluz Conferido.
Conferido said the National Reintegration Center for Overseas Filipino Workers would allow temporary migrant Filipino workers with plans to return permanently here to adjust first by allowing them go back to overseas work.
Ecija families in political stints
CABANATUAN CITY - Political families in Nueva Ecija are presenting themselves to voters in pack in an apparent move to thwart future disagreement with non-relative officials.
The list Mayor Antonio Esquivel for mayor with his son, Tony Boy for vice mayor in Jaen town; Mayor Lucio Uera with son Charrys in Pantabangan; Mayor Nestor Alvarez of the Science City of Muñoz has his former mayor brother Efren; Mayor Marcial Vargas of Aliaga has his wife, Beth as running mate.
The Josons first encountered trouble with Vice-Gov. Narciso Nario, now with the Philippine Commission on Good Government, when the patriarch, the Gov. Eduardo L. Joson died in early 90’s. Nario initially resigned from the position to give way to Tomas 3rd who was then senior board member in the succession but later retracted.
When another Joson, Eduardo Nonato was elected with businessman Oscar Tinio as vice-governor, he sustained series of suspension attempts with the latter siding with their political archrivals.
This prompted Tomas 3rd to field his younger brothers, Eduardo IV and Mariano Cristino, in 2001 and 2004 elections, respectively, where they won and finished terms without much bickering.
This election, as Tomas 3rd runs for the Cabanatuan City mayoralty post, Mariano Cristino is running for governor with nephew, senior board Member Edward Thomas as running mate.
In Jaen, Esquivel has been replaced at the town hall since January by Vice-Mayor Santiago Austria after the former was ordered dismissed by the Ombudsman while Uera is in a deadlock with his vice-mayor in Pantabangan.
When Beth Vargas was elected mayor with an opposing party at the vice- mayor’s office, she claimed to have her projects derailed, prompting the couple in 2004 to launch their husband-and-wife tandem, which they succeeded.
Meanwhile, Mariano Cristino’s rival for governor, Third District Rep. Aurelio Umali has his wife running for the Congressional seat.
Former Fourth District representative Julita Villareal who is geared for a comeback has her sons, Jojo and Chris, for board member and Mayor of San Isidro town, respectively. Armand M. Galang
The list Mayor Antonio Esquivel for mayor with his son, Tony Boy for vice mayor in Jaen town; Mayor Lucio Uera with son Charrys in Pantabangan; Mayor Nestor Alvarez of the Science City of Muñoz has his former mayor brother Efren; Mayor Marcial Vargas of Aliaga has his wife, Beth as running mate.
The Josons first encountered trouble with Vice-Gov. Narciso Nario, now with the Philippine Commission on Good Government, when the patriarch, the Gov. Eduardo L. Joson died in early 90’s. Nario initially resigned from the position to give way to Tomas 3rd who was then senior board member in the succession but later retracted.
When another Joson, Eduardo Nonato was elected with businessman Oscar Tinio as vice-governor, he sustained series of suspension attempts with the latter siding with their political archrivals.
This prompted Tomas 3rd to field his younger brothers, Eduardo IV and Mariano Cristino, in 2001 and 2004 elections, respectively, where they won and finished terms without much bickering.
This election, as Tomas 3rd runs for the Cabanatuan City mayoralty post, Mariano Cristino is running for governor with nephew, senior board Member Edward Thomas as running mate.
In Jaen, Esquivel has been replaced at the town hall since January by Vice-Mayor Santiago Austria after the former was ordered dismissed by the Ombudsman while Uera is in a deadlock with his vice-mayor in Pantabangan.
When Beth Vargas was elected mayor with an opposing party at the vice- mayor’s office, she claimed to have her projects derailed, prompting the couple in 2004 to launch their husband-and-wife tandem, which they succeeded.
Meanwhile, Mariano Cristino’s rival for governor, Third District Rep. Aurelio Umali has his wife running for the Congressional seat.
Former Fourth District representative Julita Villareal who is geared for a comeback has her sons, Jojo and Chris, for board member and Mayor of San Isidro town, respectively. Armand M. Galang
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