Police initiates manhunt against 5 suspects eluded arrest

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Dec. 1, 2014) – A manhunt operations are now being conducted by the operatives of the Pagadian City Police against the 5 fleeing suspects after they successfully eluded arrest during the execution of the search warrant Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Barangay Balangasan this city.

Pagadian City Chief of Police Supt Glenn Dulawan said the police operatives led by Police Inspector Avelmar Renan Garambas together with two barangay officials of said Barangay equipped with the search warrant raided the house owned by Eboy Ohya located at Purok Makiangayon.

The search warrant issued by Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) 9th Judicial Region Branch 1 Presiding Judge Joel G Vercide for violation of R.A. 10591 (illegal possession of firearms) against the suspects identified as Edwin Alegria, Tata Mag-Usara, Marlon Parojinog, Jojo Mag-Usara And Lucio Russiana, Dulawan disclosed.

Dulawan said the police operatives recovered and confiscated following items: one unit caliber .45 pistol (armscor) with one magazine loaded with eight rounds of live ammunition; two magazine for kg9 smg; one silencer; 68 empty cartridge case of Cal 45 and 24 empty cartridge case of caliber 9mm; one unit short magazine of caliber 5.56 (m16 rifle) and two spent cartridge case of caliber .22 magnum.

The team noticed that the air conditioning unit of Edwin Alegria bed room was still on and the manhole at the ceiling was already opened and believed to be where the suspect escaped.

The Pagadian City Police Investigation is now preparing appropriate charges in court against the fleeing suspects. (JC-MPF News)

2 cops arrested for indiscriminate firing in Pagadian City

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Nov. 10 (PNA) -– The local police filed criminal charges Monday against two policemen before the City Prosecutor’s Office, for indiscriminate firing of their guns.

Pagadian City police chief Supt. Glenn Dulawan identified the suspects as PO1 Razul Lawi, 32, and PO1 Ray Julius Sta. Teresa.

Dulawan said they were charged for Alarm and Scandal and Indiscriminate firing.

Lawi is assigned in the Municipality of Pitogo, this province, while Sta. Teresa is assigned with the Regional Public Safety Battalion in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Dulawan said the charges against the two policemen stemmed from illegal discharged of their issued service firearm around 3:30 a.m. Sunday in Barangay San Pedro, this city.

Dulawan said the two policemen have allegedly fired their service firearms into the air following heated altercations with Guest Relations Officers at a KTV Bar at the corners of Sanson Street and Pajares Avenue in San Francisco District.

Dulawan said the two policemen boarded a tricycle and tried to escape but were arrested following information provided by witnesses. They were detained. (PNA)
TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION/EDS

Observance of ‘Undas’ in Zambo Sur generally peaceful

click below to link related article: http://www.9news.ph/news/regional/2014/11/02/police-undas-in-zambo-sur-generally-peaceful
http://124.107.92.202/index.php?&sid=6&pfn=701870&arch=1&go=Go&search_arch=pagadian%20city,%20zamboanga%20del%20sur&andor=and&mdte_arch=11&ddte_arch=0&ydte_arch=2014

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Nov. 3 (PNA) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) said the observance of All Saints and All Souls days was generally peaceful in this province.

Zamboanga del Sur police director Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre said no untoward incidents related to the observance of “Undas” was reported in this province.

Ecaldre has placed the entire police force on red alert in this province in line with the observance of “Undas.”

He said that random checkpoints were established along the national highway particularly in the boundaries of Tukuran town with Lanao del Norte; Tambulig municipality with Misamis Occidental; Josefina with Zamboanga del Norte; and Kumalarang with Zamboanga Sibugay.

He said tight security measures were also implemented at the Integrated Bus Terminals, public markets, shopping malls, and coastal areas.

Public Assistance Centers were also established in public and private cemeteries in coordination with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council and Barangay Emergency Response Teams (BERT).

In this city, rerouting of traffic was implemented to and from the cemeteries aside from the implementation of strict security measures. 

The local government has provided a vehicle to ferry people for free within the premises of the cemeteries that were declared off-limits to public utility vehicles.

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has launched an advocacy campaign for a fire-free observance of “Undas.”

Local police chief Supt. Glenn Dulawan noted that most of the complaints attended by the Public Assistance Centers’ personnel involved missing graves of their relatives. (PNA)
FPV/TPGJR/Hirohito D. Cadion/jsd