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+ June 03, 2021 THE Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor has recommended the filing of murder charges against four suspects in the killing of lawyer Joey Luis Wee.
They are John Raymond Cabantao Suarez, Randy Benito Palparan alias “Jake,” Manuelito Melia Camacho alias “Monching” and one John Doe.
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 Director Rennan Augustus Oliva told reporters that they received a copy of the resolution on the murder complaint filed by Wee’s wife, lawyer Marilevi Wee, against the four men on Wednesday, June 2, 2021.
In December 2020, the NBI 7 also filed cases against Suarez, Palparan, three John Does and Fausto Edgar Benigno Peralta.
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+ May 12, 2021
THE Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP) on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, issued a statement of support for its two colleagues in Cebu who have been indicted for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide over a complaint filed by the wife of the late Barili mayor Marlon Garcia.
In a statement signed by its officers and members of its Board of Directors, the PCCP said it stands in solidarity with its colleagues who currently face a medical malpractice suit.
The colleagues it is referring to are Chong Hua Hospital Doctors Edelfleda Hernandez, an infectious disease specialist, and Yvonne Bettina Montejo, a pulmonologist, who were doctors of Garcia, a Covid-19 survivor, before he died in September 2020.
May 09, 2021 THE Philippine College of Physicians-Central Visayas chapter (PCP-CV) renewed its support and expression of solidarity to its two colleagues who have been indicted for reckless imprudence resulting to homicide by reposting its official statement dated September 2020 on its official Facebook page on Saturday, May 8, 2021. The same statements would still hold true even to this day. We stand in solidarity with our colleagues and all frontliners. Our enemy is Covid-19, the PCP-CV said.
The colleagues the group is referring to are Chong Hua Hospital Doctors Elfleda Hermandez, an infectious disease specialist, and Yvonne Bettina Montejo, a pulmonologist who handled and provided medical care to the late Barili Mayor Marlon Garcia before he died on September 6, 2020.
Published May 8, 2021, 5:20 PM
CEBU CITY – Two doctors from a private hospital here will face trial for the death of Barili, Cebu Mayor Marlon Garcia last year.
The Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor found probable cause to indict Dr. Elfleda A. Hernandez, an infectious disease specialist, and Dr. Yvonne Bettina E. Montejo, a pulmonologist, for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.
Mayor Garcia’s wife Jima filed the charges against the two doctors who who attended to the late local chief executive at the Chong Hua Hospital (CHH).
The brother of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia was admitted to CHH last Aug. 5 where he was later found to be COVID-19 positive.
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SunStar File May 07, 2021 TWO doctors who provided medical care to the late Barili mayor Marlon Garcia have been indicted for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.
The charges, however, do not extend to Chong Hua Hospital (CHH) and the latter is not liable for damages, the Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor ruled in a resolution dated March 1, 2021.
In a text message to SunStar Cebu, a representative of CHH said the hospital was preparing a statement. He did not say when it will be issued.
In a 34-page resolution, the prosecution recommended the filing of criminal charges in court against Dr. Elfleda A. Hernandez, an infectious disease specialist, and Dr. Yvonne Bettina E. Montejo, a pulmonologist.