NBI: Calbayog mayor Aquino killed in ambush, not shootout
Jun 9, 2021 8:32 PM PHT
The ambush that led to the death of Calbayog mayor Ronaldo Aquino, his aide, and driver in early March was allegedly planned for months by members of Samar police, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Eastern Visayas told a Senate panel probing the incident on Wednesday, June 9.
During the hearing of the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs, NBI Eastern Visayas chief Jerry Abiera said in his presentation, The NBI Samar District Office is ready to file multiple murder and frustrated murder as defined under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as well as administrative cases against the subjects.
DOJ indicts Sandra Cam, son in Masbate vice mayor slay
Apr 16, 2021 5:35 PM PHT
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) board member Sandra Cam and her son Marco Martin Cam for murder in the 2019 killing of Batuan, Masbate vice mayor Charlie Yuson III.
The Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) confirmed in a statement on Friday, April 16, that prosecutors had found probable cause to charge for murder Sandra and Marco Martin, as well as Nelson Cambaya, Junel Gomez, Bradford Solis, Juanito de Luna, and Rigor dela Cruz.
The seven are also indicted for frustrated murder in relation to Yuson s companion, Alberto Alforte IV, who survived the attack. On October 9, 2019, gunmen riding a van shot the vice mayor who was having breakfast at a house in Sampaloc, Manila.