Published July 24, 2021, 2:29 PM
BAGUIO CITY – A call center agent was killed while her two relatives were injured when a pine tree fell on the taxi they were riding in Camp 8, Kennon Road here Friday, July 23.
Baguio City Police Office director Police Col. Glen Lonogan identified the fatality as Esmerelda Suriaga, 39, and the injured as Esmeralda’s relatives Samuel Suriaga, 29, and Wilfredo Suriaga, 63.
Lonogan said Esmerelda was declared dead on arrival at the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center.
Samuel is now recuperating in the hospital while Wilfredo was discharged.
The taxi driver, Mizon Arucan Galano, 33, was unharmed.
Police said the victims were onboard a Mitsubishi Adventure taxi with trade name Ar-Anne and license plates AYU-713 enroute to the city proper from Camp 7 at about 3:15 p.m. when a falling tree pinned the vehicle.
Published July 24, 2021, 1:48 PM
ILOILO CITY – The new top cop of Capiz assured Friday, July 23, that he will continue the Bayanihan project in which police units build homes for the less privileged.
Police Col. Laudemer Llaneta said he will find a way to continue the home-building project of Police Col. Julio Gustilo Jr., his predecessor as Capiz Police Provincial Office (CPPO) chief.
“It is very possible and the heart for the people will be there,” Llaneta said after the turnover of command ceremony in Roxas City, the capital of Capiz. “I know about building houses. My background is civil engineering,” said Llaneta.
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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) â Ecuador s president declared a state of emergency Thursday in the country s prisons following fighting between rival gangs that killed 22 inmates and injured dozens.
The violence began Wednesday afternoon at the main prison in the city of Guayaquil, the Litoral Penitentiary, as well as at the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador, authorities said. Officials said police had quelled the rioting and regained control of the prisons, and nine officers and 59 prisoners were injured.
Police said on Twitter there had been an escape attempt at Latacunga, but that 78 prisoners were recaptured.
Gustavo Larrea, a former interior minister, said the fighting was among crime groups linked to drug trafficking that have âârelative controlâ³ of the prisons and seek to control illegal operations on the outside.
Ecuador president decrees emergency in prisons after clashes
A watch tower stands empty inside Litoral Penitentiary after deadly fights inside the jail in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Thursday, July 22, 2021. Rival gangs of inmates fought in two prisons in Ecuador, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens, authorities said Thursday. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) July 22, 2021 - 6:46 PM
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) â Ecuador s president declared a state of emergency Thursday in the country s prisons following fighting between rival gangs that killed 22 inmates and injured dozens.
The violence began Wednesday afternoon at the main prison in the city of Guayaquil, the Litoral Penitentiary, as well as at the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador, authorities said. Officials said police had quelled the rioting and regained control of the prisons, and nine officers and 59 prisoners were injured.