Stricter checkpoints up after Lanao cop's ambush in Maguindanao
AMPATUAN, Maguindanao - Stricter inspection at checkpoints across the province is implemented after unidentified gunmen on a motorbike shot dead in an ambush an off-duty police officer along the section of the highway here on Thursday morning. In a report, Lt. Rey Samson, town police chief, said the incident occurred along Barangay Kauran shortly before lunch. Samson identified the victim as Cpl. Henry Mangaser Olindo Jr., a member of the municipal police force in Lumbatan, Lanao del Sur. "The victim was riding a motorcycle on his way to the town proper of Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat when g...