CAUGHT ON CAMERA. A screenshot of the security camera footage shows independent mayoralty candidate George Matunog (in red shirt) moments before he was shot at close range in Barangay Southwestern Poblacion, Calamba, Misamis Occidental on Sunday (March 13, 2022). He is now in stable condition. (Contributed photo) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A mayoral candidate of Calamba, Misamis Occidental survived an assassination attempt by a motorcycle-riding gunman on Sunday. Lt. Col. Michelle Olaivar, Police Regional Office-10 spokesperson, said George Matunog Jr., 55, is in stable condition at Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center in Ozamiz City. The bulletpiercedhis nape and exited through the right portion of his cheek. A Quick Response Team vehicle of the Calamba police station first took the victim to Calamba District Hospital. The security camera footage showed Matunog was walking along a main road in Purok 1 of Barangay Southwestern Poblacion when shot at close range by a back-rider of a m
CAUGHT ON CAMERA. A screenshot of the security camera footage shows independent mayoralty candidate George Matunog (in red shirt) moments before he was shot at close range in Barangay Southwestern Poblacion, Calamba, Misamis Occidental on Sunday (March 13, 2022). He is now in stable condition. (Contributed photo) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A mayoral candidate of Calamba, Misamis Occidental survived an assassination attempt by a motorcycle-riding gunman on Sunday. Lt. Col. Michelle Olaivar, Police Regional Office-10 spokesperson, said George Matunog Jr., 55, is in stable condition at Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center in Ozamiz City. The bullet went through the nape and exited at the right portion of his cheek. A Quick Response Team vehicle of the Calamba police station first took the victim to Calamba District Hospital. The security camera footage showed Matunog was walking along a main road in Purok 1 of Barangay Southwestern Poblacion when shot at close range by a back-rider of a
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Authorities seized some PHP3.5 million worth of counterfeit medicines in a recent raid in Ozamiz City, police said. In a phone interview late Tuesday, Col. Michelle Olaivar, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office - Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) said the law enforcers did not expect to find a big number of both prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines stored inside the suspect's house identified as Leonardo Duma Jr. in that city. The police raiding team, together with personnel from the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), searched the house of Duma, 56, in Purok 6, Barangay Calabayan based on three search warrants issued by a local court on March 5. "Both the police and FDA thought the suspect was just engaged in a small-time retailing. They were not aware that it was a big business operation," Olaivar said. Among the confiscated items were two big boxes containing 31,700 capsules of loperamide hydrochloride; another box contained 27,000 ta
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Police Regional Office in Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) has received no reports of direct police involvement in the removal of illegally placed campaign materials and posters as part of the "Oplan Baklas" of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). PRO-10 spokesperson Lt. Col. Michelle Olaivar made the statement on Saturday following a reminder from Col. Jean Fajardo, Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson, for all police officers about their responsibilities during the operation. Fajardo's statement came amid viral photos of police officers taking down campaign materials in Echague, Isabela. In an interview on Saturday, Olaivar said police officers are only there to provide security and not help in dismantling campaign posters, which is the task of Comelec. "As of today, we have not received reports that a police officer personally joined in removing campaign materials. I don't think they will do that," she said. The PRO-10 has i