Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Batangas 4th District Rep. Oscar L. Gozos and seven others of their graft charges in the purchase of P3 million worth of shredder chippers in 2004. Also acquitted were then Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Executive Director Dennis B.
LEGAZPI CITY - A wanted high-ranking official of the New People's Army (NPA) operating in Albay was killed by police and military operatives over the weekend as troops were about to serve him warrants of arrest. In an interview on Monday, Maj. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) spokesperson, identified the suspect as Antonio Abadeza alias "Flattops", a resident of this city. She said Abadeza was the vice commanding officer of the communist terrorist group under Komite ng Probinsya 3, Platoon 3, Komiteng Sangay sa Platoon operating in Albay. The suspect had standing warrants of arrest for attempted murder (Criminal Case No. 12063); homicide (Criminal Case No. 12029); robbery with homicide (Criminal Case No. 12010); attempted murder (Criminal Case No. 12064); and murder (Criminal Case No. 12267). Calubaquib said police and military authorities went to Zone 7, Barangay Anislag in Daraga town on Saturday after receiving information from a civilian that A
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - An alleged member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) had been arrested during a recent joint operation by the police and military at the Urban Poor Village, Barangay Iponan in this city.
The police and military arrest Aldeem Yañez in a