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/ 07:37 AM June 02, 2011

MAYOR’S AIDE SHOT, HURT

A BODYGUARD of Liloan town mayor Duke Frasco  was shot and wounded while trying to defuse trouble  between youth groups on Tuesday dawn.
Ian Capito was shot in the left leg.

Police arrested a  16-year-old member of the Crips Gang as a suspect.

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Capito was  one of the escorts of Mayor  Frasco, who attended the fiesta celebration of barangay Poblacion.

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When the mayor left, Capito and a fellow bodyguard also decided to go home.

Capito was driving his motorcycle when they came across two groups of youngsters arguing.

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Capito intervened and was shot in the process.

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Liloan police arrived and apprehended 14 boys and  recovered a .38 revolver.

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When no one admitted shooting the man,  police detained all the youths until the 16-year-old boy came forward and owned up to the shooting./CORRESPONDENT GABRIEL C. BONJOC.

LAPU STATION CHIEF SACKED

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A STATION police chief in Lapu-Lapu City was relieved from his post over a neighborhood disco that was held without a permit.

Senior Insp. Manruf Bantog, chief of station 4 in barangay Suba Basbas, was sacked upon the order of Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza.

The mayor sought his relief after passing by the barangay about 1 a.m. last May 19 and finding out  that an outdoor disco held there didn’t have a permit.

Also relieved was PO3 Joremy Espinoza.

A  permit was issued to  hold the disco on May 20 to 21, but  not on May 19./REPORTER JUCELL MARIE P. CUYOS

JOAVAN IN ANOTHER FEEDING PROGRAM

THE Cebu City police will invite Joavan Fernandez to  its feeding program for street children next week.

Senior Supt. Melvin Ramon Buenafe, chief of the Cebu City Police Office, said the adopted  son of Talisay City Mayor Socrates Fernandez, should continue participating in civic  activities and stay away  from illegal activities.

Joavan had promised to reform following his several brushes with the law.

Buenafe offered to be his mentor.

Joavan spearheaded a feeding program last Tuesday in Talisay City where he  served bowls of  “pospas” (congee) to at least 200 children.

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Joavan is scheduled to join another activity to build shelters for poor families in one of the barangays in Talisay City./CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON

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