NEWSBRIEFS
PANGASINAN
Barangay chief killed in gun attack
A councilor in Agno town was killed by a lone gunman in Alaminos City on Saturday night, police said.
Councilor Reynaldo Sagana, 42, barangay chief of Boboy and president of the Liga ng mga Barangay federation in Agno, was shot in the head and chest shortly with a .45 cal. pistol after he entered Paradise videoke bar in Barangay Amandiego at 10 p.m. He died on the way to the hospital.
Police said the killer fled on a motorcycle. Gabriel Cardinoza, Inquirer Northern Luzon
Woman, grandson dead in robbery try
A woman and her grandson were killed on Wednesday in Pozorrubio town by a neighbor who had tried to rob them, police said.
Erlinda Bautista, 72, and John Earl Sermese, 6, were stabbed and killed allegedly by Ben Lucban, 40, in their house in Barangay Poblacion II at 3 a.m., said Chief Inspector Satur Ediong, Pozorrubio police chief.
Ediong said Lucban attacked the victims after Bautista was roused from sleep and saw the suspect opening the drawers in her cabinet. Lucban also stabbed Sermese, who was sleeping beside his grandmother.
Bautista’s niece, Josephine Abaoag, 56, who was living in a nearby store, tried to rescue her, but she, too, was stabbed and wounded by Lucban. Abaoag’s husband, Marcelo, grappled with Lucban and eventually disarmed him.
The Abaoags were taken to a hospital. Lucban fled and is now being hunted. Gabriel Cardinoza, Inquirer Northern Luzon
Clerk dismissed; guard suspended
Governor Amado Espino Jr. dismissed a clerk of the provincial government and suspended a jail guard in two separate decisions on the administrative cases filed against them.
Dismissed for grave misconduct was Carmelita Tan, an assessment clerk of the provincial assessor’s office (PAO). Suspended for six months for misconduct was provincial jail guard Marcelo Lopez.
Documents showed that Tan offered “speedy and convenient” transaction to Tessie Cerezo who went to the PAO to process real property documents in exchange for P35,000. It was the second time that Tan was charged for soliciting money from a client in exchange for a promised service. On February 9, she was suspended for 15 days after being found guilty of simple misconduct.
Lopez was found guilty of misconduct for ordering a prisoner, Gilbert Diaz, to stab and kill a fellow inmate, Felipe Quillope, on Jan. 18. Diaz told investigators he had no choice but to do the job because Lopez threatened to harm him and offered him P25,000. Gabriel Cardinoza, Inquirer Northern Luzon
PAMPANGA
American’s death puzzles probers
Police are puzzled over the death of an American at a subdivision in the City of San Fernando on Thursday.
The bloodied body of Glen Allan Loudon, 59, from Missouri, was found by his wife in the master bedroom on the second floor of their home in Town and Country Homes Subdivision in Barangay Telabastagan. His skull was cracked open.
His wife, Nympha Loudon, said no valuables were missing and there were no signs of forced entry into their home.
She said she left their house at 5 a.m. on Aug. 9, while her husband was still asleep. When she returned at 9 a.m., she found him dead and the house in disarray. Jun Malig, Inquirer Central Luzon
