Police files

WOMAN STABS EX-BF’S LOVER

JEALOUSY drove a woman to stab another woman in barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City.

Necquilen Maputol, 32, a native of Surigao del Sur but has been living in Pajac, was arrested by police shortly after she attacked Mary Rose Bustillo, a 33-year-old secretary of a real state company.

Police said Bustillo was walking home Tuesday night when Maputol stabbed her repeatedly using a bladed weapon.

Bustillo sustained stab wounds in the shoulder, neck and head.

Maputol fled after the attack while Bustillo sought help from her relatives, who brought her to the Lapu-Lapu City Hospital.

Police later arrested Maputol in her home.

SPO1 Allan Pantaleon, homicide investigator of the Lapu-Lapu City police, said Maputol admitted that she was upset at the victim who is now living with the suspect’s previous live-in partner.

Maputol said the man left her five months ago due to a misunderstanding. /CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA

CEBU POLICE TO GET NEW FIREARMS

THE Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is set to receive 1,800 new firearms.

Chief Supt. Marcelo Garbo, chief of PRO-7, yesterday went to Camp Crame to receive the new guns.

The recipient of the new firearms are those who are well-trained and passed the gun proficiency training.

Senior Supt. Mariano Natu-el Jr., chief of Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), admits there are still several policemen who don’t own government-issued firearms.

Garbo said of the 1,800 firearms, 286 will go to the 1,000-strong CCPO.

The 1,800 new firearms are part of the 74,879 Glock firearms that the government plans to distribute to the Philippine National Police (PNP).

President Benigno S. Aquino III on Tuesday led the ceremonial distribution of the firearms in Camp Crame. /CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON