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Bacolod City, Philippines Thursday, October 18, 2007
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Boy shot by jailer
dies at hospital

Bacolod City district jail supervisor, Supt. Samson Abaygar, yesterday assured help for the family of a 14-year-old boy, who died after he was shot by a jail guard Tuesday.

Abaygar said he is sure JO1 John Anthony Badillo will be willing to negotiate with the family of Herman Cuervo, who died of a gunshot wound on his left buttock while being treated at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital Tuesday.

Badillo surrendered to Police Station 6 hours after shooting Cuervo with his .38 revolver. The boy was shot when he and his companion tried to steal scrap metals from a compound near the jail officer's house at No. 20, St. Andrew Avenue, Doņa Juliana Heights, in Bacolod at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, police records showed.

Badillo was also the one who rushed Herman to the CLMMRH before he turned himself in to the police, Abaygar said.

The boy's father, Roberto, told ABS-CBN that he had repeatedly warned his son against going with his friends to scavenge for scrap metal, but added, that he cannot understand why Badillo had to shot him.

He also asked for help for Herman's hospital and burial expenses because he said, his earnings as a security guard is just barely enough for his other eight children.

Abaygar said he would welcome it if Herman's family would not file charges against Badillo, who is now detained at Police Station 6, but added that the decision still lies with them and the police.*PP

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Cop injured as
service gun fires

A policeman was injured when his service firearm accidentally went off inside a videoke bar in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, the police said yesterday.

Police Officer 1 Eugene Arcanghel, a member of the Victorias City Police Station, is now being treated for a gunshot wound on his left foot at the Riverside Medical Center in Bacolod City.

Supt. Norberto Boston said the gun of Archangel accidentally fired during heated arguments with personnel of a videokee bar in Victorias City on Sunday, hitting him on his left foot. Boston said he disarmed Arcangel of his 9mm pistol, pending an investigation on possible negligence, which led to the accidental firing.

He added that Archangel was suspected to have been under the influence of liquor when the incident took place.*GPB

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NOPPO tops gun
ban enforcement

The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office has again topped the list of nine major police units in the enforcement of the Commission on Elections gun ban in Western Visayas.

Police records show that 16 out of 30 gun ban violators were arrested in Negros Occidental, excluding Bacolod City. Records of the PRO 6 also showed that 23 firearms were seized, five of which are high-powered, five low-powered and 13 were homemade.

The Iloilo Police Provincial Office that is now headed by Senior Supt. Ricardo de la Paz, ranked second in terms of arresting gun ban violators with seven, and two each for the Capiz Police Provincial Office, Iloilo City Police Office, Bacolod City Police Office, and one recovered by the 6h Regional Mobile Group.

NOPPO also delivered the highest recovery and confiscation of firearms among nine major police units during the May 14 elections, police records also showed.

Western Visayas police chief Wilfredo Dulay reiterated his orders for police commanders to spare no one in the implementation of the Comelec gun ban.*GPB

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