Cop tagged in killing
of banker, injuring 1
BY ADRIAN NEMES III

A banker died while his nephew was seriously injured when they were shot allegedly  by a policeman in front of a convenience store  near the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office headquarters in Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod City,  Saturday night.

Killed was Jonel Ealdama, 49, of Camingawan in Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod City, Station 4 commander, Chief Insp. Adonis Rosales, said yesterday.

Ealdama sustained a gunshot wound on his left side and the bullet hit his heart. He was rushed to the Bacolod Doctor’s Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

Everything is on hold as far as the preparations for the wake for Rep. Ignacio Arroyo Jr. (Neg. Occ., 5th District) in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, is concerned, his friend, Board Member Melvin Ibanez, said yesterday.

Last week Ibañez said Arroyo’s body was expected to be brought to Negros Occidental on Tuesday or Wednesday so his constituents could pay their last respects to the three-term solon at a wake set in Binalbagan, before his burial at his family’s mausoleum at the North Cemetery in Manila on Saturday.

Arroyo, 61, had passed away in London on January 26 after a long battle with cirrhosis of the liver, with his long-time companion Grace Ibuna beside him.

The Firearms and Explosives Office of the Philippine National Police has revoked the gun licenses it had issued to former Negros Occidental Board Member Angelito Lagman Colmenares, who has been charged in court for illegal possession of firearms.

PNP records show that Colmenares had licenses for his .38 caliber Colt with serial number 275415, .45 caliber Colt pistol with serial number 7oSC11981, a Shotgun Mossberg 12 gauge with serial number L231943 and 12 gauge Akkar shotgun with serial number 9552502.

Chief Supt. Napoleon Estilles, FEO chief, in his memorandum, a copy of which furnished to the DAILY STAR, said the revocation of the gun license issued to Colmenares stemmed from the filing of charges against him for illegal possession of firearms.