Guns-for-hire eyed in slay
of cock farm owner: police

Guns-for-hire are being eyed as suspects in the shooting to death of a cock farm owner in Brgy. Bata, Bacolod City, at about 1 p.m. Friday, Senior Supt. Ricardo de la Paz, city police director, said yesterday.

Reynaldo Esguerra, of San Pablo City, Laguna, and a temporary resident of Silay City, Negros Occidental, owned a cock farm in Brgy. Taloc, Bago City, and was also into the buko pie making business, Station 3 chief, Senior Insp. Jose Mulleta, said.

Investigation showed that a man interested in buying a cock contacted Esguerra on his cellular phone between 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, and they agreed to meet in a mall.

The victim and his helper, whose name the police did not disclose, arrived at the mall at about 12:30 a.m., and were picked up on a motorcycle going to Brgy. Bata, Mulleta said.

Esguerra was about to alight from the motorcycle after they arrived at Purok Tumpok, at about 1 p.m., when the supposed buyer, who was at the waiting shed, shot and hit Esguerra in the jaw, Mulleta also said.

The victim was killed on the spot, while the gunman pushed the victim’s helper off the motorcycle and used it to escape, the police said.

De la Paz said personal grudge is being eyed as motive for the shooting, adding they have identified the suspects but cannot give other details in order not to hamper police investigation.*APN

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ON P11M HEIST
20 cops awarded for
arrest of faith healer

The Police Regional Office 6 conferred efficiency medals on Bacolod City police director Senior Supt. Ricardo de la Paz, and 19 other policemen, for the arrest of a faith healer in Valladolid town, Negros Occidental last week, and the recovery of P7.9 million worth of jewelry.

Aside from De la Paz, other awardees were Chief Insp. Ulysses Ortiz, BCPO Investigation and Detective Management Branch head; Insp. Homer Vargas; Insp. Anthony Burgos, Valladolid town chief;

Senior Police Officers 4 Enriquito Gochoco and Jocelyn De la Peña; Senior Police Officers 3 Oscar Exaltado and Jonito Pastrana; Police Officer 3 Jonalyn Estalilla, Police Officers 2 Peter Genovia, Ronie Segura, Joery Garde. Floren Estrebor, Jose Gregorio Abad, Alberto Manguilimutan, Jerico Oebanda and Analu Agustin; and Police Officers 1 Mark Guardafe, Carlo Animas and James Celeste.

Armed with a search warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 47 Judge Edgar Garvilles, the IDMB operatives and Valladolid policemen, swooped down on the residence of Vivencia Alingalan, “alias Bebing”, 55, in Brgy. Palaka in the town at about 10 a.m. on May 5.

Alingalan was the subject of a complaint by a widow, who claimed that the suspect slept in her house in Brgy. Tangub, Bacolod on March 29 this year, and stole her jewelry worth about P11 million.

Theft charges have been filed against Alangilan before the City Prosecutor’s Office but the police are yet to recover the rest of the jewelry.*APN

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