2 teenage helpers
brutally slain: PNP
BY ADRIAN NEMES III

Two household helpers were brutally killed, one of them believed also raped, in the house of their employer at Banyan-Pinyan streets at the Villa Angela Subdivision in Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City yesterday.

The victims’ mothers identified them as Joyce Boncaya, 17, and Keen Malunes, 16, both of Brgy. Manghanoy, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. They said the two are second cousins.

The police immediately formed Task Force Villa Angela and were able to arrest one of the suspects at the  Purok Relocation Site in Brgy. Vista Alegre several hours after the crime. Bacolod City Police officer-in-charge Senior Supt. Ricardo de la Paz, however, refused to name him as the charges have not yet been filed.

Three members of a family and their neighbor died at 3:10 a.m. Saturday when the Suzuki multi-cab vehicle they were riding collided head-on with a cargo truck along the national highway of Brgy. 9 in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, police reports said yesterday.

SPO1 Walter Seron, Kabankalan PNP Desk Officer, said three of the four victims were declared dead on arrival at the city hospital.

Seron identified them as Romeo Arroz, 54, driver of the multi-cab vehicle, Carolina Arroz, 62 and Melinda Lustro, 58. Kharel Arroz, 22, died while on the way to a hospital in Bacolod City.

Support impeachment of Merci,
Tañada urges Neg. Occ. solons
ONLY 2 SAID YES SO FAR
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Deputy House Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III (Quezon, 4th District) Saturday stressed the importance of airing strong public opinion for the removal of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez from office as the move to impeach her is put to a vote at the House today.

Tañada, who attended the fiesta of Sagay City in Negros Occidental, said while he believes the House will vote for her impeachment, strong public opinion could help the move succeed in the Senate.

Tañada appealed to the congressmen of Negros Occidental, who are part of the majority coalition, to vote for the impeachment of Gutierrez.

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