Cop found guilty in 2017 death of 2 Cainta teens

T C T The avotas egional Trial Court TC has convicted a for er police an for the urder of two youths al ost six years ago.

effrey u bo ere was found guilty for the deaths of Carl ngelo rnai and eynaldo ulot de u an, aged 1 and 1 , respectively, when they went issing near their ho es in the town of Cainta, i al province in ugust 2 1 .

e was sentenced to reclusion perpetua axi u years without eligibility for parole.

nother suspect police an, icky ruilita, 33, already died of liver disease in pril 2 1 .

The two police en clai ed the victi s died in a gunfight after atte pting to rob a taxi on C-3 oad at the boundary of the cities of Caloocan and avotas. witness, rnold erlada, however, testified that he was with the two victi s at a birthday party when they were picked up by ere and r uilita. e u an s re ains were found in a creek in apan City, ueva ci a province nearly a onth after they went issing. n ove ber last year, ere was found guilty for violating the nti-Torture ct and planting evidence under ection 2 of the Co prehensive angerous rugs ct and under ection 38 of the Co prehensive irear s and unition egulation ct. e was eted two ter s of life iprison ent and absolute perpetual disualification fro any public o ce and reclusion perpetua. ere was also ordered to pay 2 illion for each of the victi s heirs, half of which for oral da ages and the other half for exe plary da ages.

is ers old u ial rotest, de and end to destructi e Manila Ba dred in Co s sei e B narcotics since January 1

, Cavite undreds of fisherfolk united under the banner of a bansang akas ng ilusang a a alakaya ng ilipinas held a uvial protest in Cavite on to dra ati e their de and an i ediate halt to destructive dredging activities in the southern part of anila ay.

ore than fishing boats sailed along the unicipal waters of osario, Tan a, and oveleta in Cavite. The fishers, who co e fro various affected coastline counities, protested against the ongoing dredging operations in the region which have caused severe i pact on their livelihood. n a state ent, laented that the dredging activities, which began in 2 21, have in icted substantial and irreparable har on the arine eco- syste in anila ay and have resulted in drastic decline in fish stocks, i periling the livelihood of thousands of s all-scale fishers in the province of Cavite. uring the protest, the fisherfolk group reiterated its call for the revocation of the environ ental per its granted by the epart ent of nviron ent and atural esources to the destructive dredging operations of an iguel Corporation and the utch co pany oyal oskalis est inster . . in anila ay. a isa sa ga pag-aaral nito, is ong ang na ang nagsabi na asagana pa sa bahura ang kati ugang bahagi ng anila ay, partikular sa lalawigan ng Cavite. ung kaya t nakapagtataka na inaprubahan at patuloy na pinahihintulutan ang ga apanirang proyektong ito, said ational Chairperson ernando icap, citing a study by s cosyste s esearch and evelop ent ureau , which found that 2 of coral reefs in anila ay are located in Cavite. apakalaking perwisyo na ang idinulot ng dredging sa ga angingisda sa Cavite. indi na dapat hayaang adagdagan pa ang lawak ng pinsala nito sa kalikasan at sa kabuhayan ng ga aliliit na ga angingisda sa lalawigan, icap said. ccording to icap, the fishers sustained and consistent push backs against the dredging activities during the past weeks have resulted in a reduction of the nu ber of dredging vessels in osario fro three to ust one. e also said the five-year co parative data of urder cases showed a sharp decrease of . 1 percent.

C C , ue on City hilippine ational olice operatives have sei ed 1.2 billion worth of illegal drugs fro an. 1 to arch 1 this year.

This was disclosed in a press briefing at the police head uarters in Ca p Cra e, ue on City by chief en. odolfo urin r. who said 12,622 big-ti e drug pushers and street-level drug personalities were arrested during the ,3 police operations during the period. urin said that relentless nationwide operations on the ca paign against loose firear s also yielded a total of 6,268 firear s fro an. 1 to arch 12 while a total of 1 , 2 wanted persons have been arrested following the intensified ca paign against the wanted persons.

This only shows that the will not stop until all these fugitives fro law are brought before the bar of ustice one cri inal off the street is also part of cri e prevention, said urin.

This ca e as the trend of urder cases further showed a consistently downward pattern fro ,121 in 2 18 6,31 in 2 1 , in 2 2 ,8 3 in 2 21 and ,2 2 in 2 22. espite the decreasing nu ber of urder cases over the years, there is still so uch to be done in order to prevent these urder cases. the will not stop until all these cases are solved and suspects are put behind bars, urin said.