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January 17, 2001 |
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The Catanduanes Tribune Rawis, Virac Catanduanes, Philippines - 5001 Tel. No.: (052) 811-1267 or 811-2640 Fax No.: (052) 811-1267 E-mail:
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Publisher-Editor Edwin A. Gianan |
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Advertising- Circulation Manager Simeon G. Cueno |
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Other News
Tear
gas stops knife wielder
An alert barangay captain saved a life last week when the village chief used a tear gas canister to stop a tricycle driver from stabbing a laborer in Bato the other week.
Bato police said Elmer Zuniega y Rojas, 31, married and a laborer, was conversing with Mrs. Milagros Tomon in front of her house at 9:30 P.M. of January 5 when a certain Dominador Teves y Camacho, 24, married and a tricycle driver from barangay Talisay, arrived brandishing a nine-inch kitchen knife.
Teves allegedly stabbed Zuniega five times in the different parts of his body and had it not been for the intervention of barangay captain Arcangel Tomon, who sprayed tear gas on the suspect, Zuniega might have been finished. Police have not found any motive for the crime.
Meanwhile, carnappers who target parked motorcycles have apparently resurfaced with a vengeance, resulting in the loss of four bikes in a ten-hour period last week.
First of their victims was Danicop resident Corazon Tabuzo, 38, who lost her Yamaha V-50 while it was parked infront of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral at 7:40 P.M.of January 7.
Nearly six hours later at 1:15 A.M. of January 8, businessman Leo Mendoza lost his Yamaha RS100 while it was parked infront of the PT&T calling station in barangay Concepcion.
Five minutes later, Arnel Tatel, 24, of Cavinitan, reported the loss of his blue Yamaha RS100 from its parking space at the vicinity of Gazebo Bistro in Sta. Cruz. He was luckier, for the vehicle was found abandoned in Francia a few minutes later.
At 4:30 A.M. of the same day, it was Francisco Panti's turn to grieve after his Yamaha RS100 tricycle with plate number EX-7599 parked near the Virac Welding Works and Glass Supply went missing.
Police have yet to find any leads as to who or what group is responsible for the spate of motorcycle carnap cases in the capital town.
