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January 24, 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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Web Master: Calgary, Canada |
Other News
"Asset"
fingered in thieveries
A
police "asset" utilized in a recent anti-drug buy-bust operation
has been implicated in two incidents of theft in the capital town.
Last
January 13, Venus Tatel, 23, of Sta. Elena, complained to policemen that
her Canon camera was stolen while it was placed inside her knapsack left on a bench inside the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral.
The
camera was recovered in the possession of one Florenia Balisacan of
Salvacion, who alleged that it was sold to her by tricycle driver
Ferdinand Camacho, 43. Police said a companion of Camacho claimed it was
sold to them by Jesus Icalabis, a native of Pandan who is reportedly an
asset of local policemen.
Last
Dec. 24, Rev. Fr. Francis Sarmiento of Cabugao parish lost his Motorola
handheld radio transceiver while it was placed inside his service jeep
parked in front of the Virac Diocese compound. The radio was recovered
last Jan. 5 in possession of Icalabis.
It
may be recalled that last Jan. 10, lawmen arrested Las Pinas native Jordan
Tojon, 19, and seized three plastic sachets of shabu from him in a
buy-bust operation in an alley beside the A. Pura Store in front of the
Catanduanes State Colleges. It was Icalabis who posed as a buyer in the
mission, presenting his Seiko 5 watch as payment for the illegal drug.
In
a related development, a man selling gasoline in a temporary, roadside
stall was forced to transfer his store when he was hit by robbers for two
consecutive nights.
Jose
Ubalde y Reyes, married and a resident of San Isidro Village, complained
to police that for two consecutive midnights on Jan. 12 and 13, his
gasoline store near the Iglesia ni Cristo church was ransacked by unknown
culprits who detached the tie wire securing the window and destroyed the
padlock.
The
robbers stole a total of 53 liters of gasoline and about 10 bottles of
motor oil, making their getaway on board a tricycle, whose driver was
identified by a witness as a certain "Kano" of San Isidro
Village.
