get this
gear!  

Vol. XX No. 52

March 7, 2001

Virac, Catanduanes

Other News

Cops nab suspect in daughter's rape

Bato policemen last week arrested the most wanted man in town: a barangay councilor charged in court of having raped his 14-year old daughter thrice recently.

After receiving reliable information from a concerned citizen, a team composed of SPO3 Pablo Triumfante, SPO3 Francisco Rojas, SPO1 Rodulfo Timbal and PO3 Edwin Templonuevo proceeded to barangay Sta. Isabel where they served the warrant of arrest on Loreto Tano y Templonuevo, 52, separated and a barangay kagawad, last Feb. 26 at 6 A.M.

Tano has been charged of three counts of rape before the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Bato-San Miguel for having sexually abused his 14-year old daughter in a forested land in barangay San Pedro.

In another development, a farmer in San Miguel is in hot water after he allegedly slapped his own nephew.

Victim Sammy Tindugan y Tuazon, 6, an out-of-school youth, was near a brook beside their house at noon of Feb. 23 when his uncle Joel Tindugan y Tuazon, 34, who was under the influence of liquor, arrived and without reason slapped the boy in the face.

The boy was alone at the time, his parents then at the farm, but the incident was witnessed by his grandmother Calixta Moraleda who was about to fetch water.

Police said Tindugan's act caused injury prejudicial to the child's development in violation of the provisions of Republic Act 7610.