Police eye work-related motive in DoLE exec’s slay

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 10:51:48 +0000

CRIME scene investigators examine the bullet-riddled car of slain Department of Labor and Employment senior officer Helen Dacanay on General Malvar Street in Malate, Manila. Dacanay along with a labor arbiter was on board the car Monday late afternoon when two motorcycle-riding gunmen fired shots at the vehicle, killing her. (Manny Llanes)

Police said they are looking into the nature of work as possible motive behind the ambush-slaying of a senior labor officer in Paco, Manila, on Monday afternoon.

“As of now, ang nakikita pa lang namin na motibo is due to the nature of her work. We are still looking kung may mabigat ba siyang cases na hinahawakan ngayon,” Capt. Henry Navarro, chief of the Manila Police District homicide section said.

“According to his family and friends, she had no known enemy,” he added.

Last Monday,  Helen Dacanay, 59, senior officer of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), along with a labor arbiter, had just left the office onboard a dark gray Honda vehicle at about  4:45 p.m. when two unidentified gunmen fired at them along Malvar Street corner Singalong Street, Paco.

Dacanay was rushed to Ospital ng Maynila but was declared dead on arrival due to gunshot wounds in the chest and shoulder.

Her companion, Atty. Agatha Daquigan, sustained minor injuries after the windshield of the car was riddled with bullets, Navarro said.

Police the two gunmen were onboard a blue motorcycle and gray Suzuki shogun with unknown plate number. They fled towards the southbound of Singalong Street.

Recovered from the crime scene were fired catridges of unknown caliber.

A follow-up operation is ongoing for the identification and arrest of the gunmen.

Meanwhile, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello condemned
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