Police disbanded a gun-for-hire syndicate allegedly responsible for the deaths of some politicians in Batangas, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Oscar Albayalde announced on Monday morning. Operatives of Calabarzon dismantled the Bantugon Group after the capture of Geronimo Bantugon for illegal possession of high-powered firearms and explosives. Bantugon is the alleged supplier of weapons for the group. […]
A Canadian was killed while his Filipino wife was wounded when they were shot by two men in Batangas City on Sunday night, police said on Monday. Reports said Barry Gamon, 56, a Canadian retiree, and his wife, Luzviminda, were outside their garage at Barangay Tinga Itaas when the gunmen attacked them at 8 p.m. Gamon had been living in the Philippines for more than 10 years, police said. Supt. Sancho Celedio, city police chief, said the couple never had any record with the police, except for a recent dispute over a parking space across their house.
Police shot dead two suspected drug pushers in separate buy-bust operations in Quezon and Batangas provinces, the Calabarzon Police Regional Office (PRO-4A) disclosed on Friday.