Man knifed dead
by drinking pals

An old grudge is being eyed by the police in the killing of a 34-year-old man by his two drinking companions in Bacolod City yesterday, the Philippine National Police said.

Rufino Libo-on of Gonzaga Extension, Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod City, was repeatedly stabbed by a certain "Pao-Pao" and an alias "Mongkoy" after an argument while they were drinking near a sari-sari store at Gonzaga Extension at about 12 a.m. yesterday, Police Station 6 commander Chief Inspector Noel Mana-ay said.

Libo-on was rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital but he died later from the stab wounds on his chest and hands at about 3:15 a.m. yesterday, police records showed.

Mana-ay said the two suspects may have had a grudge against Libo-on that is why they stabbed him when they had an argument. Libo-on's elder sister, Zorayda, however, said her brother did not have enemies in the area.

Mana-ay also said that the killing could have been due to the "culture of violence" at Gonzaga Extension.

Mana-ay said that they are now searching for the two, who fled after the incident.*PP

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Suspect in stabbing
of hospital OIC pursue

The identity of the suspect in the stabbing of Dr. Georgina Hofanda, officer-in-charge of the Gumersindo Garcia Memorial Hospital, in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday is still unknown.

Chief Inspector Calixto Mabugat, Kabankalan police chief, yesterday said the suspect left behind an 18-inch ice pick and a pair of slippers.

Hofanda who suffered five stab wounds, is now in a stable condition, Mabugat said.

Police investigations show that Hofanda was crossing the road in front of the hospital, when she was attacked by the unidentified suspect who fled on board a commandeered tricycle.

Mabugat said the tricycle driver later claimed the assailant of Hofanda also threatened to stab him if he would not follow his order.*GPB

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Ilahas discovers damaged
forest in E.B. Magalona

The Task Force Ilahas recently discovered illegal cutting and charcoal-making activities in a 3-hectare forest land located at Sitio Ronel, Brgy. Canlusong, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, a Capitol press release said.

Supt. William Señoron, TFI action officer, said in his report to the provincial government that an estimated 50 cubic meters or 200 sacks of charcoal were produced from a total of eight charcoal pits discovered in the area.

Señoron reported that some residents of Brgy. Gawahon, Victorias City said the charcoal processed in Sitio Ronel were unloaded in Brgy. Gawahon and delivered to the Victorias City public market.

He warned that if the illegal deforestation continues, the remaining forest cover of the place will be totally denuded, the press release added.*

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