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police to look
into teenage gangs Bacolod
City police director, Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar, said yesterday that they will
look into cases of teenage gangs who victimize pedestrians and business establishments
in the city at night. Quebrar said he has directed the city's
10 police station commanders to "neutralize" teenage gangs that operate in their
areas. Quebrar cited Police Station 6 commander Chief Inspector
Noel Mana-ay who said they are working on cases of groups in Brgy. Taculing and
Mansilingan whose members, he said, stab pedestrians and stone business outfits
without provocation, especially at night. Among the groups
that Mana-ay identified were the Happy Go Lucky, Bad Boys, Bandana, Tribo, Black
Label, and Batang Inapi, Bumalik Upang Gumanti, which, he said, also wage "wars"
against each other. Mana-ay said these gangs usually strike at Bangga Cory, Puentevella
Subdivision, 5th Road, and in Purok Tumpok, all in Brgy. Taculing.
Quebrar said he has also ordered the station commanders to conduct dialogs with
the gangs in their area to find out their agenda and encourage them to go into
"productive activities." "We will use the 'soft approach'
in dealing with them," Quebrar said. He added that it is
important that they address the cases of teenage gangs while their members are
still young because it will be difficult to handle them later on when they get
involved in "bigger crimes."*PP back
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suspects to
face murder raps
FOR STABBING MAN
The family of the 34-year-old Bacoleņo who was slain by his drinking companions
Friday will file murder charges today against the two suspects who stabbed him,
the police said yesterday. Police Station 6 commander Noel
Mana-ay said the family of Rufino Libo-on of Gonzaga Extension, Brgy. Taculing,
Bacolod City, will file the cases against a certain "Pao-Pao" and an alias "Mongkoy"
at the city prosecutor's office today. Mana-ay said that they
are now finalizing the affidavits of Libo-on's family and the evidence in their
case against the two who were still at large up to press time yesterday. Police
investigations showed that Libo-on was repeatedly stabbed by "Pao-Pao" and "Mongkoy"
during an argument while they were drinking near a sari-sari store at Gonzaga
Extension at about 12 a.m. Friday. Libo-on was rushed to
the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital but later succumbed
to the stab wounds on his chest and hands, police reports said.
Mana-ay had earlier said that an old grudge between the victim and the suspects
may have triggered the killing. The incident could also have been caused by the
"culture of violence" at Gonzaga Extension where people "compete on who is braver
among the rest."*PP back to top
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suspects to face murder raps