Wife seeks justice
for slay of husband

The wife of a 25-year-old mechanic who was stabbed dead in Bacolod City late Friday said yesterday that, she will see to it that those responsible for the death of her husband, Dennis, will go to jail.

"I want them to go to jail even if they're my relatives," Jennifer Macasa, 24, said. Police records show that Dennis was stabbed by Eddie Bascos, 54, at the house of the suspect's brother, George, in Purok Paglaum, Brgy. 17, Bacolod City at about 10:45 p.m. on June 8.

An Amity crew rushed the victim to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

Case investigator PO3 Julius Lagon of Police Station 2 said an argument between him and Bascos after a drinking spree may have led to the killing.

Jennifer, however, said it was because of an old grudge.

She said that her aunt, Carmelita, George Bascos' wife, resented the fact that Dennis did not give money to her anymore after they moved out from her aunt's house.

On Friday, Jennifer said Dennis went to the Bascos' house because Carmelita and George asked him to come over and have a drink with them.

She said she later went to her aunt's house but Dennis told her that he will go home after his favorite Korean TV show. She added that her aunt even chided her, asking why she can't wait for her husband to go home.

Later, a neighbor informed her that Dennis had been stabbed and that he managed to say, "They really set me up," before he died.

"That means my aunt knew what was happening in their house but she did not do anything. What kind of an aunt is she?" Jennifer asked.

She added that the same neighbor, who helped Dennis and heard his last words, is willing to testify against the suspect.

Carmelita, on the other hand, claimed that she was already asleep when the incident happened, the police said.

Meanwhile, Lagon said that they will look into the autopsy report on Dennis' body, which will be released today, to see if he had been ganged up on, or if only one person had stabbed him.*PP

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2 injured in road mishap

Two persons were injured when the motorcycle they were riding crashed into the rearside of a parked truck in Bacolod City late Friday.

Willy Gino, 28, and Aaron Belgolia, 20, both of Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental, were rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City by a crew from Amity after their blue motorcycle rammed under a tow truck owned by Milabo Junkshop at Lopez Jaena Street, in Bacolod on June 8, reports said.

Gino and Belgolia sustained injuries on their head and shoulders and were reportedly in critical condition when they were brought to the hospital.

The police are investigating why the two victims failed to steer away from the truck, and if they were under the influence of intoxicating liquor while driving.

Hospital reports said that Gino and Belgolia had been transferred to the Riverside Medical Center as of press time yesterday.*PP

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Burger stand robbed: cops

Four men held up a burger stand at gunpoint after eating in the place early yesterday morning in Bacolod City, the police said.

Cashier Mary Jane Olasca, 20, of Bakyas, Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, told the police that the four men aged between 16 and 19 years old, took P750 in cash in sales from Abbie's burger joint at B.S. Aquino Drive at about 2 a.m. yesterday, police reports said. Olasca told the police that the suspects pointed a homemade shotgun known as "sulpak" and a knife at her and declared a hold-up after they ordered four burgers and three soft drinks.

She said that she gave the money to the robbers who immediately escaped, police reports said. The police, said that they are still investigating the robbery.*PP

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