2 facing charges for
bizman's slay
PAROLEE NABBED FOR LOOSE GUN

Police have filed robbery with homicide charges against two persons, one of them minor, for stabbing to death a businessman and his brother-in-law in Manapla town, while a parolee who is facing rape charges, was charged for illegal possession of firearms.

Senior Inspector Jose Laboyo, Manapla police chief, yesterday identified the respondents in the killing of businessman Jose Lim, alias Boy Sumbing, as Mark Edward Prino and a 15-year-old whose identity is being withheld for being a minor.

Laboyo said Prino and the minor were positively identified by witnesses as among the five suspects who tried to rob Lim on Feb. 10 in Brgy. 2, Manapla, Negros Occidental.

He added that the minor who has been arrested for four times for robbery in Manapla, was also positively identified among those involved in the Keru Burger Machine heist, also in Manapla last week.

Laboyo, however, said the management of the burger machine apparently was not interested in pursuing legal action against the minor and his companions.

The Manapla police is also preparing another set of charges against the suspects in the killing of Lim, in connection with the stabbing of Efren Samodio, brother-in-law of Lim, who survived during the incident.

On the other hand, a parolee is now locked up in jail after he was charged in court for illegal possession of firearms.

Parolee Lauro Laud was arrested by a team of policemen led by Laboyo on Feb. 15, in response to complaints of Joey Dinorog who claimed to have been threatened with a gun by the arrested suspect.

The arrest of Laud also yielded a homemade 12-gauge-shotgun with a live ammunition.

Aside from being a respondent in charges for illegal possession of firearms, Laud is also facing rape charges, for the alleged sexual abuse of a minor, Laboyo said.*GPB

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Warring groups
sign covenant

The two rival fraternity groups, some of whose members were recently disarmed of firearms and sling shots in San Carlos City , signed a peace covenant Friday to settle their differences peacefully, through the efforts of the police and Mayor Jose Eugenio Lacson.

Police investigations showed that members of the rival groups had engaged in gang wars several times, and had caused panic among residents in Brgys. 3, 5 and 6, in San Carlos , as well as injury to Joeven Cuanhin and damages to a vehicle.

Two .38 caliber revolvers and two sling shots were confiscated by the police from two warring fraternity groups – Black Gangsta and Crips – in San Carlos City , last week.

In an effort to end the senseless gang wars, Supt. Harold Tuzon said he met with leaders and parents of the members of two fraternity groups, which led to a dialog held at the auditorium of San Carlos , attended by Lacson, Fr. Carlos de la Paz and barangay officials.

The highlight of the dialog was the signing of a peace covenant between leaders of the rival fraternity groups, whose some members are minors.

Tuzon said the City Council for Youth Affairs headed by Jo Alingasa promised to introduce programs, especially to the out-of-school youth who are members of the two rival gangs, that would make them productive and responsible citizens of San Carlos.*GPB

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