By Ephraim Aguilar, Mar S. Arguelles
Inquirer Southern Luzon
First Posted 18:50:00 03/06/2010
INQUIRER.net
DARAGA, Albay, Philippines—Illegal gambling scam whistle-blower Wilfredo “Boy” Mayor, 54, who was shot dead last Sunday, was laid to rest in a simple interment rites here Saturday afternoon.
More than 500 people, mostly family members, friends and supporters, brought him to his grave at the Pristine Memorial Gardens in nearby Legazpi City.
Speaking for the bereaved family, Mayor's daughter Maybell said they were leaving his father's murderers on the hands of God for justice.
“Bahala na saindo an Dios. Maabot man an panahon nindo (May God deal with you. Your time will come),” she said with trembling hands in her eulogy at the Tagas Chapel.
“I know that my father has already forgiven you. But you have given the Lord no choice but to deal with you just as your conscience is dealing with you now,” she added.
Maybelle added that his father was not perfect but she asked the people who had nothing good to say about him to respect his memory.
No politicians were seen in the burial, except for the writhes they had sent.
One of the bouquets came from Senator Panfilo Lacson, the one who brought Mayor to the Senate to reveal the alleged involvement of the First Family in “jueteng” payoffs.
Lacson is currently hiding, shunning his pending arrest in relation to the Dacer-Corbito murder case.
Not even Mayor's friend and fellow whistle-blower Sandra Cam was present in the event.
Mayor's supporters from Barangay (Village) Tagas, where he lived and once served as barangay chairman, wore black shirts with Mayor's face printed on them.
“Tagas” literally means tough in the local dialect, and they used it to describe their former leader.
“Talagang matagas ka (You are really tough),” the T-shirts bore.
Words written on a ribbon on Mayor's silver-grey coffin read, “I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept my faith.”
A task force that was formed by the Philippine National Police arrived here Tuesday to gather leads about the murder.
Chief Supt. Cecilio Calleja, Bicol police director, said the task force had been interviewing people related to Mayor and had also been verifying statements released by Cam to the media.
Cam, who visited the wake of Mayor at his residence in Daraga, Albay, on Thursday, said she believed that Mayor’s planned exposé on public works projects triggered the plot to kill him, but she did not rule out the jueteng and casino debt angles.
She added that she was not accusing businessman Zaldy Co and his brother of masterminding the killing of Mayor. In a previous radio interview, Cam said Mayor mentioned Co as the biggest contractor in Bicol, cornering most of the public works projects in the region.
A successful businessman and a philanthropist, Co incidentally owns the Pristine Memorial Gardens.
Cam said that in her conversation with Mayor, he told her about a P40-million public works project he was pursuing at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and that a public works official told him to shell out a 20-percent SOP (standard operating procedure), a euphemism for commission in order to get the project.
Cam, however, did not name the DPWH official.
Running a local construction firm, Mayor has shifted to the construction business after the “jueteng” scam controversy.
Archbishop Oscar Cruz supported Cam's claims in a statement made through the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website.
Cruz, who spoke to Mayor four days before his death, said Mayor was about to identify eight or nine lawmakers involved in the public works scam had he not been liquidated.
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Saturday, March 06, 2010
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Ex-militiaman slain by rebels in Albay
By Ephraim Aguilar
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 18:44:00 01/13/2009
INQUIRER.net
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines--Suspected communist rebels shot dead a newly-retired member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) inside his residence Monday afternoon in Tabaco City, police said Tuesday.
Jose Basilan Sr., 59, was shot in the neck and right shoulder, said investigator Police Officer 3 Joel Subeldia.
Quoting the victim’s wife, Subeldia said Basilan was playing cards in Bantayan village when three gunmen barged in and shot him.
Recovered from the crime scene were a slug and empty .45 caliber shells.
On Sunday, the Communist Party of the Philippines ordered its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), to launch increased tactical offensives against state security forces in protest of the 2009 Balikatan, a joint Filipino-American military exercises to be held in three Bicol provinces in April.
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 18:44:00 01/13/2009
INQUIRER.net
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines--Suspected communist rebels shot dead a newly-retired member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) inside his residence Monday afternoon in Tabaco City, police said Tuesday.
Jose Basilan Sr., 59, was shot in the neck and right shoulder, said investigator Police Officer 3 Joel Subeldia.
Quoting the victim’s wife, Subeldia said Basilan was playing cards in Bantayan village when three gunmen barged in and shot him.
Recovered from the crime scene were a slug and empty .45 caliber shells.
On Sunday, the Communist Party of the Philippines ordered its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), to launch increased tactical offensives against state security forces in protest of the 2009 Balikatan, a joint Filipino-American military exercises to be held in three Bicol provinces in April.
NPA apologizes to Masbate gov, says she wasn’t target
LEGAZPI CITY—ADMITTING IT WAS behind the explosion of two roadside bombs Sunday that wounded Masbate Gov. Elisa Kho and a security aide, the New People’s Army (NPA) apologized to the provincial executive, saying she was not the target of the attack.
Greg Bañares, spokesperson of the communist-led National Democratic Front (NDF) in Bicol, said the NPA’s Jose Rapsing Command had ambushed a police patrol car and did not expect Kho’s vehicle to be just behind it.
“The attack was not intended for Governor Kho as the police have been claiming. We apologize to her,” said Bañares in a phone interview with the Inquirer.
Bañares said it was not true the patrol car, which belonged to the 507th Provincial Police Mobile Group (PPMG), was part of Kho’s convoy.
He said the NPA also fired on the PPMG vehicle, wounding five of its passengers.
“Our comrades did not fire on Kho’s vehicle, a civilian car, and we let it withdraw safely from the scene,” Bañares said.
He said the attack was part of the increased tactical offensives ordered by the Communist Party of the Philippines ahead of the 2009 Balikatan exercise in Bicol. (See story below)
One of the NPA rebels suspected of being behind the attack was identified by Bicol police director Chief Supt. Paterno Bangui as Joel Atibago, a former member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu). Ephraim Aguilar, Inquirer Southern Luzon
Greg Bañares, spokesperson of the communist-led National Democratic Front (NDF) in Bicol, said the NPA’s Jose Rapsing Command had ambushed a police patrol car and did not expect Kho’s vehicle to be just behind it.
“The attack was not intended for Governor Kho as the police have been claiming. We apologize to her,” said Bañares in a phone interview with the Inquirer.
Bañares said it was not true the patrol car, which belonged to the 507th Provincial Police Mobile Group (PPMG), was part of Kho’s convoy.
He said the NPA also fired on the PPMG vehicle, wounding five of its passengers.
“Our comrades did not fire on Kho’s vehicle, a civilian car, and we let it withdraw safely from the scene,” Bañares said.
He said the attack was part of the increased tactical offensives ordered by the Communist Party of the Philippines ahead of the 2009 Balikatan exercise in Bicol. (See story below)
One of the NPA rebels suspected of being behind the attack was identified by Bicol police director Chief Supt. Paterno Bangui as Joel Atibago, a former member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu). Ephraim Aguilar, Inquirer Southern Luzon
Monday, January 12, 2009
Suspect in Masbate gov’s ambush named
By Ephraim Aguilar
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 12:44:00 01/12/2009
INQUIRER.net
LEGAZPI CITY--One of the suspected communist rebels behind the failed assassination attempt on Masbate Governor Elisa Kho Sunday has been identified, a police official said.
Chief Superintendent Paterno Bangui, Bicol police director, in a press conference Monday, identified one of the suspects as a certain Joel Atibago, a former Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) member.
Police said they were also checking on Ayabit Yanson of Gahit village, who prepared the food for the armed perpetrators.
The governor and one of her security aides were wounded in the ambush.
Kho and her convoy were traveling along the national road toward Masbate City when members of the New People's Army (NPA) detonated two improvised bombs in Barangay (village) Gahit in Cataingan town.
Kho and a bodyguard suffered cuts from glass shards that hit them from the shattered windshield of the vehicle.
Bangui also said that the National Democratic Front, through its Bicol spokesman Greg Bañares, owned up to the ambush in a press release aired on late night television news Sunday.
Bangui said Bañares’ statement pointed to the Jose Rapsing Command of the NPA based in Masbate province as the one behind the slay attempt. Bangui claimed that the NDF apologized to Kho for its "mistake" in its statement.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer tried to verify this with Bañares but he has not responded as of posting time.
The Khos are a well-known political family in the province. Kho replaced her husband, Representative Antonio Kho, as governor in 2007. Son Wilston is the youngest mayor of Cataingan town, having been elected at the age of 21.
The island has long been known for rough and often violent politics. Masbate was the only province placed under Commission on Elections control in the Bicol Region during the 2007 elections.
Masbate is one of the hotbeds of communist insurgency in the Bicol region, which will be the venue of joint Philippine and United States military exercises, called Balikatan (shoulder to shoulder), in April.
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 12:44:00 01/12/2009
INQUIRER.net
LEGAZPI CITY--One of the suspected communist rebels behind the failed assassination attempt on Masbate Governor Elisa Kho Sunday has been identified, a police official said.
Chief Superintendent Paterno Bangui, Bicol police director, in a press conference Monday, identified one of the suspects as a certain Joel Atibago, a former Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) member.
Police said they were also checking on Ayabit Yanson of Gahit village, who prepared the food for the armed perpetrators.
The governor and one of her security aides were wounded in the ambush.
Kho and her convoy were traveling along the national road toward Masbate City when members of the New People's Army (NPA) detonated two improvised bombs in Barangay (village) Gahit in Cataingan town.
Kho and a bodyguard suffered cuts from glass shards that hit them from the shattered windshield of the vehicle.
Bangui also said that the National Democratic Front, through its Bicol spokesman Greg Bañares, owned up to the ambush in a press release aired on late night television news Sunday.
Bangui said Bañares’ statement pointed to the Jose Rapsing Command of the NPA based in Masbate province as the one behind the slay attempt. Bangui claimed that the NDF apologized to Kho for its "mistake" in its statement.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer tried to verify this with Bañares but he has not responded as of posting time.
The Khos are a well-known political family in the province. Kho replaced her husband, Representative Antonio Kho, as governor in 2007. Son Wilston is the youngest mayor of Cataingan town, having been elected at the age of 21.
The island has long been known for rough and often violent politics. Masbate was the only province placed under Commission on Elections control in the Bicol Region during the 2007 elections.
Masbate is one of the hotbeds of communist insurgency in the Bicol region, which will be the venue of joint Philippine and United States military exercises, called Balikatan (shoulder to shoulder), in April.
Masbate gov hurt in ambush by suspected NPAs
By Ephraim Aguilar and Jonas Soltes, Inquirer Southern Luzon
LEGAZPI CITY—SUSPECTED COMMUNIST rebels ambushed and wounded Masbate Gov. Elisa Kho at 11:30 a.m. yesterday in Cataingan town.
Masbate Police Director Teodore Sindac said Kho and her convoy were traversing the national road toward Masbate City when members of the New People’s Army (NPA) detonated two explosive devices along the road in Barangay Gahit.
Sindac said Kho was wounded in the eyebrow as glass shards from her car’s windshield hit her face. Her security escorts were unharmed.
Sindac said Kho proceeded to the family-owned Khokha Beach in Cataingan after the ambush.
Masbate police and Army troopers from the 9th Infantry Battallion immediately launched a pursuit operations to capture the perpetrators.
Sindac said the rebels were reported to have fled to the upland villages of San Rafael and Cadulauan, both in Cataingan.
Samar police alerted
Checkpoints were set up at the town boundary while the Samar provincial police were alerted to the possible withdrawal of the rebels to that province, which is across from Masbate island.
The Khos are a well-known political family in the province. Kho replaced her husband, Rep. Antonio Kho, as governor in 2007. Son Wilston is the youngest mayor of Cataingan town, having been elected at the age of 21.
The family defeated another political clan in Masbate, the Espinosas.
Masbate is one of the hotbeds of communist insurgency in the Bicol region, which will be the venue of joint Philippine and United States military exercises, called Balikatan, in April. (See related story on Page A)
Birthday celebration
Two days before the ambush, Kho joined in the celebration of her husband’s birthday which was highlighted by the distribution of 50 cows to farmers
Sandra Cam, former police drug asset and admitted “jueteng” bagwoman along with former Ilocos Sur Gov. Chavit Singson and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) Chair Efraim Genuino reportedly attended the party.
Ako Bikol, a nongovernment organization chaired by property developer Elizalde Co, spearheaded the giving away of the cows at Khokha Beach together with local government officials. Recipients included two farmers from each of the 20 municipalities and one city of Masbate.
Balikatan link
Rep. Reno Lim of Albay’s 3rd district condemned the slay try but dismissed speculation it was meant to protest the coming Balikatan exercises on the island.
Lim was one of the officials who announced the holding of the joint RP-US military games in Bicol in a press conference last week.
Masbate is the second poorest province in the country with about 80 percent of its residents living below the poverty line.
The island has long been known for rough and often violent politics. Masbate was the only province placed under Commission on Elections control in the Bicol region during the 2007 elections.
Placer attack
Communist rebels in Masbate exploded a roadside bomb and instigated firefights with government soldiers when President Macapagal-Arroyo and her Cabinet held a cabinet meeting in Placer, another town in Masbate, to assess the damage caused by recent Typhoon “Frank.”
No one was hurt in the blast, which police suspect was caused by a land mine.
A fourth-class municipality, Placer is a known hotbed of insurgency.
After a Christmas holiday ceasefire, the NPA leadership has reportedly ordered its fighters to step up attacks on government forces. Recently, a land mine was reportedly used to ambush a police car in Rizal province, the eastern flank of Metro Manila.
LEGAZPI CITY—SUSPECTED COMMUNIST rebels ambushed and wounded Masbate Gov. Elisa Kho at 11:30 a.m. yesterday in Cataingan town.
Masbate Police Director Teodore Sindac said Kho and her convoy were traversing the national road toward Masbate City when members of the New People’s Army (NPA) detonated two explosive devices along the road in Barangay Gahit.
Sindac said Kho was wounded in the eyebrow as glass shards from her car’s windshield hit her face. Her security escorts were unharmed.
Sindac said Kho proceeded to the family-owned Khokha Beach in Cataingan after the ambush.
Masbate police and Army troopers from the 9th Infantry Battallion immediately launched a pursuit operations to capture the perpetrators.
Sindac said the rebels were reported to have fled to the upland villages of San Rafael and Cadulauan, both in Cataingan.
Samar police alerted
Checkpoints were set up at the town boundary while the Samar provincial police were alerted to the possible withdrawal of the rebels to that province, which is across from Masbate island.
The Khos are a well-known political family in the province. Kho replaced her husband, Rep. Antonio Kho, as governor in 2007. Son Wilston is the youngest mayor of Cataingan town, having been elected at the age of 21.
The family defeated another political clan in Masbate, the Espinosas.
Masbate is one of the hotbeds of communist insurgency in the Bicol region, which will be the venue of joint Philippine and United States military exercises, called Balikatan, in April. (See related story on Page A)
Birthday celebration
Two days before the ambush, Kho joined in the celebration of her husband’s birthday which was highlighted by the distribution of 50 cows to farmers
Sandra Cam, former police drug asset and admitted “jueteng” bagwoman along with former Ilocos Sur Gov. Chavit Singson and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) Chair Efraim Genuino reportedly attended the party.
Ako Bikol, a nongovernment organization chaired by property developer Elizalde Co, spearheaded the giving away of the cows at Khokha Beach together with local government officials. Recipients included two farmers from each of the 20 municipalities and one city of Masbate.
Balikatan link
Rep. Reno Lim of Albay’s 3rd district condemned the slay try but dismissed speculation it was meant to protest the coming Balikatan exercises on the island.
Lim was one of the officials who announced the holding of the joint RP-US military games in Bicol in a press conference last week.
Masbate is the second poorest province in the country with about 80 percent of its residents living below the poverty line.
The island has long been known for rough and often violent politics. Masbate was the only province placed under Commission on Elections control in the Bicol region during the 2007 elections.
Placer attack
Communist rebels in Masbate exploded a roadside bomb and instigated firefights with government soldiers when President Macapagal-Arroyo and her Cabinet held a cabinet meeting in Placer, another town in Masbate, to assess the damage caused by recent Typhoon “Frank.”
No one was hurt in the blast, which police suspect was caused by a land mine.
A fourth-class municipality, Placer is a known hotbed of insurgency.
After a Christmas holiday ceasefire, the NPA leadership has reportedly ordered its fighters to step up attacks on government forces. Recently, a land mine was reportedly used to ambush a police car in Rizal province, the eastern flank of Metro Manila.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Masbate gov hurt in ambush
Aide also injured
By Ephraim Aguilar, Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net, Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 14:49:00 01/11/2009
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines--(UPDATE 4) The governor of Masbate and one of her security escorts were slightly wounded after they were ambushed by alleged New People's Army (NPA) rebels before noon Sunday, a police official said.
Governor Elisa Kho's convoy was traveling along the national highway in Gahit village, Cataingan town on her way to Masbate City, when suspected NPA guerillas detonated two improvised bombs by the roadside as her vehicle passed, said Chief Superintendent Paterno Bangui, Bicol Region police chief.
Kho and a security escort, who could not be immediately identified, were slightly wounded by the glass shards from the shattered windshield of their vehicle, but both have been declared out of danger, Bangui told INQUIRER.net.
The motive for the attack is under investigation, Bangui said.
Masbate province in the Bicol peninsula is one of the priority areas in the campaign of government security forces to defeat the NPA, the
armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), by the end of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's term in 2010.
Police have also placed checkpoints near the boundary of Cataingan while the Samar provincial police have been alerted on the possible withdrawal of fleeing rebels to their province which is across Masbate island, said provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Theodore Sindac.
Sindac said Kho was not rushed to a hospital and has been safely housed at the family-owned Khokak beach in Cataingan town.
The Kho family is a known political dynasty in the province. Kho replaced now Representative Antonio Kho as governor while their son, Wilston, is the mayor of Cataingan and is also the youngest mayor, having been elected at 21.
Repeated calls by the Philippine Daily Inquirer to the Kho family were left unanswered.
Masbate is one of the hotbeds of communist insurgency in the Bicol region, which will be the venue for the 2009 Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) exercises between Filipino and American troops in April.
Representative Reno Lim of Albay's 3rd district condemned the slay try, prompting authorities to hasten the investigation and pursuit operations.
Lim dismissed possible speculations that the ambush was related to the holding of the joint Filipino-American military exercises in Bicol, which was strongly opposed by the communist National Democratic Front.
Lim was one of the officials who announced the holding of Balikatan in Bicol in a press conference last week.
By Ephraim Aguilar, Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net, Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 14:49:00 01/11/2009
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines--(UPDATE 4) The governor of Masbate and one of her security escorts were slightly wounded after they were ambushed by alleged New People's Army (NPA) rebels before noon Sunday, a police official said.
Governor Elisa Kho's convoy was traveling along the national highway in Gahit village, Cataingan town on her way to Masbate City, when suspected NPA guerillas detonated two improvised bombs by the roadside as her vehicle passed, said Chief Superintendent Paterno Bangui, Bicol Region police chief.
Kho and a security escort, who could not be immediately identified, were slightly wounded by the glass shards from the shattered windshield of their vehicle, but both have been declared out of danger, Bangui told INQUIRER.net.
The motive for the attack is under investigation, Bangui said.
Masbate province in the Bicol peninsula is one of the priority areas in the campaign of government security forces to defeat the NPA, the
armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), by the end of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's term in 2010.
Police have also placed checkpoints near the boundary of Cataingan while the Samar provincial police have been alerted on the possible withdrawal of fleeing rebels to their province which is across Masbate island, said provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Theodore Sindac.
Sindac said Kho was not rushed to a hospital and has been safely housed at the family-owned Khokak beach in Cataingan town.
The Kho family is a known political dynasty in the province. Kho replaced now Representative Antonio Kho as governor while their son, Wilston, is the mayor of Cataingan and is also the youngest mayor, having been elected at 21.
Repeated calls by the Philippine Daily Inquirer to the Kho family were left unanswered.
Masbate is one of the hotbeds of communist insurgency in the Bicol region, which will be the venue for the 2009 Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) exercises between Filipino and American troops in April.
Representative Reno Lim of Albay's 3rd district condemned the slay try, prompting authorities to hasten the investigation and pursuit operations.
Lim dismissed possible speculations that the ambush was related to the holding of the joint Filipino-American military exercises in Bicol, which was strongly opposed by the communist National Democratic Front.
Lim was one of the officials who announced the holding of Balikatan in Bicol in a press conference last week.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Taiwanese shot dead in Albay
By Ephraim Aguilar
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 14:49:00 01/07/2009
INQUIRER.net
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines--A Taiwanese official of a cement factory in Camalig, Albay, was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen Tuesday morning, the Bicol police reported Wednesday.
The victim, Lee Shih Ying, 38, assistant marketing supervisor of the Goodfound Cement Factory, was at the firm’s quarry site when he was shot.
Police recovered from the crime scene five empty 9 mm pistol shells.
According to police, the killers also stole the victim's bag before fleeing towards the hilly village of Caguiba, also in Camalig.
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 14:49:00 01/07/2009
INQUIRER.net
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines--A Taiwanese official of a cement factory in Camalig, Albay, was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen Tuesday morning, the Bicol police reported Wednesday.
The victim, Lee Shih Ying, 38, assistant marketing supervisor of the Goodfound Cement Factory, was at the firm’s quarry site when he was shot.
Police recovered from the crime scene five empty 9 mm pistol shells.
According to police, the killers also stole the victim's bag before fleeing towards the hilly village of Caguiba, also in Camalig.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Despondent man kills 3-month-old son in Legazpi City
By Ephraim Aguilar
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 14:36:00 07/28/2008
Read from INQUIRER website.
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines -- Fed up with his sister’s needling about his inability to care for his three-month-old son, a resident of Barangay (village) San Roque in this city stabbed the infant dead Sunday afternoon.
"I regret what I did. I'm ready to face any punishment because he is my son," the suspect, who is detained at the Legazpi police station said.
The father admitted he was drunk and “lost control myself” because of his sister’s constant complaints about taking care of the baby.
"My sister would always complain about taking care of my son. We would always fight. I lost control of myself," he said.
The suspect said his wife died giving birth to the baby boy in May but he could not take care of the child because of his work as a construction worker.
The suspect’s sister said the baby was stabbed once in the chest.
The infant was rushed to the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital but died there.
The sister’s 13-year-old daughter, who witnessed the stabbing, said in her swron statement that she was watching the baby when her uncle told her to leave the room.
"I went out of the room but peeped though the door and I saw my uncle pull out a knife from his waist and stab [the baby] on his chest. He pulled out
the knife and I saw it soaked in blood," the witness said.
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 14:36:00 07/28/2008
Read from INQUIRER website.
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines -- Fed up with his sister’s needling about his inability to care for his three-month-old son, a resident of Barangay (village) San Roque in this city stabbed the infant dead Sunday afternoon.
"I regret what I did. I'm ready to face any punishment because he is my son," the suspect, who is detained at the Legazpi police station said.
The father admitted he was drunk and “lost control myself” because of his sister’s constant complaints about taking care of the baby.
"My sister would always complain about taking care of my son. We would always fight. I lost control of myself," he said.
The suspect said his wife died giving birth to the baby boy in May but he could not take care of the child because of his work as a construction worker.
The suspect’s sister said the baby was stabbed once in the chest.
The infant was rushed to the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital but died there.
The sister’s 13-year-old daughter, who witnessed the stabbing, said in her swron statement that she was watching the baby when her uncle told her to leave the room.
"I went out of the room but peeped though the door and I saw my uncle pull out a knife from his waist and stab [the baby] on his chest. He pulled out
the knife and I saw it soaked in blood," the witness said.
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