16 August 2005
Slain veem’s family decry ‘no-news’ in PNP probe
MAPANDAN – More than a month after the vice mayor of this town was shot dead in cold blood, his widow and daughter have yet to receive a report on how far the police investigation of the case has gone.
Mrs. Eden Aquino, widow of slain Mapandan Vice Mayor Adolfo Aquino, said as far as they are concerned, nothing has so far come out of the investigation spearheaded by ‘Task Force Aquino’ personally created by PNP chief and Director General Arturo Lomibao.
Mrs. Aquino and her daughter, Sheila, aired their growing impatience over the slow-pace investigation on the killing of her husband and his driver, Victor Villanueva on July 6 this year.
Mrs. Aquino, a cashier of the Department of Education Region 4 office, belied a press statement purportedly issued by the Rehiyonal Komite, Timog Katagalugan of the New People’s Army dated July 11, 2005 and signed by one Victor Rivero that the vice mayor was executed by elements of the Lucio de Guzman Command in Mindoro.
This was purportedly due to the refusal of the vice mayor to pay his obligation to the people in Mindoro whom he reportedly tapped to work in his alleged treasure hunting activities.
Mrs. Aquino flatly denied that her late husband or their family was involved in any treasure hunting activity, much less in Mindoro.
She said the purported letter of the rebels owning up to the slaying of her husband could be a ploy by certain people to mislead investigators from finding out the true motive for the crime.
The couple’s only daughter, Sheila, 28, said they want to verify a news report of an alleged denial by no less than Communist Party of the Philippines chairman Jose Ma. Sison of the involvement of the NPA aired in one cable television station.
The Aquino mother and daughter noted with dismay that the head of the “Task Force Aquino”, Police Deputy Provincial Director Edgar Basbas, has now been named as new chief of police of Dagupan City effective last Monday. (PNA)
Mrs. Eden Aquino, widow of slain Mapandan Vice Mayor Adolfo Aquino, said as far as they are concerned, nothing has so far come out of the investigation spearheaded by ‘Task Force Aquino’ personally created by PNP chief and Director General Arturo Lomibao.
Mrs. Aquino and her daughter, Sheila, aired their growing impatience over the slow-pace investigation on the killing of her husband and his driver, Victor Villanueva on July 6 this year.
Mrs. Aquino, a cashier of the Department of Education Region 4 office, belied a press statement purportedly issued by the Rehiyonal Komite, Timog Katagalugan of the New People’s Army dated July 11, 2005 and signed by one Victor Rivero that the vice mayor was executed by elements of the Lucio de Guzman Command in Mindoro.
This was purportedly due to the refusal of the vice mayor to pay his obligation to the people in Mindoro whom he reportedly tapped to work in his alleged treasure hunting activities.
Mrs. Aquino flatly denied that her late husband or their family was involved in any treasure hunting activity, much less in Mindoro.
She said the purported letter of the rebels owning up to the slaying of her husband could be a ploy by certain people to mislead investigators from finding out the true motive for the crime.
The couple’s only daughter, Sheila, 28, said they want to verify a news report of an alleged denial by no less than Communist Party of the Philippines chairman Jose Ma. Sison of the involvement of the NPA aired in one cable television station.
The Aquino mother and daughter noted with dismay that the head of the “Task Force Aquino”, Police Deputy Provincial Director Edgar Basbas, has now been named as new chief of police of Dagupan City effective last Monday. (PNA)
