09 November 2005
Prov’l board seeks probe of Sual ambush-slaying
MALASIQUI – The provincial board will request the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate the ambush-slaying of two persons and the wounding of four others along the highway in barangay Seselangen, Sual last Oct. 22.
Vice Governor Oscar Lambino, presiding officer of the provincial board or sangguniang panlalawigan, was informed that the NBI is ready to help investigate the case but is waiting for any party to make the request so no one will say the agency is encroaching on police work.
Lambino said if no one makes the request, the provincial board will do it to give justice to the two persons killed, one of whom was a student and son of an incumbent councilor of Alaminos City.
Killed in that incident was Allan de Guzman, 30, driver of a passenger van who was ambushed by seven hooded men armed with high-caliber weapons, and Gheorge Ringo Rivera, 18, a student on his way home to Alaminos City from Dagupan City.
“I will request myself for the NBI to step in and investigate the killing of the driver and the innocent student who, reports said, was already running away from the van but he was nevertheless shot in cold blood by the armed men,” Lambino said.
He said the ambush-slaying must be given immediate solution because the people are fast losing their trust and confidence in the capability of authorities, including the Philippine National Police.
Vice Governor Oscar Lambino, presiding officer of the provincial board or sangguniang panlalawigan, was informed that the NBI is ready to help investigate the case but is waiting for any party to make the request so no one will say the agency is encroaching on police work.
Lambino said if no one makes the request, the provincial board will do it to give justice to the two persons killed, one of whom was a student and son of an incumbent councilor of Alaminos City.
Killed in that incident was Allan de Guzman, 30, driver of a passenger van who was ambushed by seven hooded men armed with high-caliber weapons, and Gheorge Ringo Rivera, 18, a student on his way home to Alaminos City from Dagupan City.
“I will request myself for the NBI to step in and investigate the killing of the driver and the innocent student who, reports said, was already running away from the van but he was nevertheless shot in cold blood by the armed men,” Lambino said.
He said the ambush-slaying must be given immediate solution because the people are fast losing their trust and confidence in the capability of authorities, including the Philippine National Police.
