Dismissed from service

CEBU, Philippines - Natu-el said Borinaga has been dismissed from police service since 2008 after he went absence without official leave (AWOL) after being found positive of using illegal drugs.

Borinaga’s last assignment was with the Police Regional Office where he was transferred from CCPO’s Waterfront Police Station.

The suspect denied any involvement in the crime.

“Wala gyud ko gapusil ato niya. Wala sad ko makaila niya. Nahibong gani ko,” said Borinaga told the media.

He claimed he was in Mandaue City when Daligdig was shot.

Borinaga underwent a paraffin test and a drug test yesterday, as he appeared to be still high on drugs, police said.

Daligdig’s wife Mary Rose, 42, still could not believe her husband’s death.

“Nisulti siya na naa daw siya’y bug-at nga tawo nga naengkwentro pero wa na siya musulti kinsa. Di tingali siya ganahan maguol ko,” she said.

Daligdig left behind two daughters, aged 14 and eight. He lived with his family in Barangay Budlaan.

City Traffic Operations Management chief Rafael Yap said Daligdig, who has been serving as a traffic enforcer for more than six years, was efficient in his job.

“Maayo siya motrabaho,” said Yap.

In fact, Yap said, Daligdig was one of the awardees last year for having the most number of traffic violators that he apprehended.

A charge for murder will be filed against Borinaga today.

Another killing

Meanwhile, a man riding a sport car shot a man along Sitio Maracas, Barangay Lahug yesterday noon.

Police identified the fatality through the driver’s license recovered from his possession as Jenrey Flores.

Flores, 29, a resident of Barangay Poblacion, Talisay City, was sitting on a motorcycle parked at the roadside while talking to someone over the phone when the man stopped before him, said SPO4 Rey Cuyos of Homicide Section.

Cuyos, narrating witnesses’ accounts, said the driver of the car disembarked and approached the victim then shot him at close range.

The victim died immediately of a gunshot wound to the left side of his head while the assailant drove away from the place.

Cuyos said they are still clueless as to the gunman’s identity. -/LPM (FREEMAN)