Ecija cops file charges vs 4 in ex-vice mayor's slay

CABANATUAN CITY – The Philippine National Police have filed an information for murder before the Department of Justice against four persons tagged in the cold-blooded killing of the former vice mayor of Cabiao, Nueva Ecija last month.

Senior Superintendent Ricardo Marquez, provincial police director, said the Cabiao police, under Senior Inspector Romeo Ramos, lodged the complaint in Information Sheet 08H-2079 before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office against Tony Torres, Ponseng Canlas, a John Doe and one Peter Doe.

The four were tagged for the Aug. 14 killing of former Cabiao Vice Mayor Bonifacio “Boy Good”Clemente. Clemente, 54, died on the spot from gunshot wounds from a caliber .45 pistol.

Marquez said that with the filing of the information, they considered the killing of Clemente solved.

Marquez said that in filing the information, the Cabiao police gathered the affidavits of Clemente’s widow Teresita and Lina Miranda who personally witnessed the killing.

Miranda in his affidavit said she saw two men riding a black motorcycle alight in front of the Jay Vulcanizing Shop in Barangay San Fernando Sur, Cabiao at around 1:20 p.m. on Aug. 14.

Clemente was calling somebody on his cellular phone while waiting for his vehicle to be fixed at the lobby of the vulcanizing shop when fired at by the suspects.         – Manny Galvez