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                    [Title] => Former NBI agent who headed Central Luzon rob gang nabbed
                    [Summary] => CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga — Police believe they have busted another notorious highway-robbery syndicate in Central Luzon with the arrest of a former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agent, the gang’s alleged leader, and four of his henchmen in Angeles City last Thursday.


Superintendent Christopher Laxa, of the regional Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, said former NBI agent Ruben Marin Jr. and his four cohorts — Ignacio Garcia, Robledo Sanchez, Ronnie Ibañez and Dranreb Cunanan — were nabbed in their safehouse in Barangay Malabanas.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 177186 [Title] => No clues yet on slay try on ‘jueteng lord’ [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The case of the Sept. 15 shooting of a suspected gambling lord here seems headed nowhere.

"Witnesses have fled, and we have no complainant at all," lamented Superintendent Sonny Cunanan, city police chief.

This, after two vital witnesses, Ariel Trinidad, companion of alleged jueteng lord Melchor Caluag who was shot in the arm, and Caluag’s driver, Pop-eye Dizon, have gone into hiding, apparently fearing for their safety.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176943 [Title] => ‘Ngongo’ to resume jueteng draws? [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Suspected jueteng financier Melchor Caluag alias "Ngongo" has reportedly finalized plans to resume his illegal numbers game operations after surviving an assassination attempt last Sept. 20.

Caluag has reportedly asked his associates, identified as Marga, Benjie and Rey based in Angeles City and the City of San Fernando to resume the gambling operations that were stopped by the police four days ago.

The police regional office claimed that Central Luzon is now virtually jueteng-free.
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Superintendent Sonny Cunanan, city police chief, said the police had filed two more cases of illegal gambling against Caluag before the shooting incident.

The cases, he said, are under preliminary investigation in the city prosecutor’s office.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176266 [Title] => 4 angles eyed in ‘Ngongo’ slay try [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY — Pampanga police are eyeing four angles behind the attempted assassination Sunday evening of Melchor Caluag alias "Ngongo," suspected to be one of the biggest gambling lords in Central Luzon. [DatePublished] => 2002-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174742 [Title] => Pampanga gambling raids net 73, but no ‘big fishes’ [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Illegal gambling raids in the past seven days netted 73 people now facing charges in court, but they are apparently only "small fries." [DatePublished] => 2002-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172750 [Title] => ‘Jueteng lord’ guns for city council seat [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — A trip to Hong Kong and P100,000 pocket money.

With these alleged promises, suspected jueteng lord Melchor Caluag, alias Ngongo, who won as chairman of Barangay Dolores here in the July 15 elections, has reportedly mustered enough support to catapult him to the city council.

Reliable sources said Caluag had allegedly given P20,000 as "goodwill money" to at least 21 of the city’s 34 barangay heads in exchange for their votes for him as president of the city’s Association of Barangay Captains (ABC).
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 170143 [Title] => Alleged jueteng lord as neighbor? [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Some homeowners of a first-class subdivision here are worried that an alleged jueteng financier would transfer to their community and become their neighbor.

"We’re worried about the possible effect of (his) presence to peace and order in our neighborhood," said a resident of St. Dominic Subdivision in Barangay San Agustin here.

The homeowner, who asked not to be identified, was referring to Melchor Caluag, alias Ngongo, who was arrested last week on illegal gambling charges but is out on bail.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 168434 [Title] => Alleged jueteng lord seen as barangay winner [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Thirty-year-old Melchor Caluag ran for city councilor in 2001 but lost. Now, he may get his luck as observers predicted yesterday his landslide win as chairman of vote-rich Barangay Dolores here.

Police, however, were closely monitoring the election in Dolores. The reason: Caluag, alias Ngongo, is suspected of operating jueteng, the illegal numbers game, in the province and other parts of Central Luzon.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 167628 [Title] => Gambling lord is brgy poll bet in Pampanga [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — Suspected gambling lord Melchor Caluag, alias Ngongo, whose operations dragged many police officials, including Central Luzon police director Chief Superintendent Reynaldo Berroya into controversies, has his name plastered all over this city.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
MELCHOR CALUAG
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                    [Title] => Former NBI agent who headed Central Luzon rob gang nabbed
                    [Summary] => CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga — Police believe they have busted another notorious highway-robbery syndicate in Central Luzon with the arrest of a former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agent, the gang’s alleged leader, and four of his henchmen in Angeles City last Thursday.


Superintendent Christopher Laxa, of the regional Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, said former NBI agent Ruben Marin Jr. and his four cohorts — Ignacio Garcia, Robledo Sanchez, Ronnie Ibañez and Dranreb Cunanan — were nabbed in their safehouse in Barangay Malabanas.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 177186 [Title] => No clues yet on slay try on ‘jueteng lord’ [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The case of the Sept. 15 shooting of a suspected gambling lord here seems headed nowhere.

"Witnesses have fled, and we have no complainant at all," lamented Superintendent Sonny Cunanan, city police chief.

This, after two vital witnesses, Ariel Trinidad, companion of alleged jueteng lord Melchor Caluag who was shot in the arm, and Caluag’s driver, Pop-eye Dizon, have gone into hiding, apparently fearing for their safety.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176943 [Title] => ‘Ngongo’ to resume jueteng draws? [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Suspected jueteng financier Melchor Caluag alias "Ngongo" has reportedly finalized plans to resume his illegal numbers game operations after surviving an assassination attempt last Sept. 20.

Caluag has reportedly asked his associates, identified as Marga, Benjie and Rey based in Angeles City and the City of San Fernando to resume the gambling operations that were stopped by the police four days ago.

The police regional office claimed that Central Luzon is now virtually jueteng-free.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176553 [Title] => 2 arrest warrants await Pampanga ‘jueteng lord’ [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga - Suspected big-time jueteng lord Melchor Caluag, alias Ngongo, will find himself facing two more warrants of arrests for illegal gambling after he emerge from the hospital where he is recuperating from gunshot wounds he suffered from an attack here last Monday.

Superintendent Sonny Cunanan, city police chief, said the police had filed two more cases of illegal gambling against Caluag before the shooting incident.

The cases, he said, are under preliminary investigation in the city prosecutor’s office.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176266 [Title] => 4 angles eyed in ‘Ngongo’ slay try [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY — Pampanga police are eyeing four angles behind the attempted assassination Sunday evening of Melchor Caluag alias "Ngongo," suspected to be one of the biggest gambling lords in Central Luzon. [DatePublished] => 2002-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174742 [Title] => Pampanga gambling raids net 73, but no ‘big fishes’ [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Illegal gambling raids in the past seven days netted 73 people now facing charges in court, but they are apparently only "small fries." [DatePublished] => 2002-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172750 [Title] => ‘Jueteng lord’ guns for city council seat [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — A trip to Hong Kong and P100,000 pocket money.

With these alleged promises, suspected jueteng lord Melchor Caluag, alias Ngongo, who won as chairman of Barangay Dolores here in the July 15 elections, has reportedly mustered enough support to catapult him to the city council.

Reliable sources said Caluag had allegedly given P20,000 as "goodwill money" to at least 21 of the city’s 34 barangay heads in exchange for their votes for him as president of the city’s Association of Barangay Captains (ABC).
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 170143 [Title] => Alleged jueteng lord as neighbor? [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Some homeowners of a first-class subdivision here are worried that an alleged jueteng financier would transfer to their community and become their neighbor.

"We’re worried about the possible effect of (his) presence to peace and order in our neighborhood," said a resident of St. Dominic Subdivision in Barangay San Agustin here.

The homeowner, who asked not to be identified, was referring to Melchor Caluag, alias Ngongo, who was arrested last week on illegal gambling charges but is out on bail.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 168434 [Title] => Alleged jueteng lord seen as barangay winner [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Thirty-year-old Melchor Caluag ran for city councilor in 2001 but lost. Now, he may get his luck as observers predicted yesterday his landslide win as chairman of vote-rich Barangay Dolores here.

Police, however, were closely monitoring the election in Dolores. The reason: Caluag, alias Ngongo, is suspected of operating jueteng, the illegal numbers game, in the province and other parts of Central Luzon.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 167628 [Title] => Gambling lord is brgy poll bet in Pampanga [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — Suspected gambling lord Melchor Caluag, alias Ngongo, whose operations dragged many police officials, including Central Luzon police director Chief Superintendent Reynaldo Berroya into controversies, has his name plastered all over this city.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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