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==Gensan councilor now stable after shooting incident== | |||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=370446 | |||
*Sunday, September 4, 2011, 12:11 pm | |||
:by (PNA) LDV/AVE | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Sept. 4 (PNA) –- City officials here condemned the shooting early dawn on Saturday of a city councilor here and called for an in-depth probe of the incident. | |||
City Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio said in a radio interview that she has directed the city police office to look deeper into the circumstances behind the shooting incident, which seriously wounded City Councilor Ronnel Rivera and resulted to the killing of the alleged gunman. | |||
A police report said Rivera, the city’s number one councilor and son of a fishing magnate, sustained four gunshot wounds on his neck and other parts of his body was shot by a disgruntled gunman identified as Januart de la Cruz, who was killed by the official’s responding bodyguards. | |||
As of Sunday morning, doctors at the St. Elizabeth’s Hospital here already declared Rivera’s condition as stable. | |||
Dr. Francisco Lorenzo, the official’s attending doctor, said his patient has been slowly recovering from his wounds and he has not recommended the latter’s transfer to another medical facility outside the city. | |||
Reports said the incident happened after Rivera offered a ride to Sheila Tañeda, owner of several bars in the city, to her brother’s house along Mateo Compound in Barangay Bula here. | |||
Upon arrival, the gunman reportedly knocked at the door of the councilor’s vehicle and immediately fired his gun at him. | |||
Rivera who was reportedly in a convoy of at least three vehicles –his sports utility vehicle (SUV), his bodyguards’ and the vehicle of Tañeda’s brother and friends- was hit on the neck and other parts of his body. | |||
The councilor’s bodyguards fired back at the gunman, who was reportedly an off and on boyfriend of the 28-year-old Tañeda. | |||
Police investigators said the gunman was reportedly seen waiting outside the rented apartment of Tañeda’s brother aboard his L-200 pickup truck prior to the shooting. | |||
Rivera, who had just arrived from Cebu where he celebrated his birthday with his family, was with friends at the Cassado Billiards Bar earlier in the night after attending to guests of the 13th Tuna Congress. | |||
Police immediately ruled out politics as motive behind the shooting of Rivera, who topped the city council race here in the May 2010 elections despite running as an independent candidate. | |||
Rivera, who is reportedly eyeing the city’s mayoralty post in the 2013 elections, recently forged alliance with Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao’s political party People’s Champ Movement (PCM). | |||
==DA Sec Alcala leads groundbreaking of Asparagus Plant in GenSan== | ==DA Sec Alcala leads groundbreaking of Asparagus Plant in GenSan== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=52326 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=52326 | ||
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The city government through its City Agriculture Office has also been massively promoting the use of “organic farming” among its barangays that are into agriculture as means of livelihood. | The city government through its City Agriculture Office has also been massively promoting the use of “organic farming” among its barangays that are into agriculture as means of livelihood. | ||
DA-12 regional director Amalia Datukan and other regional and local officials were also present to witness the event. (CTA/PIA General Santos City) | DA-12 regional director Amalia Datukan and other regional and local officials were also present to witness the event. (CTA/PIA General Santos City) | ||
==146 South Cotabato officials, employees get loyalty incentives== | ==146 South Cotabato officials, employees get loyalty incentives== | ||