Smoking ban enforcer shot

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[FONT=&quot]Anti-smoking enforcer
shot dead in Dumaguete
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]BY JUDY F. PARTLOW[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]​

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[TD] [FONT=&quot]Dumaguete police investigators are eyeing several motives for the fatal shooting of an anti-smoking law enforcer, assigned to the Task Force Special Action Group Advocating Rapid Reforms, at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Supt. James Goforth, Dumaguete police chief, said Pedro Miquiabas Jr., 41, of Barangay Candauay in Dumaguete, was on his motorcycle on his way home when he was shot from behind by a lone suspect, also on motorcycle, in Purok 5, Brgy. Batinguel.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Miquiabas sustained multiple gunshot wounds, and was rushed to the Holy Child Hospital but was declared dead on arrival, he added.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Crime scene operatives recovered around five spent shells of a 9 millimeter pistol at the crime scene, investigation showed.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Goforth and City Administrator William Ablong, TF SAGARR ground commander, said they believe Miquiabas’s death was related to the illegal drugs trade.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Miquiabas is the fourth shooting victim in Dumaguete in February alone. The other three cases were also drug-related, Goforth said.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The city government provided financial and burial assistance to the family of Miquiabas.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Police investigation showed that, based, on the testimonies of the victim’s family and some witnesses, a possible “third party” is also being eyed as potential motive for the killing, he added.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Ablong believes Miquiabas’s death is not related to his job.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Miquiabas was a quiet, soft-spoken and obedient worker, and known by his co-workers to be careful who avoids trouble when going after those violating the anti-smoking ordinance, he said.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Dumaguete City Peace and Order Council held a special emergency meeting yesterday afternoon to discuss ways on how to improve the city’s safety and security measures, he added.*JFP [/FONT]
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Larry

 

I read your other thread too .. I wonder if Davao's mayor would ever consider relocating?

 

I respect the man for what he has done to make Davao safe, but think he may be getting a little out of control himself. I'm not so sure that the punishment for "rice smuggling" should be execution by goons on a motorcycle, seems kind of extreme. What's next, seriously, executing smokers? Late for work?

Dumaguete could certainly use a touch of his style though.

Larry

 

let's count, 4 murdered so far this month, 30-odd in the last year. How many have overdosed & died from the proscribed substances themselves, any?

Appears to be all about the money.

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Free the Nipple

 

He hasn't offed any rice smugglers (yet), he just said he would. Smuggling rice sounds innocent compared to a lot of other things but from what I gather there's more to it than that. Anyway I think having a big stick and being known to swing it may make those that have been warned reason to pause and reflect. Coming from the car theft capital of the US I especially liked it when Duterte offered a reward for a prolific Davao car thief and upped the ante for anyone bring his head on ice .. which when questioned the mayor said he was only joking when he said that .. uh huh Just my .02

On a side note I heard today that Dumaguete's upper echelon is "talking" about doing something about the obnoxiously loud motorbikes around town. I can only hope.

 

A quieter Dumaguete? Maybe less gun noise too...

Talking is a start but....

It seems like the louder the motorcycle the smaller the engine. As much as a I dislike the noise, it is a "safety factor" also, seems like the louder the motorcycle the more likely the driver is driving faster than the flow of traffic and moving erratically about like crazy bee through traffic. The added noise does gives me a warning those type of drivers are coming up on me, even when coming from the rear.

I would be happy to give up the "safety factor" for a little more peace and quiet here though.

 

Yeah Dave and another thing I'd love to see them do is crack down on the idiots running around with no lights. Pull them over and if they find lights are functional cite them, and send them to impound if they aren't. I've nearly been taken out more than a few times by the phantoms of the night.

 

They probably think they are saving, Electricity, by not having them switched on. O-|

 

They can't match the genius of the ones with the RED headlights.