Suspected rapist flees

TOMAS OPPUS, SOUTHERN LEYTE – A married man who was accused of raping his 15 year old neighbor last August has been ordered arrested. The war rant of arrest dated March 12 signed by Judge Bethany Kapili of RTC Branch 24 of Maasin City which was addressed to the Chief of Police of Tomas Oppus recommended no bail for the suspect.

Kapili ordered the arrest of Michael G. Tahup a resident of San Roque, Tomas Oppus for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15 year old girl there. The victim’s mother Veronica Oliveros told the Southern Leyte Times that her daughter was raped by Tahup on August 9, 2012. The suspect who denied he assaulted the minor in his counter affidavit has since fled the province and is believed to be hiding in a friend’s house in Manila.

Mrs. Oliveros who had asked SLT to help them fast track their case came to our editorial office last week to thank us for helping her. We told her she should also thank SP Felicula Escano who had requested Provincial Prosecutor Antonio Ruis to speed up their hearings on the rape case.(By ANTONIO M. REYES)

Lost but Found

Last Thursday 49 year old Narciso Rodas a resident of Abgao, Maasin City told police his Honda motorcycle had been stolen. He said he parked it along P. Gonzales Street in Abgao on the night before but that it was not there the next morning. However that he later found it 50 meters away from where he thought he parked it. Relax Lang Narciso; it happens to all of us.

The Pot-Pot Driver Did It!

On Friday Mariz Purca, a 24 year old resident of Pansaan, Maasin told police she lost P1, 500 while riding a Pot-pot. The driver Brigilio Ortiz a resident of Barangay Bato II, Maasin City later admitted he found the money and kept it for its rightful owner.

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