DA usec in Joc-joc probe killed in Cagayan

[jeDi13]

DA usec in Joc-joc probe killed in Cagayan

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:38:00 04/15/2009

Filed Under: Government, Agriculture, Civil & Public Services, Murder, Crime, Joc-joc Bolante
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TUGUEGARAO CITY—An undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA), whose tasks included the oversight of multibillion-peso presidential pet projects in the north, was shot dead on his way alone to a farm in Solana, Cagayan, Tuesday morning.
Slain was Gumersindo Lasam, who was also one of the DA regional chiefs who told a Senate inquiry last November how they merely implemented orders for the disbursement of funds from then Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante, the alleged architect of the P728-million fertilizer scam.
Malacañang has offered a P1-million reward for information leading to the killers of Lasam, 63, a veterinarian who rose from the ranks since joining what was then the Ministry of Agriculture in 1970.
It was the second murder of a senior government official in two months. But there have been two other ambuscades targeting government officials, injuring two.
The Palace made a similar offer to track down suspects in the March 11 ambush of Public Works Undersecretary Ramon Aquino. Shot in broad daylight just outside his Manila office, Aquino died in a hospital eight days later.
Lasam was driving his Isuzu Fuego 4x4 pickup on Tuesday when attacked by two men on an irrigation bridge in Barangay (Village) Basi West at around 7:15 a.m., police said.
The suspects apparently waited for Lasam, then immediately fled the scene on a motorbike after the shooting. There were no other motorists crossing the bridge at that early hour, but the shots were heard by a group of farm workers who happened to be near the area.
The victim’s vehicle bore five bullet holes, including two on the windshield, while police recovered at least two .45-cal. shells from the scene.
Lasam died two hours later while being treated at the St. Paul University Hospital in Tuguegarao.
At the time of his death, Lasam was concurrently serving the department as regional executive director (RED) for Region II (Cagayan Valley), and was also a member of the Board of Regents of the Cagayan State University.
Senior Supt. Virgilio Moro Lazo, Cagayan police director, said investigators are looking into Lasam’s professional and personal activities to establish possible motives.

I'm not surprised. Sabi ko na, ibang klase talaga 'tong si JME (bisaya GMA). Dapat multohin 'to ni Lasam

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[falken]

Hmmm, start of witness eradication?

[falken]

double post.

[Horsepower]

Yeah, it's pretty obvious.

A lot of people who testified against Jocjoc Bolate i mean, Bolante were killed not so long ago in succession. This is the latest and there will be more.

I wonder why the CHR and other NGO Human rights blah blah groups aren't saying anything.

[Altis6453]

Dead men tell no tales.

His testimony in the Senate cannot be admitted in Court as he cannot be cross-examined regarding his statements.

[Gerbo]

Clean up drive na.

I don't know kung gumagawa ba ng diaries and memoirs and mga ito....probably not.

Indeed, dead mean tell no tales.

[jeDi13]

that's how far they can go just to make their lives easier. probably they can't afford joc-joc's another hospital bill for a fake heart problem

and that's how dirty it is in the Philippine politics. and juan doesn't even care

furthermore, with GMA's allied forces at the congress pushing cha-cha before 2010, it seems to me that this is martial law II (marcos' martial law in a subtle way)