2 drug suspects killed

MANILA, Philippines - Two more drug suspects were killed in separate incidents on Sunday.

Jeffrey Raymond Dulce, 42, was at the house of his grandmother in Barangay Caloocan in Balayan, Batangas when an unidentified man entered and shot him several times at around 3:47 p.m. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Metro Balayan Medical Center.

Probers are eyeing revenge as the motive for the killing.

Senior Superintendent Randy Peralta, Batangas police director, said the victim, who is on the list of drug suspects in the town, served as police informer.  

In Bulacan, construction worker Joey Montesclaros, 28, was killed in an alleged shootout with policemen who responded to reports that he killed a six-year-old girl after raping her mother in Barangay San Juan in Malolos City.

Superintendent Heryl Bruno, Malolos police chief, said Montesclaros was high on drugs when he committed the crime. A friend of the suspect told police that he admitted during a drinking spree on Saturday night that he was using shabu. 

Meanwhile, eight more drug suspects were arrested in stings in Luzon in the past two days.

Four were collared in Barangay Dela Paz in Antipolo City, Rizal; two in Laoag, Ilocos Norte and one each in San Mateo also in Rizal and Lingayen, Pangasinan.

Among those arrested were Ellerick Reigndale Guillermo, 21, a civil engineering student; and Kenneth Pascual, 36,  liaison officer of a construction firm. – Ed Amoroso, Ramon Efren Lazaro, Raymund Catindig, Non Alquitran, Eva Visperas