{"id":17241,"date":"2025-10-29T00:27:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=17241"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:28:39","slug":"slain-cop-gets-justice-after-28-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/10\/29\/slain-cop-gets-justice-after-28-years\/","title":{"rendered":"SLAIN COP GETS JUSTICE AFTER 28 YEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga &#8212; After 28 years of evading arrest, authorities have finally captured a man wanted for multiple killings, including the murder of a police officer, and other violent crimes in Nueva Ecija.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police on Sunday tracked down alias \u201cPandong\/Ed,\u201d 57, in his hiding place in Bgy. Mapalad, Sta. Rosa, Nueva Ecija.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The arresting team was composed of personnel from the Regional Special Operations Group 3 (RSOG3-RID), Sta. Rosa Police Station, Nueva Ecija police, and the 302nd and 303rd Maneuver Companies of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Operatives served several warrants for the suspect\u2019s long-pending cases for murder issued on June 30, 1997 by RTC Branch 28; another murder case issued on October 12, 2001 by RTC Branch 26; and frustrated murder released \u00a0on January 16, 2002 by RTC Branch 30.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A former member of a robbery and gun-for-hire syndicate operating across Central Luzon,\u00a0 the suspect \u00a0was accused of killing PO1 Ronald Diamat and wounding \u00a0SPO2 Samuel Bulan during a 2000 police operation in Sta. Rosa.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alias \u201cPandong\/Ed,\u201d is also tied to the fatal shooting of a security guard in Cabanatuan City in the late 1990s, further cementing his reputation as a dangerous criminal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P<\/strong><strong>RO3 director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Pe\u00f1ones Jr. commended the operating units for their successful coordination and intelligence work that finally led to the fugitive\u2019s capture.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cEvery successful manhunt operation is a victory for justice. This arrest shows how focused intelligence and teamwork can bring even the most elusive criminals into custody. PRO3 remains fully committed to enforcing the law and protecting our communities,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pe\u00f1ones added that the arrest delivers a strong reminder to fugitives who believe they can outrun justice: \u201cAfter almost three decades on the run, his capture sends a clear message: justice may be delayed, but never denied.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga &mdash; After 28 years of evading arrest, authorities have finally captured a man wanted for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17244,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17241\/revisions\/17244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}