{"id":18932,"date":"2026-03-02T12:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18932"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:18:12","slug":"businessman-driver-helper-shot-dead-in-nueva-ecija","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/businessman-driver-helper-shot-dead-in-nueva-ecija\/","title":{"rendered":"BUSINESSMAN, DRIVER, HELPER SHOT DEAD IN NUEVA ECIJA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AN 82-year-old businessman and his driver and female helper on Saturday were found shot dead at Purok 4 in Bgy. Baloc, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a report submitted to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Jess B. Mendez, the Nueva Ecija police identified the victims as Romulo Jimenez, a businessman, of Bgy. San Francisco, Mabalacat, Pampanga; the latter\u2019s driver Theodore Sangalang of Bgy. Sasabay, Guimba, Nueva Ecija; and helper Rose Yuzon of Bgy. Baloc, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The three succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds. Jimenez\u2019 neck and feet were tied with wire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Caretaker Freddie Viloria, 50, of Bgy. Baloc, Sto. Domingo, discovered the bodies of the victims when he arrived at their container house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jimenez and Sangalang were found outside the container house while Rose body was discovered inside the house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The house was in disarray and the door was found to be forcibly opened.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police immediately secured the area and requested the assistance of the Nueva Ecija Police Forensic Unit (NEPFU) to process the crime scene and gather possible evidence.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow-up investigations are ongoing to identify the perpetrators and determine the motive for the killing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; AN 82-year-old businessman and his driver and female helper on Saturday were found shot dead at Purok 4 in Bgy. Baloc,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18933,"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\/18932"}],"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=18932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18934,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18932\/revisions\/18934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}