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Adviser to Reds killed. Inquirer Newsletter. August 11, 2020

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Adviser to Reds killed in his apartment

By Jodee A. Agoncillo

Dy then informed Patty Pascual, the owner of the apartment, who later reported the matter to the barangay and the Novaliches police.

Taken by the police were Echanis’ laptops, notebooks and flash drives as evidence, the report said.

Casilao said it was not clear why the report bore a different name when Echanis’ photos showed it was him.

Company ID

Fontanilla said Police Maj. Elmer Monsalve, chief of the QCPD CIDU, said that as far as the police were concerned, the body was that of Santiago, who was identified through a company identification card.

Echanis suffered at least four stab wounds between the neck and the spine, while Tagapia had a stab wound in the head, according to Casilao. The marks suggested that something heavy struck Tagapia’s head.

Echanis’ body will be subjected to autopsy on Tuesday morning, said the former party list lawmaker.. —WITH REPORTS FROM FROM JULIE M. AURELIO, JHESSET O. ENANO AND DELFIN T. MALLARI JR. INQ

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And now, Pogos and pangolins

Add the trafficking of the critically endangered Philippine pangolins to the list of social ills spawned by the explosion of Philippine online gaming operators (Pogos) and the influx of Chinese workers into the country. According to a new study by Traffic, a wildlife monitoring network, 6,894 Philippine pangolins were seized between 2018 and 2019.

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