my first news article for this year...

Man shot to death by nephew By David Jhules Maceda Last June 12, 2008, a man was shot to death by his nephew in Barangay San Antonio, Municipality of Sibulan, Negros Oriental. At around 9pm in the evening of June 12, 2008, Mr. Pio Barandog, uncle of the accused, Mr. Adolfo Barandog, was shot to death in the act of defending himself in his own residence when attacked by his nephew. Earlier that evening, Pio Barandog was in their living room along with his family when his brother, Honorato Barandog, came barging in their house asking for help because his son was challenging him to a fight and was also seeking help after what his son did to him. Pio advised his brother to stay inside the house while he went outside the house to try and pacify his nephew. After a few minutes, they heard gunshots and found Pio lying on the ground clutching his stomach. They then rushed Pio to the hospital and was pronounced dead just before midnight. Doctors claimed that Pio died not because of the bullet that was found in his lateral abdominal wall, the part of which that had the most serious damage, but because Pio had heart problems and had a cardiac arrest while the doctors were preparing for the operation. A day after the said incident, the suspect, Adolfo, surrendered himself to the Sibulan Police station and was accompanied by a barangay councilor, Mr. Isabelo Eumague, of Looc, Sibulan. However, the suspect didn’t surrender the gun that he used in committing the crime. After the appropriate cases were filed, Mr. Adolfo Barandog was found guilty of the crime of homicide and was sentenced to imprisonment ranging from six (6) years to fourteen (14) years and eight (8) months of reclusion temporal, maximum and is adjudged to indemnify the heirs of the deceased victim, Mr. Pio Barandog, the sum of fifty thousand pesos (P50, 000.00) due to his untimely death. Also, he was sent to the New Bilibid Prison at Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, where he will be detained.