BATANGAS CITY, Philippines – A security officer died and 10 others were injured, when a group of vendors tried to resist the demolition of the old public market in Cuenca town, Batangas, Thursday morning, police said.
Superintendent Arcadio Ronquillo, Batangas police information officer, said Bernadin De Castro, 47, and seven other guards from Ithiel Corporation, were allegedly attacked by a group of vendors, while setting up a security parameter at the old public market at around 3:30 a.m.
De Castro was stabbed in the chest and he died on the spot.
Ronquillo said the seven security officers and three vendors sustained injuries and were brought to the hospital for treatment.
The suspect in the stabbing of De Castro was identified as Jenver Tirasol, 24, a market vendor. –Marrah Erika Lesaba, Inquirer Southern Luzon
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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