Pinaimbestigahan ngayon sa himpilan ng pulisya Kampo Krame ang isang kernel sa Batangas City dahil umano sa pagiging pasimuno nito sa ilegal na sugal sa halos buong Calabarzon.

Sa sumbong na ipinarating sa punong himpilan ng kapulisan sa Quezon City ay sinabing hindi lang umano protektor ng mga ilegalista ang naturang police colonel kundi siya mismo ay may sariling bookies ng mga ipinagbabawal na sugal kagaya ng jueteng.

“Ang paglaganap ng ilegal na sugal sa halos buong rehiyon ng Calabarzon, katulad ng jueteng, lotto at small town lottery bookies, at iba pa, ay natitiyak naming hindi mangyayari kung naging tapat lang si kernel at ang ikanyang mga tauhan sa kanilang sinumpaang tungkulin,” pahayag ng nagsusumbong na konsehal ng Lipa City, na nakiusap na itago ang kanyang pagkakakilanlan para sa kanyang kaligtasan.

Kinilala ng nagsumbong na konsehal ang nasabing opisyal ng PNP na isang alyas kernel RISU, na ipinagyayabang ng mga ilegalista sa buong Batangas na kumikita ng isang milyon-pisong arawang kubransa mula sa kanyang sariling mga ilegal na bookies.

Si kernel RISU ay bantog sa erya ng Lipa dahil kinikilala umano ito bilang natatanging hari o supremo ng mga ilegalista sa buong Batangas.

“Hindi siya pinakikialaman ng kanyang mga bossing sa regional headquarters ng kapulisan ng Calabarzon dahil sa ipinagyabang ng kanyang mga tauhan na kanyang koneksiyon sa nakaupong PNP chief na si Gen. Rommel Marbil.

Pero itinatanggi naman ng opisina ng hepe ng buong kapulisan sa Kampo Krame na walang katotohanan ang ipinamamalita ng mga ilegalista na may pagkonsente si Gen. Marbil, hindi lang sa sinasabing supremo ng ilegaliata sa Batangas, kundi sa lahat na miyembro ng kapulisan na may gawaing tiwali o ilegal. (END)

On September 27, 1865, General Miguel Malvar, a revolutionary general, was born in Santo Tomas (now a city), Batangas to Maximo Malvar locally known as Capitan Imoy and Tiburcia Carpio.

Malvar, a former gobernadorcillo of his hometown, played an instrumental role during the Philippine revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War.

Malvar joined the Katipunan before the Philippine Revolution of 1896. When the revolution broke out, he emerged from a leader of a small army to being the military commander of Batangas. He coordinated offensives with General Emilio Aguinaldo of the Cavite revolutionaries and with General Paciano Rizal, leader of the revolutionaries in Laguna.

On February 1899, when the hostilities between Americans and Filipinos began, Malvar was appointed second-in-command to General Mariano Trias, who was the overall commander of the Filipino forces in Southern Luzon.

With General Emilio Aguinaldo’s capture by the Americans in 1901, and the earlier surrender of his (Aguinaldo’s) successor, General Mariano Trias, Malvar took the task of running the resistance movement against the Americans.

In early 1902, the American campaign inflected heavy casualty on both guerrilla fighters and civilians. As early as August of 1901, the Americans released exact description of Malvar’s physical features aimed at capturing the General. Malvar would escape American patrols by putting on disguise.

General Malvar surrendered to American General J Franklin Bell in April 1902 followed by his troops, ending the battle in Batangas.

In 1891, Malvar married Paula Maloles, daughter of Don Ambrocio Maloles. Don Ambrocio was his successor as gobernadorcillo of Santo Tomas. Ulay, as she was known locally, bore Malvar’s thirteen children, only eleven of them would survive.

Malvar retired to a quiet farming life and passed away on October 13, 1911 at the age of 46 due to liver failure.

Source:
Pambansang Komisyon Pangkasaysayan

(Filed by Jr Amigo/ai/mnm)