Jupakkal was on board a motorcycle when gunmen aboard another motorcycle opened fire on him. He sustained three gunshot wounds and died on the spot, Kasim said.
Jupakkal had been suspended after 11 prisoners bolted the provincial jail in Patikul town on Jan. 13 with his companion Raden Abu. Abu was tagged as a prime suspect in the kidnapping of three ICRC workers - Swiss national Andreas Notter, Italian Eugenio Vagni and Filipino Mary Jean Lacaba - who inspected a water and sanitation project at the prison.
Jupakkal underwent investigation after ICRC's abduction, but it as not clear whether his death was related to the case.
The ICRC hostages were later handed over the Al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group and have remained in captive for almost 50 days.
Troops surrounding Islamic militants in the southern Philippines are preparing to storm the area to rescue three abducted aid workers, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's spokesman said Monday.
Umaabot sa 8 rebeldeng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ang iniulat na napaslang sa panibagong pakiki pagsagupa sa tropa ng military kahapon ng hapon sa liblib na bahagi ng Brgy. Sabakin, North Kabuntalan, Maguindanao.
The military launched yesterday a new offensive against the renegade Ameril Umbra Kato, sending more than 2,000 soldiers at the marshy border of North Cotabato and Ma guindanao to hunt him there.
Isinampa ni dating Senate President Jovito Salonga at ng may 31 civil society lea ders sa House of Representatives ang kasong impeachment laban kay Ombudsman Mercedi tas Gutierrez dahil sa uma no'y kawalang-ak syon nito at kapalpakan sa ilang malalaking kaso.
Padayong mosuporta ang Visayas Ombudsman sa ilang labaw nga si Ombudsman Mercidetas Gutierez kinsa gipasakaan og impeachment complaint ngadto sa ubos balay balaoranan tungod sa giingong pagmika niini ug wala magtagad sa mga dagkong kaso batok sa mga miyembro sa kabenite ni Presidente Arroyo ug sa first gentleman mismo.
Pinabulaanan ng kontratistang si Norlito Policarpio na isinasangkot niya si First Gentleman Mike Arroyo sa anomalya sa bidding sa mga public work project na pinondohan ng World Bank.
Nakalusot sa kasong sibil si dating Philippine National Police-Comptrollership Chief ret. Director Eliseo dela Paz matapos niyang maiba lik ang nalalabi pang kaku langan sa kabuuang 105,000 Euros o kabu uang P6.93 milyon na nakumpiska rito sa Russia noong Oktubre 2008.
Magpapatupad si Commission on Elections Chairman Jose Melo ng malawakang balasahan sa komis yon upang mawala ang mga "operators" sa gaganaping 2010 elections.
Four out of five voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) remain wary of cheating in the 2010 polls, a survey by Social Weather Stations said.
Malacañang hailed the passage of the P11.3-billion supplemental budget to automate the 2010 polls as a "victory" for the electorate.
Senator Francis Escudero on Monday warned of a repeat of the botched P1.3-billion Mega Pacific deal if the Commission on Elections fails to make public the details of its plan for the automation of the 2010 elections.
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon said Monday he has received information that the alleged architect of the fertilizer scam, former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn Jocjoc Bolante, is planning to run for governor of Capiz, the latter's home province.
A NEAR majority of Filipinos still don't trust President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo while close to half disapproved of her performance as corruption allegations continued to hound her administration, a new survey from Pulse Asia, Inc. showed.
Speaker Prospero Nograles has invited leaders of key media organizations and outfits to a dialogue Tuesday that aimts to iron out their differences on the controversial right of reply bill.
The Commission on Human Rights is against proposals to lower the age of criminal liability for minors from 15 to 10 or nine.
Over a hundred Manila-bound passengers were stranded for hours Monday at the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport when a Philippine Air Lines plane developed an electrical problem.
The peso retreated back to the 49 to a dollar level yesterday, dragged down by worsening anxiety in the region over the depth and extent of the global economic recession that would ultimately hurt emerging economies.
Pacific Online Systems Corp., the exclusive online lottery system provider of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in the Visayas and Mindanao, posted a 38- percent jump in lotto sales in the first two months of the year on record sales last month.
The House of Representatives on Monday unanimously approved on third reading a bill increasing the maximum deposit insurance coverage from P250,000 to P500,000 per depositor.
Two top officials of the beleagured Legacy Consolidated Plans are set to surface Tuesday to bare information against the pre-need company's owner, Albay town mayor Celso delos Angeles, and the transactions he entered into.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will convene in Boracay Island the joint Cabinet-National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) group meeting to highlight the world-class island resort and Central Visayas as a premier tourism destination.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed doubt Monday that Iran would respond to the Obama administration's diplomatic initiatives toward Tehran on nuclear and other issues.
An Iraqi judge has given death sentences to three former officials in Saddam Hussein's regime for slayings and abuses against Shiites a decade ago.
Pope Benedict XVI on Monday formally rescinded the promotion of an ultraconservative priest who came under fire for suggesting that God punished New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina.
Manny Pacquiao has admitted that facing bull strong Ricky Hatton will be a tough ride.
Count Juan Manuel Marquez among those hoping for a Manny Pacquiao victory over Ricky Hatton in May.
Nonito Donaire Jr. is now hoping to land a fight in Tijuana, Mexico later this month after his manager, Cameron Dunkin, pulled him out of his original title defense against Raul "Cobra" Martinez at the Araneta Coliseum.
The Hotel Fortuna/SWU Cobras rode on a sizzling 8-0 run in the final six minutes of the contest to repulse the Aerosol/USC Warriors, 64-62, and stay undefeated in six games in the 3rd CESAFI Partners' Cup at the Cebu Coliseum.
It's confirmed: Pops Fernandez and Jomari Yllana have broken up. "There was no third party. The culprit was money." Pops has just starred with her ex-husband Martin Nievera in their reunion concert Missing You early last month at the Araneta Coliseum and it was Jomari who produced it under Fearless Productions (which he co-manages with friends Ronald and Ryan Singson). Was there an "issue" as far as Pops' talent fee was concerned?
Ruffa Cries "Foul!"
Dr. Vicki Belo has sent Ruffa Gutierrez (photo) an urgent letter "ordering" her to remove the ads showing her (Ruffa) endorsing Philosophy by Mikaela, the clinic of Mikaela Bilbao, newest beauty expert on the scene. But Ruffa is reportedly puzzled why the doktora would run against her when there's no conflict at all between her being the "corporate" endorser of The Belo Medical Clinic and the "salon line" endorser of Mikaela (together with Rufa Mae Quinto for the "skin care" and Pops Fernandez for the "non-surgical body treatment").
Sarah is the new ABS-CBN Queen
By virtue of the staggering box-office gross of her latest movie, You Changed My Life, Sarah Geronimo (photo) is hands-down the true "queen" of Star Cinema and its sister company, ABS-CBN. The movie raked in more than P27 million on opening day and over P70 million during its three days of showing. That likewise makes John Lloyd Cruz, Sarah's leading man, the twin company's "king." Directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina, You Changed My Life is projected to gross, hold your breath, P250 million during its entire run, surpassing the P180 million total gross of the love team's first starrer, A Very Special Love (also directed by Cathy).
A 13-year-old girl whose cancer has spread to her lungs smiled again for a brief moment on Sunday as her idol, singer-actress Sarah Geronimo, sang to her over the cellular phone.
A Michigan woman with two wombs has given birth to twin daughters - one from each uterus.
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