![“The Pharmally case... there are 46 respondents [in our complaint], kaya medyo matagal. And many of them have become invisible. Para bang they're trying to evade the jurisdiction of this body,” says Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla.](https://www.panaynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/plunder_copy_resized_resized-218x150.jpg "Ombudsman presses P11-B Pharmally plunder case But 23 respondents missing— Remulla")
BY JEN BAYLON
ILOILO – A confrontation between two inebriated individuals in the town of Dueñas has turned deadly.
Alias “Nicky,” a 27-year-old resident of Barangay Gemat-y, Passi City, was allegedly stabbed to death by suspect alias James, a 24-year-old resident of Barangay Lutugan, Igbaras.
According to Captain Jesus Batilante Jr. of Dueñas Municipal Police Station, the victim and the suspect were reportedly drinking together before the altercation past 9 p.m. on Nov. 21 in the town’s Barangay Poblacion A.
James was subsequently apprehended and placed in the custody of the municipal police. (With a report from Radyo Bandera Iloilo)/PN
