![“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 City – A construction worker was injured in a shooting incident at a lodging house in Barangay Sto. Niño Norte, Arevalo district just after midnight yesterday.
The victim, identified only as 43-year-old “Joel”, was allegedly targeted four times by the suspect known by the alias “Tabi.”
Joel sustained a wound to his ear and a minor scratch on his eyebrow.
Preliminary police reports suggest that the two had a prior disagreement and were both drunk at the time of the incident.
Authorities have launched a hot pursuit operation to apprehend the suspect./PN
