About three hours later, Tingal s body was found about two kilometers away in a rice field in Barangay San Pablo, San Simon, Pampanga. We have no leads yet, Senior Supt. Ismael Rafael Rafanan, Pampanga police chief, told the media Monday. Nobody saw who dumped the bodies. And yet Rafanan said an alarm was out for a 1995 Toyota Corolla with plate number UPS 358, which was supposed to have been used as a getaway car by the killers.
Some investigators start with less or even nothing and succeed in solving cases.
It may be unfair to judge the Macapagal administration so early, but it should face the fact that the perception is starting to grow that it is soft on crime. The previous administration touted effective law enforcement as one of its signal achievements. But that of course didn t include catching, much less punishing, then President Estrada for taking bribes from illegal gambling or amassing wealth beyond any ordinary Filipino s dreams. Still there are some people who think life was safer, if not better, under the previous administration. But that s neither here nor there.