MANILA, Philippines--A 38-year old businessman died Sunday morning, several hours after he was shot in the head by one of three gunmen in front of his medical supply store the other day. Benigno Medina Jr., owner of Advance Tech Medical Supply in Sta. Cruz, Manila, passed away at around 7 a.m. yesterday, due to a gunshot wound in the head at Metropolitan Hospital. SPO2 Dennis Paul Javier of the Manila Police District homicide section said Medina was attacked in front of his store on Rizal Avenue at around 11:45 a.m. Saturday. Based on witnesses’ accounts, the victim had just alighted from his van and was giving his workers’ instructions on organizing the store’s window display when three men approached him. One of them pulled out a .45 cal. pistol, shot the victim and escaped with his companions on a blue Toyota Vios without any license plates. Javier said that they were looking into two possible motives for the killing: personal grudge and business. Jeannette I. Andrade
1 killed, 2 hurt in shooting incident
PARAÑAQUE CITY, Philippines--A man was killed while two persons were hurt when an unidentified man shot them on a footbridge in Parañaque City on Saturday night. PO2 Johnny Margate of the Parañaque investigation division said Joseph Gilven died from a gunshot wound in the chest while his friend, Norman Resulto, 26, was still undergoing treatment. Witnesses claimed that around 8:30 p.m. the other night, the two victims were engaged in a heated argument with another man on the East Service Road footbridge when the latter suddenly shot them. A woman, later identified as Liberty Suarez, was hit on the left leg by a stray bullet and was still recuperating at a hospital. The gunman’s .45 cal. pistol with six bullets was recovered by the police who said they would check its serial number to find the owner. Allison W. Lopez
Motivation seminar on Nov. 14, 21
A MOTIVATION seminar to be hosted by voice therapy and rehabilitation specialist Joscephine Gomez will be offered on Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at The Corporate Mind Training Room, Mega Plaza, ADB Ave. corner Garnet Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City and on Nov. 21, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Montebello Hotel in Banilad, Cebu City. The seminar, called “Motivating yourself and others,” aims to bolster one’s level of being motivated to be able to realize objectives. Founder of the country’s first voice clinic, the leading referral clinic of ENT specialists for cases of voice disorders, Gomez is also a freelance journalist, a literary writer, a theater actor and filmmaker. For information, call 6877898, 7888797 or e-mail mind_and_voice@yahoo.com
