MANILA, Philippines — Several lawmakers in the House of Representatives are seeking an investigation into the gruesome police shooting of a mother and her son in Paniqui town in Tarlac.
Marikina City Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo, whose grandmother was a teacher in Paniqui, said that the incident “points to a systemic problem in how we prepare and evaluate those who police our citizens.”
Quimbo was referring to the deaths of Sonia Gregorio and her son Frank Anthony who were both shot by Police Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca.
“This morning, I filed a resolution to launch an inquiry on the PNP’s current standards for evaluating the tactical knowledge and mental fitness of all its …
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