Reward offered for fishing magnate's shooting

MANILA, Philippines - Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco offered yesterday a P 500,00 reward for the arrest of the suspects in the shooting and seriously wounding of the vice president of the Frabel Fisghing Corp. on March 1. The mayor made the offer as he has ordered the Navotas police force to go all out to solve the case and arrest the suspects responsible for the shooting of Augusto Natividad.

“There is a reward money amounting to P500,000 to anyone who can give information that would lead to the identification and arrest of the suspects, the mayor said.

Natividad, 59, was shot at point blank and sustained gunshot wounds by unidentified suspects riding in motorcycle while traversing C-3 Road in Barangay North Bay Boulevard South at around 5:45 p.m.

Police and other authorities are now looking at all angles that would lead to the immediate resolution of the case. “We would like to ask the cooperation of everybody for any information on the suspects of this barbaric act against Mr. Natividad. We would like to assure his family that we are doing everything to get the suspects and put them behind bars,”Tiangco said.

He said anybody who could provide the police with vital information regarding the suspects may contact Police Senior Superintendent Jonathan Ablang, Navotas police chief  at tel. nos. 2819099, 2819110 or text Mayor Toby at 09165992258, 09188378113, 09229972733.