Davao prison accountant slain

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The accountant of the Davao Prison and Penal Colony (Dapecol) in Tagum City, Davao del Norte was gunned down on Sunday. 

James Taping Davide, 63, was in a vehicle on his way to join a family outing in Mabini, Compostela Valley when two unidentified men on a motorcycle fired at him.

Davide died on the way to the Tagum Doctors Hospital.

He was the second Dapecol personnel killed after prison guard Kabungsuan Makilala, who was shot in a passenger bus bound for Davao City in February.

Benjamin delos Santos, Bureau of Corrections director, condemned the attack, noting that the mastermind in the killing of Makilala remains at large.

Delos Santos ordered retired Senior Superintendent Rene Orbe to go to Davao to provide assistance to the family of Davide. – Edith Regalado, Perseus Echeminada, Edu Punay