Tough guy image…

Eugene Nierras Corpin, a native of Biliran, Biliran, born from a family of minor nobility and a distant descendant of the Nierras’, Casas’, Vicera’s, Tonelete’s and Solete’s families. He grew up in Cebu but resides in different parts of the country to shun from people who got into troubled with him so as to avoid fatal confrontation. He has a tough-guy image akin to ‘Al Capone’ who seemed to be immunes to the law; to John Gotti, or to Frank Costello and Louis Lepke, who formed national crime syndicate.

He lately created a group for survival, beneath the protection of frightened political malnourish who wear sheep clothing but a feroscious wolves. He was suspended due to his alleged serious harassment and hold-up a Vietnamese businessman. The case did not push through; he reportedly began recruiting former inmates and formed their own group, the Batang City Jail (BCG) motivated largely for his selfish interest.

He was a former asset of the ex-mayor of Naval, the late Brigido Caneja Sr. But fate left him no choice but to move somewhere else and made him the tough guy image. He was charged, prosecuted and convicted of illegal possession of firearm and spent several years behind bars in Muntinlupa, Manila. He is known to be a distant relative of Mayor Jerry Espina Sr. and became a bodyguard of the incumbent Biliran Governor Rogelio Espina who later disown him after Corpin was implicated in various crimes.

Eugenio N. Corpin, 56 presently residing in Barangay San Isidro, Naval, Biliran, with a wife who is working as non uniformed employee in Tacloban PNP Camp Petic.

Despite of his pugnacious attitude as it may seems, Eugene Corpin is a good family man. He has a daughter who was married to a foreigner and resides now in US while the rest of the siblings are well-disciplined. He was trying his best to turn his own ‘world” upright by refraining from confronting the troublesome past and dealing the misses of his life amicably. However many people want to experiment and measure his tolerance that landed him in a very difficult moment of his life today.

A murder charge was filed against Eugenio Nierras Corpin, supported by the statements of witnesses who saw him fired the shot that killed former Biliran governor Danilo Parilla. Escorted by the homicide and vice control squads of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), Corpin was brought to the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office. Assistant City Prosecutor Aida Sanchez conducted the inquest proceedings against Corpin, who would have wanted to sign a waiver of detention for a preliminary investigation.

According to the Mayor of Naval who was interviewed by dyLA that Corpin was humiliated and politics had no link with Parilla’s death though he admitted that Corpin used to be his son’s bodyguard, Espina said Corpin was asked to leave due to his antagonistic behavior when he got drunk. Espina said both Corpin and Parilla were well-known throughout Biliran. Corpin reportedly said he was earlier challenged by the deceased to a fight but he did not ascend. And they think that the old Corpin is no longer an image that can be a tough.

Parilla was famous of his tough image too thou he is not a hit man, and eminent political contender against the Espinas particularly in Naval and to the Biliran province in general. It is believed that the case of Corpin and Parilla is likened to a ‘hitting-two-birds-in-one-stone’ scenario. Susmariosep!

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Suspect humiliated earlier’ By Mia E. Abellana Sun.Star Staff Reporter

Before the former governor of Biliran was shot inside a ship yesterday, he had an encounter about a week before with the man suspected of killing him.
Eugenio Corpin and Danilo Parilla were reportedly drinking in the same store near the port area in Biliran in the afternoon of Sept. 1. Parilla allegedly approached Corpin and challenged him to a fight.
Naval, Biliran Mayor Gerardo Espina Sr. said that Corpin told him about the incident. Corpin reportedly said he was challenged to a fight but he did not rise to the challenge because he knew he was outnumbered.
Asked to leave
“Nauwawan siya pag-ayo. Mura gud kuno og circus ang pantalan (He was humiliated. He said the pier area looked like a circus),” Espina told radio dyLA yesterday morning. Espina theorized that politics had nothing to do with Parilla’s death.
Though he admitted that Corpin used to be his son’s bodyguard, Espina said Corpin was asked to leave due to his behavior when he got drunk. Espina said both Corpin and Parilla were well-known throughout Biliran.
Naval Municipal Councilor Vicente Curso also said that Corpin was a noted toughie in Biliran.
Corpin was once arrested for illegal possession of firearms and spent five years in the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa. When he was released, he worked for Espina’s son, Biliran Gov. Rogelio Espina.
When he was suspended for his behavior and allegations of gun-toting, he reportedly began recruiting former inmates and formed their own group, the Batang City Jail.
The group was allegedly charged with the robbery of a Vietnamese storeowner in November last year. The case did not push through. Bruises For his part, Corpin’s lawyer, Sisinio Andales, said they were denying involvement in the killing. Andales is a barangay captain in Cebu City. He said Corpin came to Cebu to claim a piece of jewelry he pawned somewhere in Pardo, Cebu City.
They are also studying the possibility of filing a case against his arresting officers because of some bruises on his client’s body.
He has requested Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Bureau Chief Pablo Labra II to have his client undergo a medical exam to make sure his injuries were not serious. Corpin also alleged that some of his belongings were missing.
Andales said he grew up with Corpin in Barangay Basak. They were neighbors with the Ramas and Holganzas and played basketball games against one another.
Corpin has two children with his wife Salome, who is a non-uniformed staff member of Camp Betic in Tacloban City.

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Balangiga Massacre part two...

The Balangiga Massacre was an incident in 1901 during the Philippine-American War where many American soldiers were killed in an ambush by Filipinos in the town of Balangiga on Samar island. This incident is described as one of the United States' worst single defeats its entire history. The subsequent retalliation of American troops resulted in the killing of tens of thousands of Filipinos on Samar, majority of which were civilians.
This incident and the subsequent retalliation remains the longest and one of the most controversial issues between the Philippines and the United States. Conflicting records from both American and Filipino historians have muddled the issue. Recent events during the 1990s have cleared up many of the issues between Filipinos and Americans. Only the return of the bells of the church at Balangiga, taken by Americans as war booty, remains the issue of contention related to the war.

The Massacre
During the "Philippine Insurrection" officials of this municipality requested the presence of American troops to protect the residents from revolutionists and marauders. In fact, the officials were attempting to lure a small contingent of soldiers to this isolated village so that they could be massacred. This area was firmly under the control of Philippine revolutionary force commanded by General Vicente Lukban.
In response to the request for assistance, Company C of the 9th U.S. Infantry was sent to the village on 11 August 1901, under the assumption that this village was favorably disposed to the efforts being made to "civilize" the Philippines. The American soldiers further irritated the natives by forming them into work parties to clean up the village.
Several weeks after their arrival, on 29 September 1901, villagers and outside forces combined to surprise the garrison early on a Sunday morning while they were at breakfast. Most of the soldiers were hacked to death with bolo knives before they could gain access to their firearms. A handful of surviving soldiers drove off their attackers with rifle fire and escaped from the village in boats to a nearby American garrison. Of the original 73 man contingent, 48 were killed or found missing.

The burning of Samar
The effect of this battle was a brutal retaliation on the inhabitants of Samar Island, inflicted by the occupation forces. An immediate response from the garrsion at Basey, led to an attack on the community by a gunboat and the subsequent execution of more than twenty inhabitants of Balangiga. Later, acting on orders from General Jacob Smith, many rebels and non-combatants were killed and their property was destroyed in a campaign to lay waste to the island.

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