TACLOBAN CITY – A job-order or contractual employee was killed in a buy-bust operation on Monday, January 15, in Barangay 3, Poblacion, Calbiga, Samar.
The suspect was identified as Jovito Hernandez Sr., alias “Oming,” a high-value target and a job-order employee of the municipal government of Calbiga.
A SUSPECTED drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation in Calbiga, Samar on January 15. (Photo courtesy by Rommel Rutor)
The suspect sensed that he was transacting with a police officer and drew his firearm and fired at the operatives. Lawmen returned fire and hit the suspect, killing him on the spot.
Recovered from the suspect were seven big sachets of suspected shabu, P3,000 marked money, and a caliber .45 pistol with ammunition.
The operation was caught on surveillance footage. The suspect will undergo autopsy and paraffin test.
According to the Civil Service Commission, a job-order employee refers to the hiring of a worker for piece work or intermittent job of short duration not exceeding six months and pay is on a daily or hourly basis.