From the Philstar:

As charges filed, parties in golf brawl open to settlement

By Non Alquitran Updated January 06, 2009 12:00 AM

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“To mollify him, I told him (Delfin) that we would not mind if their flight go ahead of us while we were
still taking our snacks,” said Nasser Jr. in his affidavit.

Nasser Jr. said the elder De la Paz thrust his closed golf umbrella at his direction, prompting him to
parry it with his elbow. And almost instantaneously, he punched the elder De la Paz in self-defense.

The three caddies corroborated Nasser Jr.’s statement that the umbrella incident started the fight.

The young mayor said Bino and Bambee rushed to aid their father.

Hussein came to Nasser Jr.’s side and grabbed the umbrella from the elder De la Paz, who punched him
in the process. Hussein hit back and the two were soon engaged in a fistfight.

In his affidavit, Nasser Jr. admits that he punched De la Paz in self-defense, before Hussein (his brother) came
to his aid.

From The Philstar:

And now, the side of Pangandamans

POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=429430&publicationSubCategoryId=64

In a calm voice and without revealing that he is the mayor of Masiu, Lanao del Sur, Nasser Jr.
respectfully asked Dela Paz why he was raising his voice when they were not arguing. Dela Paz reacted;
“Ikaw ang naghahanap ng away!” — while pulling his umbrella. He then thrust the pointed part at the
belly of Nasser Jr.

This happened in front of the marshal who tried to intervene, but Dela Paz pressed on. This prompted
Nasser Jr.’s older brother Hussein to come to his defense. Dela Paz hit Hussein in the forehead and the
two engaged in a fistfight.

In this apparently official statement narrating their version of the story by the Pangandamans, Nasser Jr.’s older
brother Hussein came at De la Paz first and engaged in a fight, without mention of Nasser Jr. throwing a punch
at De la Paz.
From the pinoygolf forum:

A summary of events and witness testimonies by forum member RGE outlined to him by the head of the
fact finding committee of Valley Golf.

http://www.pinoygolfer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5801&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=pangandam
an&start=180

When Delapaz was posing the above question, the mayor was heard to say. "Sandali lang, hindi naman
tayo nagaaway dito. Akala ko ba naayos na natin yung issue kanina sa hole 3?” At about this point
Delapaz closed his umbrella and then poked the mayor on his stomach using the pointed end (some
caddies say Dela Paz swung the umbrella and some say that he poked the Mayor) The investigative
board asked Dela Paz what he did, he said that he poked the Mayor in self defense. When asked who
was attacking him, Dela Paz said that he was being surrounded by 4 men. The caddies and other
witnesses on hand said that when the umbrella incident happened, it was only Dela Paz and the mayor
that were talking. The other parties were in the tee house about 15-20 yards away. The Mayor says he
was poked and so he backed off and just as he was about to be poked again, his brother, Hussein ran and
attacked Delapaz and hit Delapaz knocking him to the ground.( At this point the commotion took place.)

In this outline that is supposedly supported by witness testimonies, the events are similar to the “official
statement” as published by Federico D. Pascual Jr.

Which is the truth? Nasser Jr.’s official affidavit given to the court? Or the statement they released to the
public?

Complete source articles follow.

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As charges filed, parties in golf brawl open to settlement

By Non Alquitran Updated January 06, 2009 12:00 AM
Delfin de la Paz (center), father of Marie Dhel and Bino Lorenzo, files two counts of slight physical injuries and
three counts of child abuse charges against the son of Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman Sr.
before the Antipolo Prosecutor’s Office yesterday. BOY SANTOS

The camps of Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman Sr. and businessman Delfin de la Paz did not
rule out yesterday an out-of-court settlement of the charges they filed against each other as a result of the brawl
at a golf course in Antipolo City last Dec. 26.

But the problem is who would make the first move.

De la Paz’s lawyer Raymond Fortun and Ted Pastrana, counsel of Pangandaman, claimed that their clients are
open to an amicable settlement, considering that the cases have not yet been formally filed in court.

Fortun claimed that aside from a text message purportedly coming from Pangandaman’s relative, they have not
received any communication from the agrarian reform secretary’s camp to start negotiations for an out-of-court
settlement.

Pastrana countered that it was his clients who are the aggrieved party and they would not wish to make the first
move to patch up the petty quarrel with the De la Paz family.

De la Paz, 56, and his son Bino Lorenzo, 14, filed two counts of slight physical injuries and three counts of
child abuse charges against Secretary Pangandaman’s sons Mayor Nasser Pangandaman Jr., 27, of Masiu, Lanao
del Sur and his brother Muhammed Hussein before the Antipolo City prosecutor’s office at about 8:50 a.m.

De la Paz’s daughter and star witness Marie Dhel or Bambee, 18, accompanied the complainants.

Pastrana and the Pangandaman brothers appeared at the same prosecutor’s office two hours later to file physical
injuries charges against De la Paz and Bino.

They also filed an additional grave coercion and light threats charge against Delfin, Bino, Bambee, and Bruce
de la Paz, who arrived at the golf course armed with a baseball bat, and Mrs. Maridel de la Paz, who was armed
with a bladed weapon.

The Pangandamans also brought along golf caddies Renato Legaspi, Ferdy de la Torre and Santos Estrera, who
testified that the elder De la Paz started the fight.

The two camps assigned their respective lawyers to speak on their behalf regarding the case.

Fortun said the De la Paz family also plans to file administrative charges against the agrarian reform secretary
and Mayor Pangandaman before the Ombudsman on Wednesday.

He said they would seek a preventive suspension against the two government officials.

In their complaint, De la Paz narrated that the mauling incident was triggered by the Pangandamans when they
overtook their flight during a golf game at the Valley Golf and Country Club in Antipolo City.

Bino said the Pangandamans ganged up on him and his father, despite his and Bambee’s repeated pleadings.

The mauling incident happened at the tee house of the 5th hole and at the clubhouse.
Fortun said they would file an administrative complaint against the elder Pangandaman because he appeared to
have uttered statements that inflamed his son in beating up his clients.

The Pangandamans, however, claimed that the elder De la Paz started the quarrel.

Caddies Legaspi, De la Torre and Estrera claimed the Pangandamans hired their services for two flights.

The first flight was composed of the elder Pangandaman, Rene Maglanque, Arnel Estacio and Faisal Abdulah,
while in the second flight were Hussein, Nasser Jr., Farrah Locsin and Adnan Pacasum.

Legaspi is the caddy of Maglanque, De la Torre of Hussein and Estrera of Locsin.

Estrera said Nasser Jr. and Locsin arrived late and together with him and another caddy, Jaime Jocar Jr., they
rode two golf carts to catch up with their flightmates.

Estrera admitted they overtook the De la Pazes in the process, which angered Delfin, who later confronted the
Pangandamans.

Nasser Jr. said it appeared that the De la Pazes resented what “he wrongly perceived as overtaking.”

While Nasser Jr. was still outside the green of Hole No. 4, the flight of the De la Pazes hit their shots into the
green without shouting “fore.”

To shield Angelo, Hussein’s eight-year-old son, from being hit by the balls, Nasser said his caddy took him
behind one of the golf carts.

After they finished Hole No. 5, the Pangandamans joined their father’s flight at the tee house for snacks.

At this juncture, the elder De la Paz approached Nasser Jr. and once again shouted that what they did was
wrong.

“To mollify him, I told him (Delfin) that we would not mind if their flight go ahead of us while we were still
taking our snacks,” said Nasser Jr. in his affidavit.

Nasser Jr. said the elder De la Paz thrust his closed golf umbrella at his direction, prompting him to parry it with
his elbow. And almost instantaneously, he punched the elder De la Paz in self-defense.

The three caddies corroborated Nasser Jr.’s statement that the umbrella incident started the fight.

The young mayor said Bino and Bambee rushed to aid their father.

Hussein came to Nasser Jr.’s side and grabbed the umbrella from the elder De la Paz, who punched him in the
process. Hussein hit back and the two were soon engaged in a fistfight.

Nasser Jr. admitted that his brother got the upper hand and De la Paz fell down. Bino threw punches at
Hussein’s face while Bambee crept up from behind and kept on wildly scratching his brother’s face.

“Bino then got a golf club which he used to hit me on the hand. I retaliated, punching him I think on the face,”
said Nasser Jr.

He said it was Maglanque who intervened and broke up the fight.

While the situation had seemingly settled down, the elder Pangandaman decided it would be safer for their
group to discontinue playing to prevent further untoward incident.

However, while at the clubhouse, they had a chance meeting with the De la Pazes and they quarreled again.

Mrs. De la Paz and her son Bruce, armed with a bladed weapon and a baseball bat respectively, arrived later but
were prevented by the club’s security guard from joining the fight.

The De la Pazes submitted as evidence medical certificates issued by the Antipolo Community Hospital and the
Manila East Medical Center and photocopies of Bino’s head and ear injuries.

The Pangandamans submitted photocopies of the police blotter, medical certificates from the Capitol Medical
Center and East Avenue Medical Center of the injuries of Mayor Pangandaman.

Fortun said his clients are open for any out of court settlement of the case, as he pointed out that “money is not
the prime issue here.”

“If their offer of an amicable settlement is sincere, then we would entertain them,” said Fortun, adding, “I do
hope that cooler heads intervene to settle this case.”

Fortun said they would wait for the Pangandamans or their emissary to contact them.

He said he could not fathom how the elder Pangandaman could accuse his 56-year-old and 14-year-old clients
of being the aggressors of the fight.

“Let them make the first move,” Fortun said.

Pastrana said his clients would welcome negotiations for an amicable settlement.

“It was established that the De la Pazes started the fisticuffs and we are the aggrieved party so we should not
make the first move,” said Pastrana with regard to Fortun’s challenge.

“This incident was blown out of proportion, considering that my clients are public officials.”

The lawyer said his clients have been demonized because of the “black propaganda” waged by the De la Pazes,
especially through blogs circulated on the Internet. “All of this happened obviously on the instigation of the
elder De la Paz,” he said.

But one of the prosecutors in Antipolo City pointed out that it would now be difficult for both parties to arrive at
an amicable settlement because of the Department of Justice Circular 59 of Sept. 9, 2002 involving child abuse
cases.

The circular calls for the continuation of the cases in court even if the complainants submitted an affidavit of
desistance.

“The physical injuries charges can be dropped easily but not the child abuse cases because of the DOJ circular,”
the prosecutor told reporters.

With regard to Fortun’s plan of seeking the suspension of the elder Pangandaman and the Masiu mayor before
the Ombudsman, Pastrana said the administrative case is unrelated to the brawl.
 NBI invites Sec Pangandaman

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has invited Secretary Pangandaman and Nasser Jr., for questioning.

NBI-National Capital Region (NCR) Director Edward Villarta said they expect the Pangandamans to appear
today to give a statement “to give their side of the story.”

He said no subpoena was sent but only a letter of invitation. A lawyer could accompany the Pangandamans.

Villarta said they have formed a fact-finding team composed of NCR agents to investigate allegations that the
Pangandamans beat up the De la Pazes.

He said the De la Pazes have already submitted a statement to the NBI.

He said NBI agents have also interviewed witnesses, including the two caddies of the De la Pazes and four
caddies of the Pangandamans.

The NBI agents also interviewed three waitresses and a manager of the clubhouse where the alleged mauling
occurred.

The interviews with the witnesses were conducted last December at the clubhouse of the Valley Golf and
Country Club in Antipolo City.

Meanwhile, Malacañang continued its defense of Secretary Pangandaman in connection with his involvement in
te golf course altercation.

Deputy presidential spokesperson Lorelei Fajardo said that an investigation is already underway regarding the
incident and that pending the results of this probe, Pangandaman would remain at his post.

Fajardo said Pangandaman has given his side of the incident, which refuted the allegations made by the De la
Pazes.

“There’s an ongoing investigation at the Department of Justice regarding that and if I’m not mistaken, he was
not included in the case filed by De la Paz this morning,” Fajardo said.

Fajardo said the executive branch would make a decision over Pangandaman’s case after the investigation is
completed.

“I think it will be early as of now to grant that preventive suspension. Let’s wait for the result of the initial
investigation before we can act on it,” she said.

Presidential Management Staff director general Cerge Remonde said that Pangandaman should be presumed
innocent until proven guilty. – With Sandy Araneta, Marvin Sy

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And now, the side of Pangandamans

POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. Updated January 06, 2009 12:00 AM
OTHER SIDE: Without passing judgment, Postscript ran last Jan. 1 the account of Bambee dela Paz of a brawl
at a golf club in Antipolo where her family members fought with those of Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser
Pangandaman.

For balance, we now give you the other side written by Bai Jodi Pangandaman Diron-Dimaporo, also shortened
to fit space:

On Dec. 26, 2008, the group of Secretary Pangandaman registered at the Valley Golf Country Club to play.
Since there were eight of them, they divided into two flights, with the secretary and his companions on the first
flight, and Hussein, Nasser Jr. and two others on the second. Hussein’s eight-year-old son Angelo tagged along
with the second flight, since no one could watch him at the clubhouse.

Nasser Jr. and his friend Farah Locsin arrived late and followed at Hole No. 4 of the South Course of Valley. It
was a convoy of two carts, one was Nasser Jr.’s and the second the marshal’s who was escorting them and the
caddies.

Here, Bambee narrated: “My brother and I were playing golf at the South Course of Valley. We were on the 3rd
hole, and we see two golf carts going past us, overtaking our flight, and setting up to tee off on the next hole.
My dad (Delfin) goes up to them and asks them why they would do that, why they would overtake us without
even asking for our permission.”

Delfin dela Paz protested what seemed to be an overtaking of flight. Nasser Jr. explained to him that they did
not overtake but simply tried to catch up with their flightmates at Hole No. 4. He added that they, like the Dela
Paz’s, had earlier lined up and were already registered at the flight before theirs.

Thinking that things had been cleared up, Dela Paz said, “Okay, kortesiya lang” (“Okay, just seeking courtesy”).

When the flight of Nasser Jr. already played Hole No. 4 and he was still outside of the green trying to pitch his
ball in, the flight of Dela Paz — without shouting “Fore!” — hit their shots into the green, almost hitting
Hussein.

Surprised, though sensing trouble which they chose to avoid, they allowed the other Dela Paz player to hit his
shot so they can peacefully resume and concentrate on their playing. At this point, Nasser Jr.’s caddy took the
boy Angelo behind the cart to avoid being hit by balls.

On Hole No. 5, after the second Pangandaman flight hit their drives and before they could hit their second shots,
the Dela Paz players again hit their drives without warning. Surprised, the Pangandaman flight wondered why
the flight behind them were doing this to them.

After Nasser Jr.’s flight played Hole No. 5 and holed out, they joined Secretary Pangandaman’s flight at the
teehouse. The marshal told Nasser Jr. that Dela Paz complained that there were five of them in their group and
that they overtook them. Nasser Jr. reiterated what he had already explained to the elder Dela Paz, which he
thought was already accepted.

Unconvinced, the elder Dela Paz, obviously agitated, approached Nasser Jr., pointed a finger at him and insisted
there were two carts in their flight and that they (Nasser Jr.) overtook them.
This confused Nasser Jr., as he had explained back at Hole No. 4 that they did not do so. He asked in a most
respectful manner that he thought that they already had an understanding. Dela Paz at the top of his voice
accused Nasser Jr. that he was wrong and shouted profanities at him.

In a calm voice and without revealing that he is the mayor of Masiu, Lanao del Sur, Nasser Jr. respectfully
asked Dela Paz why he was raising his voice when they were not arguing. Dela Paz reacted; “Ikaw ang
naghahanap ng away!” — while pulling his umbrella. He then thrust the pointed part at the belly of Nasser Jr.

This happened in front of the marshal who tried to intervene, but Dela Paz pressed on. This prompted Nasser
Jr.’s older brother Hussein to come to his defense. Dela Paz hit Hussein in the forehead and the two engaged in
a fistfight.

Meanwhile, Nasser Jr. tried to prevent the younger Dela Paz’s (Bambee and Bino) from joining the fight but
they got away from him and went between their father and Hussein. The Dela Paz siblings held Hussein,
preventing him from reaching the elder Dela Paz.

Yet, Bino kept punching Hussein in the face and Bambee from behind kept scratching his face. At one point
Dela Paz got a golf club driver to hit Hussein, but companion Rene Maglanque wrested it away. When Hussein
turned his back, Bino got a club to attack him, but Nasser Jr. blocked Bino.

Secretary Pangandaman, Maglanque, and another golfer pacified everybody and asked the Dela Paz’s to just
leave to prevent further trouble. Dela Paz called someone in his cellphone to come to the clubhouse because
they have just had a fight. The Dela Paz’s then left the golf course.

The two Pangandaman flights returned to the clubhouse after 10 minutes. Hussein, nursing a bump in the
forehead and scratches on the face and neck, went to the men’s locker room to relieve himself and wash his
wounds. But Dela Paz blocked his path and told him in a threatening voice that it was not over between them
and that he will take revenge.

Still angry, Hussein asked why they still had not left, when Bino again pleaded not to hurt his 56-year-old father
and him, but with fists ready to punch. Hussein engaged in another scuffle with the father and son joined by
Bambee, who came from behind, scratching him on his cheek, neck and ear, while tearing his shirt.

The security and other golfers separated them. Dela Paz again shouted invectives at Hussein. Around this time,
there was a commotion at the entrance — it was Mrs. Dela Paz and her two sons. The sons had with them
baseball bats, and Mrs. Dela Paz, in a house dress (duster), had with her a bladed weapon, all three looking as if
ready to assault. Other golfers and security held them off.

Secretary Pangandaman told his sons to leave and the Dela Paz’s to leave also, so no more untoward incident
would happen. The Pangandaman’s left through the parking exit, because the Dela Paz family was waiting for
them at the clubhouse lobby.

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an&start=180

I just spent some time with the head of the fact-finding committee. He has submitted all pertinent facts to the
board and leaves it to them to make the necessary decision based on all the facts. I will outline the facts to you
as it was outlined to me. Rest assured that the facts were obtained from all parties involved and all witnesses at
each incident site. The statements were obtained both by the valley fact-finding group and by the NBI as well.
Testimonies were recorded, verified, and re-verified. Fortunately for the parties involved, there were always
witnesses to give supporting statements on the events as they occurred.
I will compose the outline shortly as it will be lengthy but just to whet your appetite or get you thinking, you
will be quite surprised with the findings. Let's put it this way, the people we thought of as villains weren't quite
what they were depicted to be. and the supposed protagonists may have yet been quite as factual in their
testimony as it turns out to be. Even our 14-year old isn't as innocent and "prayerful" when all the details come
out. just give me a few minutes....

In the interest of making sure that no facts might be left undisclosed, I will take it upon myself to start from the
very beginning. Firstly let us start by saying that on or at about 12:40 p.m., the party of the Pangandaman's
registered at the starter's area. They registered for 2 flights comprised of 4 individuals per flight. Unfortunately,
they still had 2 members of their group that had not yet arrived, so they initially tee'd off as 2 successive
threesomes. The starter and marshall were informed that the 2 individuals that had not yet arrived would just
catch up with them in the fairway. On or at about 1:05 p.m. the Dela Paz group registered initially as a twosome
but since this isn't normally allowed, they registered as a 3-some even if the elder Mr. Dela Paz was not really
going to play.

When the Dela Paz 3-some was playing on hole number 3, they were passed by 2 golf carts containing Mayor
Pangandaman and his companion (in one cart) and the caddies being brought by one of the starter personnell.
The Pangandaman's did not ask permission to drive through because they did not want to disturb the Dela
Paz's who were in the middle of the fairway. Upon reaching the green of the 3rd hole, Mr. Dela Paz asked the
caddie why the people in the cart just went through. Mayor Pangandaman who was already positioned at the
4th hole, personally informed Mr. Dela Paz that they were part of 2 foursomes. At this point, Mr. Dela Paz said
"ah okay, courtesy lang naman". This was verified by the caddies. Mr. Pangandaman said that he did not
disturb them anymore because the player was about to hit. At this point, Mayor Pangandaman thought
everything was okay so he proceeded to the 4th hole (Par 3) where his other flightmates were. In the records it
says that Mr. Pangandaman was not yet even done pitching into the green when a ball landed near his 8-year
old child so they immediately made sure the child was secured in the cart. ( For those unaware of the common
practice at Valley Golf, on every par 3, the group behind you is signaled to hit into the green once everyone
from your group is already on the green) Until you have been cleared to hit by the group ahead, you should not
hit into the green. It is common sense and basic precautionary procedure.

In this particular case, we have no corroborative testimony. One set of caddies say they were given clearance,
while the other say that no clearance was given as of yet when the ball/s had landed.

The Pangandaman's claim that the same situation happened in the 5th hole (Par5). Even the caddied confirmed
this. At this time, Bambee Dela Paz had called the Marshall to tell him that the flight behind them was
complaining about why their pace was slow and that the cause of the delay was the 5-some in front of them.
Shortly thereafter, a marshall on his motorcycle appeared and approached the Pangandaman's and asked if they
were playing as a fivesome to which the Mayor said no. "We are 2 foursomes". Nonetheless, the
Pangandaman's had already agreed among themselves that they would rather the Dela Paz's play through. The
Mayor was even quoted saying to his Father. " magagaling yung mga bata at malakas pumalo, baka mabagalan
sa atin" They informed the marshall that they would just let the Dela Paz group play through and the marshall
informed the Mr. Dela Paz of this. ( Just as an aside, the investigative group actually asked the group behind
Dela paz if indeed they had complained about the slow down and the group said that the y said no such thing to
the Dela paz flight. They were not even in contact at anytime before they arrived at the tee house to see the fight
and eventually help stop it) When the Delapaz group reached the green of hole 5, the caddies of the 2 kids gave
them their drivers so that they would waste no time playing through. The Mayor, who at that time was sitting
along with their companions, stood up to personally tell Mr. Dela Paz to play through. Caddies, and the tee
house server claim that the Mayor told Dela Paz na "Mauna na ho kayo" and walked to approach Dela Paz, The
response of Dela Paz was "Huwag mo akong pagtaasan ng boses" Dela Paz began to question the Mayor why
they were playing as a fivesome. The Mayor said that this was not the case but Dela Paz was insisting and even
said (again corroborated by the caddies) "Linoloko mo ba ako?" "Member ka ba dito, Kilala mo ba ako?" (as
you can see, this question did not come from Pangandaman. In fact, in the recorded testimony, this is exactly
what Pangandaman claimed delapaz had said to him and yet in Delapaz' recorded statement, he never said that
the mayor asked him " kilala mo ba ako" Completely different from when the media was already involved.

When Delapaz was posing the above question, the mayor was heard to say. "Sandali lang, hindi naman tayo
nagaaway dito. Akala ko ba naayos na natin yung issue kanina sa hole 3? At about this point Delapaz closed his
umbrella and then poked the mayor on his stomach using the pointed end ( some caddies say Dela Paz swung
the umbrella and some say that he poked the Mayor) The investigative board asked Dela Paz what he did, he
said that he poked the Mayor in self defense. When asked who was attacking him, Dela Paz said that he was
being surrounded by 4 men. The caddies and other witnesses on hand said that when the umbrella incident
happened, it was only Dela Paz and the mayor that were talking. The other parties were in the tee house about
15-20 yards away. The Mayor says he was poked and so he backed off and just as he was about to be poked
again, his brother, Hussein ran and attacked Delapaz and hit Delapaz knocking him to the ground.( At this point
the commotion took place. One of the things observed is 14-year old Bino hit the Mayor with his driver.
Apparently, the mayor parried with his forearm and hand so this is where he sustaned the injury. In the process
also, Hussein was being pulled off the older dela paz by his 2 children but again Bino was seen to hit Hussein in
the face and head while Bambee had scratched the other side of Husseins face. At this time also, witnesses say,
that 3 or 4 other members of the flight excluding the Secretary, the 8-year old boy, and the girlfriend of Hussein
were involved in attacking or subduing the older dela paz but this lasted very shortly and when the combatants
had been separated the existing people in the tee house as well as the new flight that was playing behind the
dela paz's.

At this point the Secretary told the delapaz group to leave so as to avoid any more trouble. As the elder delapaz
was leaving he was heard calling someone on his cellphone saying " may away kami, pumunta kayo dito"
No one knew who delapaz was speaking to as he walked away towards the main clubhouse. A few minutes later,
the secretary and his group decided to end the day instead of continuing to play. When they got to the
clubhouse, Hussein wanted to wash up because he was bleeding in the neck area. As he got near the reception
area, he saw delapaz and was heard to have said "O, nandito pa pala kayo" to which Dela Paz said "Hindi pa
tapos ito gaganti pa kami". At this point, Bino got in between his Dad and Hussein while saying " Tatandaan ka
namin" (None of the witnesses in the clubhouse, and there were many, ever saw Bino kneel and say that he was
only 14 years old at maawa na sila) On the contrary, Bino was acting like anything but a helpless child. He
sounded tough, angry, and antagonistic enough that the fight broke out again. At this point, the bodyguards of
the Mayor ran into the clubhouse via the poolside entrance. When questioned about this, the mayor said that one
was his driver and the other was his "Yayo". As far as the board was concerned, the "Yayo" was also a
bodyguard. Said Yayo came into the clubhouse with a clutchbag containing a gun and brought out the gun
without pointing it at anyone. The Mayor immediately instructed him that there was no need for guns and the
gun was put back. During the investigation, the Mayor said that the handgun was his and that his "yayo" was
likely going to give it to him but he declined. Upon instructing his "yayo", the man just stayed in one corner. At
this time the wife of Dela Paz and his other son arrived. The son was wielding a baseball bat and the wife had a
knife which she pulled out of a scabbard. These two were subdued by security but they were verbally
threatening the Pangandaman's during this time. There was also a reported incident where the driver of the
mayor ran out and came back with a suitcase containing a supposed armalite as claimed by valley security. The
driver never pulled it out or pointed it at anyone but it was readily accesible[/i]

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