By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

A father was declared dead at a hospital in Bago City, Friday, after he was allegedly stabbed by his son at Purok Esmeralda, Barangay Poblacion, Bago City.
Police identified the fatality as 54-year-old Hermenio Tipawan, a resident of the said barangay.
According to Bago City police deputy, Police Senior Inspector Hercules Trigue, prior to the incident, the victim’s son, 34-year-old Edrian Tipawan, borrowed his dad’s boat to go crab fishing, but the elder Tipawan did not allow him to take the boat’s paddle.
On Friday afternoon, the suspect returned home drunk from a fiesta and a heated argument ensued between the father and son.
The mother of the family, whom police refused to identify, tried to pacify the two, but apparently fainted after seeing the younger Tipawan stab his father.
Based on the post-mortem examination of the victim’s body, the elder Tipawan sustained five stab wounds in his body.
Edrian escaped following the incident and is now being hunted down by police./WDJ