The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group filed criminal charges against Negros Oriental Third District Representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves, Jr. and five others before the Department of Justice yesterday. The cases were filed in connection to a series of killings which happened in 2019. Also slapped with murder charges were a certain Hannah Mae, Richard Cuadra, …
Monthly Archives: March 2023
NegOcc calls on Cebu guv to reconsider pork ban
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental provincial administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz urged Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia to reconsider the latter’s executive order banning the entry of pork products from Negros Island. Diaz said the Cebu provincial government should reconsider its banning as the Department of Agriculture had not classified Negros Occidental as an African …
Panaad sa Negros to be launched on March 14
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental provincial administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz revealed yesterday that the Panaad sa Negros 2023 launch will be next Tuesday, March 14. According to Diaz, the launch will be either at the Provincial Capitol Lagoon and Park or at the Social Hall in the Provincial Capitol Building. “It will …
DPWH asks for relocation of 97 ISFs
By Mae Singuay The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Bacolod City Engineering District is requesting the assistance of the local government for the relocation of 97 informal settler families (ISFs) affected by the agency’s projects to be implemented this year. The 97 ISFs were from barangays Singcang-Airport, Mansilingan, Taculing, 2, 3, and …
Manapla student yields ‘marijuana’
By Mae Singuay Nine sachets of suspected marijuana were seized from a Grade 11 senior high school student within the school premises in Negros Occidental’s Manapla town. Jemuel Dinorog, 18 years old, was a resident of the town’s Barangay 1-A. About 36.58 grams of suspected marijuana valued at P4,200 were recovered. Around 10:55 a.m. …
Belga eyes PBA All-Star obstacle challenge 3-peat
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Rain or Shine Elasto Painters center Beau Belga is aiming for the Obstacle Challenge three-peat in the 2023 PBA All-Star Weekend at the City of Passi Arena in Iloilo province’s Passi City from March 9 to 12. The Sorsogon province’s Gubat-native will be returning for the third straight championship against a …
SJI, 5-peat champs in NOPPSCEA 10-under girls’ volley
By ADRIAN STEWART CO St. John’s Institute (SJI) Falcons stretched their reign in the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Education Association (NOPSSCEA) 10-under girls’ volleyball tournament to five years. The Falcons notched their fifth straight tiara after beating Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts in the do-or-die finals of NOPSSCEA Season 42, 25-21, 25-16, …
BOXING: Magsayo did not respect Figueroa’s power —analyst
Former featherweight world champion Mark Magsayo failed to earn the respect of Brandon Figueroa with his power when they met inside the ring for the WBC interim featherweight title this past weekend, according to veteran boxing analyst Atty. Ed Tolentino. The 27-year-old Magsayo showed flashes of brilliance in the early going but was huffing …
Manhunt ops ongoing: NOCPPO closely monitors borders vs. Degamo killers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) said yesterday it is closely monitoring the border with Negros Oriental as a manhunt operation against the remaining suspects involved in the killing of Governor Roel Degamo and eight other civilians is ongoing. NOCPPO spokesperson, Police Captain Judesses Catalogo said upon receiving information …
3 suspects in Degamo slay are ex-soldiers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The three arrested suspects in the murder of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo were former military personnel. Colonel Xerxes Trinidad, Philippine Army spokesperson, said, based on a background check, the suspects identified as Joric Labrador, Joven Javier and Benjie Rodriguez, were dishonorably discharged from the service in 2014, 2018 and …