By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) confirmed that the man wanted by the United States-Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly molesting two girls in Los Angeles, California was a resident of Negros Occidental’s Bago City. NOCPPO spokesperson, Police Captain Judesses Catalogo said operatives from the Bago City Police …
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Under witness protection: DOJ placed 2 Degamo slay suspects in witness program
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two of the four suspects, who have been arrested and charged in the murder of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and eight individuals, were placed under a witness protection program by the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday afternoon. Special Investigation Task Group Degamo spokesperson, Police Lt. Colonel Gerard Ace …
Degamo’s remains to be brought to NegOr Capitol today
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The remains of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo will be brought to Negros Oriental Provincial Capitol today to allow the public to pay their respects. Grace Agabon, Negros Oriental Public Information Officer, in an interview with Bombo Radyo-Bacolod, said Degamo’s remains will lie in state at the capitol building …
Murder raps filed vs. Teves, 5 others for 2019 killings
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, …
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 …
Barge in and kill; Degamo, 8 others killed in residential compound attack
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo was killed after a group of armed men barged into his residential compound at Barangay San Isidro in the province’s Pamplona town on Saturday morning, March 4. Degamo was attending to the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program at the entrance of his …
Marcos vows swift justice; DOJ places P5-M bounty for Degamo killers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. vowed swift justice for the families of slain Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and eight individuals in an attack in Pamplona town on Saturday, March 4. In a statement posted on his official social media page, Marcos said he condemns Degamo’s assassination in the strongest …
Decision in 60 days: PLO trying best to release resolution vs. axed treasurer
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Legal Office (PLO) will try its best to release its decision on former Isabela municipal treasurer within her 60-day preventive suspension. PLO head Atty. Alberto Nellas, Jr. said Nennette Escarda chose to submit her position paper instead of the formal investigation hearing. Escarda was suspended as …
2 village chiefs deny ‘illegal gambling’ links
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two village chiefs in Negros Occidental’s Kabankalan City have denied allegations of involvement in illegal gambling activities. Atty. Renoir Baldovino, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Bacolod City chief, said they had summoned barangay captains Joel Alibango and Francz Leonard Seguiro of Barangay 5 and 6, respectively. Baldovino said the …