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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, …

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 …

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 …

  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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Four members of the New People’s Army (NPA) died in an encounter anew at Barangay Carabalan in Negros Occidental’s Himamaylan City on Wednesday, March 1, the Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (303IBde) confirmed. Authorities are still trying to identify the four fatalities. Meanwhile, two soldiers from the 94th Infantry Battalion …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson lauded the Negros Island Region (NIR) bill after it hurdled on second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 1. The NIR bill only needs to hurdle the third and final reading before it is forwarded to the Senate. Following the latest …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Health in Western Visayas (DOH-6) has sent a specialized team to Negros Occidental’s San Carlos City to address the rising number of amoebiasis cases in the city. DOH-6 director Dr. Adriano Suba-an said they have already sent some of its personnel to San Carlos last February …