CEBU CITY – Several firearms were seized when operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) raided the property of former Negros Oriental Governor Henry Pryde Teves on Friday dawn, March 24. SEVERAL firearms and bullets are seized during a raid in a compound owned by...
BACOLOD CITY -- Col. Reynaldo Lizardo, Negros Oriental police chief, was relieved from his post effective March 22. LIZARDO (PNA photo) Lizardo was relieved almost three weeks after Gov. Roel Degamo, along with eight others, was killed and 17 others were wounded in his residence in Pamplona town....
BACOLOD CITY – Thousands of residents from various parts of Negros Oriental paid their last respect to their slain leader, Governor Roel Degamo, during his burial in Bonawon, Siaton town on Thursday, March 16. MAYOR Janice Degamo, wife of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, cries for justice during...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – The Special Joint Task Force Negros said on Wednesday, March 15, that the slain suspect in the March 4 killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others was a former member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). LABRADILLA (FB)...
Embattled Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. has officially asked the House of Representatives for a two-month leave of absence. Teves cited security concerns in his request, which was confirmed received by the House leadership on Wednesday night, March 15. "The undersigned...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Tuesday, March 14, went to Siaton, Negros Oriental to visit the wake of slain Gov. Roel Degamo, one of her political allies. Duterte visited Degamo’s hometown where his wake is being held after it was transferred from his residence in...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested and shabu valued at P625,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Magatas, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Saturday, March 11. SUSPECTED shabu worth weighing 92 grams and valued at P625,600 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
The House Committee on Public Order and Safety will not be inviting Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. to its motu proprio investigation on the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. According to committee chairman, Sta. Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan...
The House of Representatives' investigation on the suspicious absence of five of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo's Philippine National Police (PNP) escorts on the day the official was assassinated will begin Tuesday, March 14. This was confirmed by Sta. Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan...
There is "no indication" so far that Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. is coming back to the Philippines. Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Facebook) Thus, said House Secretary General Reginald Velasco on Thursday, March 9, even as he...
The House of Representatives adopted on Wednesday, March 8 a resolution expressing its sincere condolences to the family of slain Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo's wake (Speaker's office) Adopted during plenary session was House Resolution (HR) No. 837....
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo ‘’Arnie’’ Teves Jr. on Monday, March 6, denied accusations linking him to the shooting incident that killed Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others, including two barangay officials, in Pamplona, Negros Oriental on March 4....