Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct a hot pursuit against the suspects behind the ambush of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo on Saturday, March 4. (Courtesy of Governor Roel...
”Napapadalas na ah (It's becoming commonplace). Enough is enough!" Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. (Senate PRIB Photo) Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. had this to say Saturday, March 4, of the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. Degamo and his aides were shot inside the...
CEBU CITY – Police should not be complacent and must be alert at all times when responding to alarms. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) issued this reminder after a policeman and a member of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology were fatally shot while responding to an alarm...
ELEVEN former NPA rebels and 14 CAA members complete their 45-day training on Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) National Certificate 1 at the 94th IB headquarters in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Friday, Feb. 17. (Photo courtesy of 94th IB) BACOLOD CITY – The Army 94th Infantry...
BACOLOD CITY -- Fifteen New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the authorities at the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) headquarters in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Saturday, Feb. 18. According to the police, the rebel returnees were members of Sentro De...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Authorities have identified persons of interest in the shooting-to-death of a police officer and a jail personnel and the wounding of a female civilian during a fiesta celebration on Saturday night, Feb. 18, in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. “Just this afternoon, I was in...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – A Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) has been created to investigate the death of a Danish national who was killed along with his wife and another female shortly after they were released from detention in Valencia, Negros Oriental last week. Col. Reynaldo Lizardo,...
BACOLOD CITY – Two of the three suspects in the killing of Don Paulo Teves, brother of Valencia, Negros Oriental Mayor Edgar Teves Jr., and another individual were shot dead late Wednesday night, Feb. 8, hours after they were released from detention. The victims were identified as Tim Moerch, 45,...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – At least 192 people, including young children, suffered from gastroenteritis symptoms while a fifth death has been reported in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental, a health official said on Thursday, Feb. 9. Acting Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief Dr. Liland Estacion said in...
BACOLOD CITY -- A former drug offender was arrested anew after he allegedly yielded more than one kilo of shabu worth P6.9 million during a buy-bust operation at Sitio Canday-ong, Barangay Calindagan, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons who were tagged as behind the killing of the younger brother of Valencia town Mayor Edgar Teves Jr. in Negros Oriental were arrested on Monday, Feb. 6. Valencia police chief Major Roger Quijano said over an interview with Radyo Bandera 97.7 Sweet FM Dumaguete...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are probing the death of the younger brother of Valencia, Negros Oriental Mayor Edgar Teves Jr. THE body of Don Paulo Teves, younger brother of Valencia, Negros Oriental Mayor Edgar Teves Jr., was found wrapped in a plastic bag and a blanket in Barangay Calayugan, Valencia...
