DUMAGUETE CITY – Three suspects charged in the fatal shooting of American marine biologist Dr. Kent Carpenter in Sibulan, Negros Oriental have tested positive for illegal drug use, a police official said Tuesday. Capt. Stephen Jaynard Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental...
BACOLOD CITY – The fourth suspect in the killing of 73-year-old American marine biologist Dr. Kent E. Carpenter surrendered to the police before midnight on Thursday, July 16. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, Negros Oriental police spokesperson, said the suspect was a 21-year-old man from Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Police have three suspects in the murder of 73-year-old American marine biologist Dr. Kent E. Carpenter in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on July 12 in custody. A report from Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said that the first suspect, Mark, 26, a resident...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has created a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to investigate the recent fatal shooting of an American marine scientist and the alleged sexual assault of his Filipino partner in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. Police Capt. Stephen Jaynard...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) relieved Police Major Fortunato Sabio Villafuerte, chief of the Sibulan Municipal Police Station in Negros Oriental, for failure to stop illegal gambling. Villafuerte, who was relieved under the One Strike Policy on illegal...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Staff Sgt. Bonifacio Saycon pleaded not guilty to multiple murder charges over the death of his three colleagues and a civilian during his arraignment in a Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Regional Trial Court on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Patrolman Rey Albert Temblor, who was allegedly gunned down by his colleague, was buried at Serenity Garden Memorial Park in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, Jan. 20. A public viewing was held at Saint Anthony de Padua Parish in Barangay Poblacion, Sibulan, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Senior Master Sgt. Tristan Joseph Chua, who was allegedly shot and killed by a fellow police officer, was laid to rest on Monday morning, Jan. 19, in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. Chua, 39, was buried at the Sibulan public cemetery following a Mass at San Antonio de Padua...
BACOLOD CITY – Slain Police Capt. Jose Edrohil Cimafranca, chief of the Sibulan Municipal Police Station in Negros Oriental, was laid to rest on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Dumaguete Memorial Park in Bogo, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. Cimafranca was given a 21-gun salute, a solemn tribute to...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are probing possible motives in the murder of three police officers and a woman in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, on Friday, Jan. 9. One possible motive is personal grudges, police said. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, Negros Oriental police spokesperson, said that investigators...
BACOLOD CITY – The remains of 38-year-old Chelamie Dinawanao was transported from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental to her hometown in Barangay Santiago, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur on Monday, Jan. 12. The local government of Sibulan in Negros Oriental, in coordination with the provincial...
BACOLOD CITY – Murder and multiple murder cases were filed on Monday, Jan. 12, before the Provincial Prosecutor 's Office in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental against Police Staff Sgt. Bonifacio Saycon for the death of his three colleagues and a civilian in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Jan. 9....
