5 out of 6 PNP personnel guarding Degamo were absent during his killing — Ejercito

Jean Mangaluz 03/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Joseph Victor “JV”  Ejercito on Saturday said that five out of the six Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel assigned to safeguard Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo on the day of his death did…

6 of Teves’ associates in police custody — PNP

Jean Mangaluz 03/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Associates of Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. are currently under police custody, said Philippine National Police (PNP) Spokesperson Jean Fajardo on Saturday. They were taken into custody in relation to the 2019 killings that Teves had…

CIDG on Bayawan raid: 15 firearms, explosives seized in houses of Rep. Teves, 2 ‘relatives’

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 03/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More or less 15 short and high-powered firearms, explosives, and ammunition were recovered on March 10 from three houses in Barangay Malabugas, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. One of the houses raided in Bayawan…

Speaker urges Teves to return home, face accusations in Gov. Roel Degamo slay: We want to hear your side

Beatrice Pinlac - @inquirerdotnet 03/10/2023

MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has called on Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. to return to the country as soon as possible and face the criminal complaints filed against him. Teves, who is…

Authorities raid houses of Rep. Teves due to loose firearms

Faith Argosino - @inquirerdotnet 03/10/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Police on Friday raided the houses of Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves, Jr. searching for loose firearms. The Philippine National Police (PNP) said that the raid was conducted by its Criminal Investigation and…

Governor Roel Degamo’s dying words: Help the people

Kaye Brier and Connie Fernandez-Brojan 03/10/2023

DUMAGUETE CITY — “Tabang…ang mga taw… (Help…the people…).” These were the last words of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo before losing consciousness after he was shot inside the compound of his house on March 4, 2023, in…

Degamo slay planned since December

Dexter Cabalza, Kathleen de Villa, Kaye C. Brier, Tina G. Santos 03/10/2023

The plan to murder Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo was hatched as early as December last year, police investigators revealed Thursday, March 9, 2023. In a press conference, Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson for the Special…

Bohol gov, mayors oppose transfer of 375 cops to Negros Oriental

Doris C. Bongcac 03/09/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Bohol Governor Erico Aris Aumentado is unhappy with the planned transfer of over 300 policemen from their island province to Negros Oriental to replace policemen there who were recently relieved from their current…

DOJ sees 3 to 4 masterminds who conspired to kill Gov. Degamo

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 03/09/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Thursday said they are currently looking at three to four masterminds conspiring to kill Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. Still, he refused to confirm or deny if Negros…

MCPO exec: 1,709 Negros Or. cops to be replaced; 214 Mandaue policemen set to be deployed there

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/09/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The 1,709 policemen of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) will likely be replaced by personnel from police offices of Cebu Province, and Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and Cebu cities, and Bohol Province. Police…

Teves tagged as alleged mastermind in Degamo slay

CDN Digital 03/09/2023

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo ‘Arnie’ Teves Jr. was tagged as the alleged mastermind in the killing of Governor Roel Degamo. The SITG Degamo, the task group investigating the killing of the governor,…

President Marcos promises to help victims of Pamplona massacre

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 03/09/2023

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said his office will help the families of the victims of the Pamplona massacre.  Marcos said this after he visited the wake of slain Negros Oriental Governor…

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