PROBE. Col. Reynaldo Lizardo, provincial police director of Negros Oriental, on Monday (Jan. 16, 2023) said he is awaiting a full investigation report on the killing of a barangay councilor in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental over the weekend. The police and military have tagged the New People's Army as the one behind the killing. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The police and military have tagged the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) as the one behind the killing of a village official in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental over the weekend. Col. Reynaldo Lizardo, provincial police director, in a press briefing on Monday at Camp Francisco Fernandez in Barangay Agan-an, Sibulan town, said councilor Cerilo Barba Balasabas of Sitio Banban, Barangay Guba was "friendly and helpful with government troops". A police report said Balasabas, 48, was shot by three gunmen around 6:30 p.m. Saturday at his house and was declared dead on arrival a