INVESTIGATION. Police process the crime scene where Negros Oriental broadcaster Renato "Rey" Blanco was stabbed dead in Mabinay town on Sunday evening (Sept. 18, 2022). Investigators are looking into the possible motives for his death, including personal grudge, politics, and job-related. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) DUMAGUETE CITY - Police investigators in Negros Oriental are looking at the possibility that the death of a radio broadcaster in the municipality of Mabinay on Sunday night is job-related or even "political" in nature. The suspect has surrendered to the police. Lt. Col. Roland Lavisto, Police Community Affairs and Development Unit (PCADU) chief of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO), told the Philippine News Agency on Monday that broadcaster Renato "Rey" Blanco was facing two libel charges and a complaint for violation of Republic Act 9262, or the law on Violence Against Women and Children.
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TREE PLANTING. Police personnel in Negros Oriental plant seedlings during the nationwide simultaneous tree planting activity on Tuesday (Sept. 13, 2022). Some 200 personnel from various national government agencies planted around 2,000 seedlings in Barangay Enrique Villanueva in Sibulan town. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) DUMAGUETE CITY - Personnel of various government agencies in Negros Oriental on Tuesday planted 2,000 tree seedlings of different varieties in support of the priorities of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on environment and natural resources protection. Dubbed the National Simultaneous Bamboo and Tree Planting Activity, the seedlings were planted in Barangay Enrique Villanueva in the municipality of Sibulan. More or less 200 personnel from various national agencies and local government units (LGUs), led by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, participated in the activity, a report from the Negros Oriental Provincial Pol
COURTESY CALL. Negros Oriental OIC provincial police director, Col. Jonathan Pineda, pays a courtesy call on Governor Pryde Henry Teves at the Capitol in Bacolod City on Tuesday (Sept. 6, 2022), as Provincial Legal Officer Ronel Depalubos looks on. The governor wants to find a property where law enforcement units can be co-located as a "one-stop shop". (Photo courtesy of Capitol PIO) DUMAGUETE CITY - Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Henry Teves has reassured the new officer-in-charge (OIC) provincial police director of his support as he pushed for a common space for the co-location of certain law enforcement units. The governor welcomed and extended his support to OIC provincial police director, Col. Jonathan Pineda, during the latter's courtesy call Tuesday afternoon at the Capitol, provincial information officer-designate Oliver Lemence said on Wednesday. Teves told Pineda to "look for a land where law enforcers can be (situated) in one government center, to include
Negros Oriental OIC provincial police director Col. Jonathan Pineda. (PNA file photo) DUMAGUETE CITY -The Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) topped other provinces in Central Visayas (Region 7) in having the highest number of arrests in a single day during the "One Time, Big Time" region-wide anti-criminality operations. The NOPPO report on Friday said a total of 188 persons, including 12 of the most wanted in the province, were arrested on August 30. The top three performers are the Dumaguete City police with 20 arrests; Siaton police with 16; and Sta. Catalina police with 15 in the day-long operations against various forms of crime as well as the service of arrest warrants. Col. Jonathan Pineda, Negros Oriental officer-in-charge provincial chief, attributed the accomplishment to the "collective dedication and persistence of PNP (Philippine National Police) personnel in the province". NOPPO was awarded recently as the Best Police Provincial Office in