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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DUMAGUETE CITY - The Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) on Sunday called out a netizen over a social media post accusing a woman of kidnapping a child in Tanjay City, saying that this was fake and that the supposed suspect was mentally challenged. Lt. Col. Roland Lavisto, Police Community Affairs and Development Unit (PCADU) chief of NOPPO, asked the help of the media to shed light on the post of a woman believed to be a resident of Tanjay who posted pictures on Facebook of a woman being led away in a police car. The Facebook account owner, whose name is being withheld pending further investigation, identified the supposed kidnapper and in the dialect urged the public to protect their children. The suspect, she added, was already at the Tanjay City police station. A NOPPO report said the suspect, a 28-year-old female from San Jose, Negros Oriental, was allegedly suffering from psychological and mental problems and was under the influence of liquor. Tanjay City police rece
WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT. Former communist rebels from central Negros burn the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army flag during their surrender rites at the 62nd Infantry Battalion headquarters in Barangay Libas, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Sunday (Dec. 26, 2021). Eight rebels turned their backs on insurgency on the day the CPP marked its 53rd anniversary. (Photo courtesy of 303rd IBde, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Eight New People's Army (NPA) rebels turned themselves in to authorities in central Negros on Sunday, coinciding with the 53rd foundation year of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). In a report on Monday, the Philippine Army's 303rd Infantry Brigade (303rd IBde) said insurgents based in the cities of Guihulngan and Canlaon in Negros Oriental were presented in rites held at the 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) headquarters in Barangay Libas, Isabela town. Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of 303rd IBde based in Murcia, said it w