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The body of Don Paulo Teves was found near a dumpster in Purok 3, Barangay Calayugan in Valencia.* PNP photoThree suspects, including a Danish national, were arrested following the murder of the brother of the mayor of Valencia, Negros Oriental, PMaj. Roger Quijano, Valencia police chief, said Tuesday, February 7.The body of Don Paulo Teves, 42, wrapped in a blanket and plastic bag was found near a dumpster in Purok 3, Barangay Calayugan in Valencia with a bullet wound on the left side of the head at 8:33 a.m. Monday, February 6.He is the younger brother of Mayor Edgar Teves Jr., and son of former Mayor Edgar Teves Sr.Arrested were Tim Moerch, 45, a Danish national temporarily residing in Valencia and his partner, Myla Ozoa Cagasan, 40, on Monday afternoon, and John Edward ...

Two Bacolod residents have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the sale of shabu to policemen.Bacolod Regional Trial Court Branch 52 Judge Raymond Joseph Javier sentenced Rolando Flamiano Bernabe and Danilo Carpentero to life terms on Friday, February 3.Bernabe was arrested for selling .141 gram of shabu to a police poseur buyer for P1,000 in Sitio Sibucao, Barangay Banago in Bacolod City on January 17, 2020. On his arrest 20.106 grams of shabu were recovered from him.He was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of P500,000 for the sale of drugs, and to another life term and to pay a fine of P400,000 for possession of shabu.His co-accused Ma. Cristina Aguia was found not guilty of possession of shabu and acquitted.Carpentero was sentenced to life ...

Bacolod City General Services Officer Gilda Lluisma was reassigned to head the City Population Office.*Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez ordered the re-assignment of Bacolod City General Services Officer Gilda Lluisma, pending the evaluation report on 90 government vehicles that have not been found.City Legal Officer Romeo Carlos Ting Jr. confirmed on Tuesday, February 7, that Lluisma was reassigned to head the City Population Office.GSO Supply Officer IV Victor Espina will continue the onsite inspection and inventory of government vehicles that have not been found since the mayor ordered an ocular inspection on January 28.Out of 500 vehicles, including motorcycles, 197 are still serviceable and 108 are unserviceable.Ninety vehicles and motorcycles mostly assigned to the B...

Lawyer Ralph Sarmiento, former dean of the College of Law at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City*A Bacolod lawyer will serve as a judge in the International Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C. in April.Lawyer Ralph Sarmiento, former dean of the College of Law at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City, was selected as one of the five recipients of the inaugural Rusty Dalferes Memorial Fund to serve as a moot court judge.“I am grateful for the trust placed in me by the International Law Students Association (ILSA) and the Rusty Dalferes Memorial Fund Committee and I am thrilled to be a part of this prestigious event, especially as it marks the first in-person international rounds in four years,” Sarmiento ...

Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez (2nd from left) during the deliberation of House Bill No. 69 in the House Committee on Economic Affairs.*Rep. Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) called on the Marcos administration to prioritize programs that promote the blue economy in the interest of national economic security.“Our maritime domains compose 88 percent of our territory. Sixty percent of Filipinos live in coastal communities. So it is crucial to maximize the economic and social benefits of our maritime industries, which include fisheries, shipping and tourism – and this requires strong commitment and action from concerned government agencies,” Benitez said during the initial deliberation of the House Bill No. 69, which he authored, in the House Committee on Economic A...

The brother of the mayor of Valencia in Negros Oriental was found dead with a bullet wound on the left side of his head at 8:33 a.m. Monday, February 6.Killed was Don Paulo Zartega Teves, 42, whose body was found in Purok 3, Barangay Calayugan in Valencia, the police said.He is the younger brother of Mayor Edgar Teves Jr., and son of former Mayor Edgar Teves Sr.The cadaver was wrapped in a blanket and plastic bag, the police said.*

A 9-year-old girl is the first dengue death in Bacolod City this year, the City Health Office reported Monday, February 6. Bacolod City had 39 dengue cases as of January 28, the report said.This figure is 62.5 percent higher than the dengue cases in the same period last year, which were 24 and one death, the CHO added.The CHO said the 9-year-old girl who died in January was immunocompromised, with congenital anomalies.Meanwhile, Western Visayas had 453 dengue cases from January 1 to 28, the Department of Health reported Monday.Negros Occidental remained the topnotcher with 124 dengue cases, followed by Iloilo Province with 90, and Capiz with 43, the DOH said.A 7-year-old girl from Negros Occidental who died January 21 was the first dengue death in Western Visayas for 20...

Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (center) at a press conference at the Bacolod City Government Center Monday.*The negotiated proposal of a Manila-based firm to build 10,000 housing units in Bacolod for informal settlers was accepted by the city government at 5 p.m. Monday, February 6, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said.The proposal was made by WRS Holdings Inc., City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III said.The next step will be the publication of the proposal and the invitation to other bidders to offer a Swiss challenge this February, he said.The Swiss challenge system allows third parties to make better offers for a project and the original proponent then has the right to counter or match any superior offers.Benitez said an initial 10,000 housing units will be...