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Siaton Mayor Fritz Diaz, a nephew of Janice Degamo, allegedly confronts a political detractor after the Senate's May 10 hearing into the March 4 Pamplona slays and other Negros Oriental killings

Episodic violence in Negros Oriental continues despite increased police presence in the aftermath of the assassination of governor Roel Degamo, prompting senators to call on the Commission on Elections to place the province under its control and postpone the holding of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections there this October.