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Alleged hitman of Teves killed in Negros Oriental

Negros Oriental acting provincial police director Col. Reynaldo Lizardo. (PNA file photo) DUMAGUETE CITY - Police investigators have identified "persons of interest" in the shooting and wounding of a barangay kagawad (councilor) and his companion in Minaba, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. Initial investigation showed that around 7:10 p.m. Wednesday, armed men shot Artemio Estrebella, 60, Barangay Minaba councilor, and his 45-year-old companion Ricky Canillo. They were having dinner when the attack happened, said Lt. Col. Rex Moslares, chief of the Bayawan police. The victims sustained...

Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo (Facebook photo) DUMAGUETE CITY - Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo said Tuesday he wants the Commission on Elections to place Bayawan City under its control after a series of killings involving his supporters. The latest victim was identified as Wenifred Abrasaldo, a church leader who was shot dead at an eatery in Barangay Boyco in the southern city on Tuesday morning. The night before, a man identified as Toto Bawega was gunned down in Barangay Minaba while Hector Palma was gunned down last week, also in that city. Police investigation has not yet tagged t...