17-year old suspect in death
of construction worker yields

A teenager tagged as the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a construction worker at the Bacolod City downtown area, surrendered to Radio Mo Nationwide yesterday, and told the police he only did it to defend himself.

The 17-year-old, whose name the police withheld, said he and his girlfriend had come from a wake and decided to buy burgers at a food stand at the junction of Luzuriaga-Locsin Streets at about 3 a.m. Sunday.

While they were waiting for their burgers, he claimed, the victim, Cyrus Carampatana, 28, of Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod, approached and harassed his girlfriend.

The teenager said he scolded Carampatana, and this led to a scuffle until the victim allegedly drew a knife from his waistband and tried to stab the teenager, who managed to wrest it from him and stab Carampatana and twice. He then left with his girlfriend because they were afraid the victim's companions may take revenge.

A witness claimed that he saw the teenager taking Carampatana's wallet, but the teenager denied it.

Police said Carampatana sustained two stab wounds on his face and chest and was rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Hospital, where he died while being treated.

Supt. Santiago Rapiz, head of the Bacolod Police Special Operations Group, said that the teenager will be endorsed to the Women and Children's Complaints Desk.

Rapiz assured the teenager's mother of her son’s safety.*APN

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Two more Negrense
policemen promoted

Two more Negrense senior police officers assigned to the Police Regional Office 6 were promoted to senior superintendent, that is equivalent to full-fledged colonel in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Police records identified the officers as Senior Supts. Ranulfo Demiar, chief of the PRO6 Regional Operations and Plans Division, and Senior Supt. Edgardo Ordaniel, chief of the PRO6 Regional Headquarters Support Group.

Demiar, who also served as director of the PNP Regional Training School 6 in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, and Ordaniel, as deputy provincial police director for administration of NOPPO, took their oaths of office before Chief Supt. Cipriano Querol, regional police director of Western Visayas, who also pinned their new rank insignias on them during the traditional flag raising ceremony Monday at Camp Martin Delgado in Iloilo City.

Senior Supts. Milko Lirazan, 6th Regional Public Safety Battalion director, and Pedrito Escarilla, chief of the PR06 Regional Investigation and Detection Management, were also promoted last week.*GPB

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