DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

Sr. Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas , chief of the Regional Intelligence Division of the Philippine National Police in Region 7 or Central Visayas, said there are no large organized crime groups in Negros Oriental.

He, however, admitted the presence of suspected hired guns in Negros Oriental but claimed they are not organized and could be operating in small numbers.

He said this after a recent shooting incidents in Cebu and in Negros Oriental, as his area of coverage includes the Central Visayas region.

Killer of brother
yields to police
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

A man who allegedly killed his younger brother for a still undetermined reason voluntarily surrendered to the police recently in Bindoy, Negros Oriental, and is now in jail.

Police reports said Ramil Amorganda, 38, of Barangay Nalundan in Bindoy, allegedly attacked and killed his younger brother, Stanley, with a pestle, locally known as “alho” .

Stanley Amorganda, 36, single and also a resident of Nalundan, reportedly tried to enter his elder brother’s house Saturday night and an altercation took place, the police said.

City library receives
assorted books
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Dumaguete City received assorted books Monday from the Little Village Education Foundation Inc., through the City Library Office, Gima Cornelia, City Librarian, said.

Cornelia said school administrator, Lelani Lasmarias Domalaon, gave about 1,000 textbooks and magazines to pre-school and grade school subject areas for use as reference materials.

She lauded the donation of books as and she encouraged donations from schools and private individuals.

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