DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

A man, believed to be a victim of a hit-and-run accident, was found dead at the national highway in Barangay Tampocon, Ayungon, Negros Oriental, at around 5:20 a.m. Wednesday.

The body was identified as that of Ronald Martinez, a resident of Barangay Tampocon 2 in Ayungon.

A police report said his body was found at the national highway in Tampocon but no witnesses were available to give information to investigators.

Police nab ‘swertres'
coordinator, minor
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

The Philippine National Police Special Operations Group arrested Wednesday a suspected gambling coordinator and his alleged assistant during a raid in Bais City, Negros Oriental.

Initial police reports identified the suspected coordinator as Cleope Caro, from Canday-ong in Barangay Calindagan, Dumaguete City, and his alleged assistant, a 17-year-old from Tinago, in Dumaguete, in a raid at the suspect's residence at Tavera Street in Bais City.

The police caught Caro and the minor in the act allegedly of receiving and tallying bets for the illegal numbers game, “swertres”.

IN MABINAY
10-year old boy stabbed dead
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Police are investigating the death of a 10-year-old boy in Barangay Bagtic, Mabinay, Negros Oriental, whose body was found recently with multiple stab wounds.

Police investigation showed that the victim identified as JM Balde, was a resident of in Bagtic.

The night before the boy was said to have left his home to go to Barangay Bagtic where his body was found near a creek the next day.

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