DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

A government prosecutor has ordered the release of a town councilor in Negros Oriental, charged for illegal possession of firearms with two of his workers, pending further investigation.

Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Ramon Antonio Vicente Rocamora said that while Bacong Councilor Jason Laure has claimed ownership of the weapons, responding policemen from Sibulan town, did not recover the guns from his possession, but from his workers, identified as Christopher Palalon, 37, married, of Zamboanguita town; and Renato Belocora, 25, single, of Barangay Nangka, in Bayawan City, all in Negros Oriental.

3 Negros soldiers
cited for honesty
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

The Philippine Army yesterday marked its 115th founding anniversary without the traditional parade and review of troops, at Fort Andres Bonifacio, in Taguig City, Metro Manila, but honored three soldiers assigned in Negros island, for honesty.

Army chief Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista, assisted by Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and AFP chief Gen. Jessie Dellosa, conferred awards on Privates Danny Faigmane and Marlon de Vera, both members of the 32nd Division Reconnaissance Company in Negros Oriental, and Cpl. Fernando Samperoy, a member of the 47th Infantry Battalion.

Flashflood claims
trisikad driver
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

The decomposing body of a trisikad driver was recovered yesterday in a river in Bais City, Negros Oriental, after he was carried by flashfloods Tuesday.

Police identified the fatality as Vimard Tamborete Babor, 34, single, and a resident of Calasgaan, Bais City.

Chief Insp. Reynaldo Lichido, Bais police chief, said, Babor was reportedly crossing the Tamogong River, in sitio Tambakan, Bais City, when the water level rose without warning.

Witnesses said the flashflood swept Babor downstream, Lichido added.

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