Illegal gun, explosives possession
raps filed versus 2 farm workers
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

The Philippine National Police in Negros Oriental has filed charges of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, and illegal possession of explosives against two farmhands, who were arrested Monday in Sitio Nagba, Barangay Lag-it, in Tayasan town.

Supt. Reynold Andot, chief of the PNP Provincial Intelligence Bureau, said suspects Edwin Deguit and Albert Romano, both of Bindoy, Negros Oriental, were charged Tuesday before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office.

Following inquest proceedings, a resolution for the commitment of the suspects was issued by the prosecutor, so Deguit and Romano were locked up in the district jail of Manjuyod town, he added.

11th IB joins ‘Brigada Eskwela’
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

The Army’s 11th Infantry Battalion has mobilized its troopers and CAFGU Active Auxiliaries in central Negros, to participate in the “Brigada Eskwela” of the Department of Education, in preparation for the school opening on June 4.

Lt. Col. Wilfredo Isaac, 11th IB commander, said that through the “Bayanihan spirit”, they have linked up with DepEd and various Parents Teachers Associations for the repair of school buildings and in the clean-up drive, especially those severely damaged by the powerful earthquake.

The 11th IB has units deployed in Himamaylan City, Moises Padilla, and La Castellana in Negros Occidental; La Libertad, Guihulngan City, Tayasan, Vallehermoso and Canlaon City, in Negros Oriental.

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