DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

Police and National Bureau of Investigation officials are looking into a possible link between the suspects in the gun-slay of businessman Demetrio Larena III and a series of robbery/hold-up incidents in Negros Oriental recently.

Sr. Insp. Ronilo Macasilhig, police chief of San Jose town, said a thorough investigation and witnesses’ testimonies revealed that one of the two hit men in the murder of Larena on October 20 bears a close resemblance to one of three suspects in two highway robbery incidents in San Jose.

Earlier, investigators identified the two gunmen who shot dead Larena as a certain Jimmy Inocerta and one “Misael”, based on the revelations of two other suspects, spouses Jerry Inocerta, brother of Jimmy, and his wife, Espedita.

Police apprehend teacher
accused of raping student
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

A public high school teacher is now behind bars awaiting investigation and the filing of criminal charges against him for allegedly raping a student in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental.

The suspect, whose name is being withheld, was accused by the 15-year-old female student of sexually assaulting her recently, police reports said.

The complainant told the police that she and her boyfriend were at the teacher’s house last Tuesday, a regular holiday, after the suspect asked them to come and help him with the household chores.

Dry run on axle
overloading law set
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

A test run of two weeks for the implementation of the axle overloading law began this week in the first district of Negros Oriental because of concerns over its negative effects on businesses and the general public.

A recent meeting was called by the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry that was attended by Rep. George Arnaiz (Neg. Or., 2nd district) and officials from the Land Transportation Office and the Department of Public Works and Highways.

It was agreed in the meeting that a dry-run on this law will be conducted to determine its effectivity, despite conflicting interpretations of the law, Republic Act 8794, by the DPWH and the LTO, Arnaiz said.

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