Another suspect in
slay of businessman nabbed

Four of the five suspects in the robbery-slay of a businessman in Manapla, Negros Occidental, in February, are now accounted for with the arrest of Mark Lester Bia-is in Hacienda Unson, Brgy. Andres Bonifacio, Cadiz City, Thursday, police records show.

Senior Insp. Jose Laboyo, Manapla police chief, yesterday said Bia-is, Ramil Berito who was arrested last week by troopers of 6th Regional Mobile Group in Brgy. San Pablo, Manapla, Mark Edward Prino and a 16-year-old whose identity is being withheld, were positively identified by a witness as those who stabbed to death businessman Jose Lim in the town on Feb. 10.

Laboyo said they are now negotiating the surrender of another minor, who was also linked to the slay of Lim.

Police investigations showed that Lim, and his brother-in-law, Efren Samodio, were on their way home, when they were waylaid, stabbed and robbed by the five suspects.

Lim and Samodio fought back. Police investigations showed Lim died at the Riverside Medical Center, while Samodio survived a stab wound in the stomach.

Prino and the 16-year-old were arrested by the Manapla police immediately after the killing.

Laboyo said Berito was also involved in the hold-up of Liza Panes, an employee of a Keru Burger, who was divested of P1,200 in cash and her cellphone, on Feb.8.

The owner of the Keru Burger, however, did not press charges against the suspects, while Samodio, brother-in-law of Lim, has yet to file charges against his attackers, Laboyo also said.

Two months ago, five unidentified suspects also robbed at gunpoint an hacienda cashier of P140,000 in payroll money in Brgy. Purisima, Manapla.

Police probers are also looking into the possibility that members of the hold-up gang were also involved in other robbery-hold-up cases in the upland areas of the town, and neighboring cities.

Laboyo, assisted by 12th Infantry Battalion soldiers, led a team of Manapla policemen in serving the arrest warrant of Bia-is in Brgy. Andres Bonifacio, which was issued by Judge Felipe Banzon who also denied him bail.*GPB

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2 men knifed in Bacolod: PNP

Aristotle Rizardo, 27, of Villa Angela Subdivision, Brgy. Vista Alegre, Bacolod, was brought to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital with multiple knife wounds allegedly inflicted by Jeffrey Tejares, 18, at about 2 a.m. yesterday, police records showed.

Tejares, of Fortune Towne, Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod, fled after stabbing Rizardo with a butcher’s knife at a disco hall in Fortune Towne where a fiesta was ongoing, but he later surrendered to Police Station 4 members led by SPO1 Willie Perez, who were looking for him.

Tejares, a construction worker, said he attacked Rizardo after the victim mauled his 12-year-old brother at the dancing area.

He claimed that he just defended his younger brother who went home crying and with tattered clothes.

Meanwhile, Harold Quintumbes, 16, of Rosario Heights, Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod, told Police Station 7 investigator, PO2 Lyndon Ortonio that he was repeatedly stabbed by Kim Guzman and Raymund Baron, both of Purok Kabugwason, Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod, at the Panaad Sports Complex, at about 4:30 a.m. yesterday.

Guzman and Baron escaped after the incident, PO2 Evans Diaz said.*PP

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11 apprehended
for illegal fishing

The Bantay Dagat Task Force of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental, arrested 11 fishermen and confiscated three boats for unauthorized fishing activities, a press release from the town police station said.

The task force headed by Insp. Joshua Villasis first intercepted a fishing boat named “Glory” owned by Victor Bayulan of Brgy. Calumangan, Bago City, and apprehended fishermen Celso Villa, 40, Danny Gamboa, 42, and Danilo Mahinay, 35, all of Brgy Calumangan.

Also arrested during seaborne patrol operation within the municipal waters of Pulupandan, were Jeic Requiron, 26, Hermie Morales, 25, Ronilo Tugon, 20; and Bembol Rufino Jr., 29, all of Brgy Tagda, Hinigaran town, who were in the act of using a compressor near of the Pulupandan port area.

Recovered from them were two improvised spear guns, a flashlight, four improvised underwater shoes called “talapak,” compressor machine, 200-meters rubber hose and 30 kilos of variety fish catch with estimated market value of P3,000, the press release said

The task force also apprehended Luis Etanos, 36,  Johnny Lesama, 23, Fernando Sustrado, 30, and Jojo Arañes, 22, all of Brgy. Tagda, Hinigaran.

The suspects were charged for violating Municipal Ordinance 96-001 before the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Valladolid-San Enrique-Pulupandan, the press release added.*

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