ORMOC CITY-A student who is a grandson of a retired military officer turned over to the local police station of Inopacan, Leyte a rifle grenade.

Inopacan chief of police, Major Ian Salvador Po, said in an interview that the student identified as Win, 17, a Grade 12 student a resident of the Barangay Esperanza of the said town came to their office last April 26 at about 5:40 pm and reported that there was a rifle grenade in their house.

He said that he led his personnel in responding to the report and accompanied the student to their house to verify his information. He added that upon arriving at the house of the student, the rifle grenade was immediately turned over to him.

Po continued that the said explosive was owned by the student’s grandfather, Armado Torrejos Sr., deceased, who was a retired member of the Ranger of the Philippine Constabulary.

He said that the rifle grenade is still very effective and could explode if used.

The surrender of the explosive was a result of the station’s campaign in reaching out to the community regarding loose firearms and explosives which he spearheaded, Po said.

The explosive is presently deposited at the supply section of Inopacan municipal police office.
(ROBERT DEJON)

CALBAYOG CITY– Over a thousand student journalists from various schools across the region participated in the 2024 Regional School Press Conference held here on May 1-4, 2024.

The event, led by the Department of Education Regional Office 8 (DepEd-8), with the support of the city government of Calbayog City the 13 school divisions in the region, aims to demonstrate an understanding of journalism through skilled execution in various platforms, provide learners’ opportunities to use the skills learned in campus journalism for their future careers, and foster camaraderie and enrich learning experiences through healthy and friendly competitions.

The regional winners will represent Eastern Visayas at the national press conference slated in Cebu City.
(LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)

ORMOC CITY-The local police in Culaba, Biliran intensified their campaign against wanted persons apprehended with the arrest of a man considered among the region’s most wanted on Saturday(May 4) in Barangay Virginia of the said town.

The accused, identified as alias “Joko”, 48, a resident of Brgy. Poblacion, Culaba was arrested at about 10:02 am, and is tagged as ranked number 10 most wanted person by the regional Philippine National Police for the crime of statutory rape.

The accused was arrested by a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Constantino Esber, presiding judge of Branch 37, (Caibiran) Naval, Biliran, issued on May 17, 2023.

The accused was placed under the custody of Culaba Municipal Police Station for documentation and proper disposition. (ROBERT DEJON)

ORMOC CITY-A fire whose origin is still being investigated turned to ashes an eatery and partially damaged two neighboring houses in Barangay Canlapwas, Catbalogan City on Sunday (April 28) at about 11:16 am.

Catbalogan Fire Marshal Fire, Chief Inspector Jimmy Pasague, identified the house owner as Erma Aliga, legal age, businesswoman and a resident of the said village.

It was learned that the fire started at the kitchen of the said house who was supposed to open a ‘pares’ eatery on that day.

The fire spread immediately as the eatery was made of combined concrete and light materials, which resulted for the nearby houses to be gutted.

The fire incident was declared under control at about 11: 30am and was totally out 10 minutes later.

None was reported injured to the incident with damages placed at P100,000.
(ROBERT DEJON)

ORMOC CITY– A farmer from Calbayog City who went missing while searching for his lost carabao for days was discovered in an early stage of decomposition last Tuesday (April 30) on his farmland.

The victim, identified as “Rudy,” 61, and a farmer residing in Purok 3, Brgy. Cag-Anibong, Oquendo District in the said city was found dead at about 2:30 pm, local police said.

Based on the report of the Calbayog city police, they received information regarding a body discovered in Brgy. Cag-Anibong from the victim’s wife.

Letecia, the victim’s wife, reported to the Calbayog city police that at around 5:41 pm last April 29 her husband had gone missing after heading to their farmland on Sunday, April 28, around 6 am.

She informed the police that he had gone to the farm to search for their missing carabao, which disappeared on Saturday, April 27.

However, at about 2:30 pm on Tuesday (April 31), fellow farmers discovered the victim lifeless on his farmland, already in a state of decomposition.

They noted that the victim still had his long bolo tucked in his waist with its scabbard. Upon discovery, the farmers promptly reported the matter to their local barangay officials, who then alerted the local police.

The victim’s body was relocated to the lower portion of the barangay, where the police contacted scene of the crime operatives’ personnel to process the crime scene.
(ROBERT DEJON)