The Philippine navy and different businesses have joined forces to realize justice and suppress impunity and criminality in Negros Oriental after the killing of Governor Roel Degamo final March 4.
According to Chino Gaston’s report on “24 Oras Weekend,” President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and Task Force Negros agreed that the Department of Justice (DOJ), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and different businesses would be a part of forces to realize justice within the incident.
Thus, two Army brigades and the navy’s anti-terrorism unit had been deployed to Negros Oriental.
“Napagkasunduan po natin yung tinatatawag nating the power of the President to call out to the military to suppress yung impunity and criminality dito sa Negros,” mentioned Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez throughout his go to to Governor Degamo’s wake.
(We have agreed on what we name the ability of the President to name out to the navy to suppress impunity and criminality right here in Negros.)
Likewise, PNP-Region 7 spokesperson Police Lieutenant Gerard Ace Pelare mentioned that the deployment of the navy items was a well-assessed safety measure that was an acceptable response to the prevailing circumstance.
“Rest assured, po, these are done to maintain peace and security, and, of course, to solve the recent crime here in Negros Oriental,” added Pelare.
Meanwhile, Pamplona Mayor Janice Degamo, widow of slain Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, believed that peace can be restored when her husband’s killers had been dropped at justice.
“I’m asking the culprit, I’m asking the mastermind, and putting them behind bars will bring peace once again to this once peaceful province of ours. Magiging mapayapa muli ang Negros Oriental,” said Mayor Degamo.
(I’m asking the culprit, I’m asking the mastermind, and putting them behind bars will bring peace once again to this once peaceful province of ours. Negros Oriental will be peaceful again.)
Meanwhile, a gun ban has been imposed, and checkpoints and barricades have been set up throughout the province. The local government assured residents they had nothing to worry about because this was simply a precaution to improve security.
Last Saturday, Degamo was talking to beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) program at his residence in Pamplona, Negros Oriental, when armed men barged in and fired shots.
The death toll went up to nine the following day, while thirteen others were seriously injured while four were treated as outpatients.
Three suspects were arrested during a hot pursuit operation in Bayawan City on March 4. One other suspect died in an encounter with authorities in the province, police said. Of the three arrested suspects, two were former members of the Philippine Army.
Earlier today, four to five more suspects who were alleged to have directly participated in the shooting are still the subject of a manhunt, according to Police Regional Office 7 spokesperson Police Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Ace Pelare.
“The precise contributors, ‘yung sumali talaga sa taking pictures incident, nasa 4 to 5 na lang ang hinahanap. But could mga different suspects po who participated by inducement, ‘yung mga facilitators at mastermind and another suspects po,” he mentioned.
(Of the precise contributors, those that actually participated within the taking pictures incident, solely 4 or 5 extra [suspects] are being hunted. But there are different suspects who participated by inducement — the facilitators and mastermind and another suspects.) — Sherylin Untalan/DVM, GMA Integrated News
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