Residents of Barangay Tayhi of this city were disturbed at 5 pm on Monday when a white sack with a skull was discovered in the garbage dump in the barangay.
According to Police Lt. Col Edgar Azotea, chief of the Tabaco City Police Station, a resident of the area discovered it while dumping the garbage.
During the investigation, it appears that 2 pedicab drivers, cousins , and residents of the barangay, threw the sack.
It is said that someone saw them when they were thrown in the garbage dump past 7 pm on July 11, 2021.
According to police, the cousin took the skull from the hole in the grave in a Catholic Cemetery in Barangay Tagas to intimidate the drinkers, both pedicab drivers.
“Pumunta kasi itong magpinsan sa sementeryo noong July 11 mga 7 p.m na para hanapin yung puntod ng lola kasi daw anniversary, kaya lang dahil sa gabi na at parehong nakainom din ng mga oras na yun hindi nila nakita yung puntod ng lola, tapos nung nakakita sila ng butas na nitso, kinuha nila yung bungo at nilagay sa sako para daw takutin yung mga kainuman,” said Azotea.
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They failed to scare their comrades because when they arrived in Barangay in Tayhi, they could no longer reach the drinkers, Azotea added.
The police turned the skull over to the cemetery’s caretaker, whose identity could not be determined due to the age of the tomb.
The two residents, aged 32 and 35, have also been turned over to barangay officials for appropriate action.
Meanwhile, according to the governor, health protocols are strictly enforced in Negros Oriental amid the increase in the number of COVID-19.
“All the mayors, including myself, had already coordinated with each other kung ano talaga ang dapat gagawin para magbaba ‘yung cases ng COVID-19 sa Negros Oriental,” said Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo.
The province is under modified enhanced community quarantine until July 16 to prevent the spread of the disease.
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