SEVEN were arrested in separate operations by Regional Special Operations Group, Stations 8 and 9 for illegal gambling in Bacolod City Friday.

THIRSTY Cup tournament director Neil Montesclaros denied rumors that the San Roque Football Club (SRFC), which manages the San Roque football field owned by the San Roque Parish in Mandaue, won’t allow the tournament to be held there this weekend.

TEN houses were razed when a fire struck a family compound in Sitio Kabayo-an Uno, Barangay San Roque, Talisay City before noon yesterday. No one was reported injured, but the blaze reportedly gutted “P300,000” worth of properties.

The Department of Public Safety will not release the results of the autopsy conducted on bartender Emerita Relata Romero, according to Police Commissioner Ramon Mafnas, to protect the police's investigative process.

Crime Stoppers is seeking the community's assistance for information on a homicide that occurred recently at La Fiesta Mall, San Roque. On Feb. 5, at about 5:45pm, police received a report of a missing person.

A band of unidentified, heavily armed men attacked a quarry in Barangay San Roque in Kidapawan, North Cotabato Friday and set on fire five heavy equipment of the private construction firm at the site, according to local police.

The sea turtle hatchlings were placed in a basin prior to their release to the sea on Friday at San Roque, Sariaya, Quezon. PHOTO BY BELLY M. OTORDOZ SARIAYA, Quezon: One hundred twenty-three (123) newly hatched baby sea turtles of the Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys Olivacea) species were released yesterday, February 10, into the sea – their natural habitat – in Barangay San Roque of this town.

Two more companies have each offered $5,000 cash rewards for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the death of Emerita “Emie” R. Romero, whose body was found dead at the abandoned La Fiesta Mall in San Roque last Feb. 7.

HOW TO HELP If you have any information that may help with this case, contact Saipan police at 670-664-9001 or the Saipan Crime Stoppers at (670) 234-7272.

AT least 10 houses and an apartment were destroyed in yesterday's fire that struck barangay San Roque, Talisay City, southern Cebu.