A fistfight between two construction workers over a personal grudge degenerated into a stabbing last week in Viga town, the Catanduanes police reported.
According to the report sent to Camp Francisco Camacho by the Viga Municipal Police Station headed by officer-in-charge PLt. Jessie Lloyd N. Almosa, the latter immediately proceeded to barangay Penafrancia to verify the report regarding a physical altercation between two men at about 11 PM of Sept. 17, 2026.
A concerted citizen had informed duty investigator PCpl. Jeffrey V. Pantino at 11:30 PM that one of the two individuals was armed with a bolo.
When the team arrived at the scene, the victim – Ramon Tudio Solomon, 55, a resident of the barangay – had already been brought to Viga District Hospital for medical treatment.
The suspect, Romnick de Juan Detera, 37, also a resident of the barangay, had escaped to an unknown direction.
Personnel of Viga MPS immediately conducted a hot pursuit to apprehend the suspect, who subsequently surrendered himself voluntarily to the law enforcers.
Initial investigation disclosed that the two men, who allegedly had a longstanding personal grudge, engaged in a fistfight while allegedly under the influence of liquor.
Then the suspect went to his residence, obtained a bolo and returned to the area, allegedly hacking the victim once in the abdominal area.
The attending physician said Solomon victim sustained a non-fatal, lacerated wound, with none of internal organs reportedly affected.
Upon his arrest Detera was informed of his basic constitutional rights under the Miranda Doctrine and his rights against Anti-Torture law in the dialect known to him and confirmed that he fully understood the same.
The police brought him for mandatory medical examination at Viga District Hospital prior to undergoing booking procedure.