BACOLOD CITY, Dec. 8 -- The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) vowed justice for the violent death of a policeman in Calatrava, Negros Occidental, as pursuit operations continue for the arrest of the perpetrators.

On Dec. 7, the body of Senior Master Sgt. Rommel Aguilar, a member of the 3rd Maneuver Platoon of the 1st Negros Occidental Police Mobile Force Company (NOCPMFC), was found after he was reported missing, following his team's encounter with unidentified armed men in Barangay Menchaca.

In an interview on Monday, PRO-NIR spokesperson Lt. Col. Joem Malong said the Philippine Army's 79th Infantry Battalion based in northern Negros took over the pursuit operations.

"Ongoing investigation is being conducted by the...