LIVE UPDATES: Teves back home to face Degamo slay charges

Expelled Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. —Photo from the National Bureau of Investigation

MANILA, Philippines — Expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., who arrived late Thursday night after being deported from Timor-Leste, is now under custody of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

Teves is facing serveral counts of murder and frustrated murder under the Revised Penal Code in connection with the March 4, 2023, attack on the residence of Gov. Roel Degamo in Pamplona, Negros Oriental.

Reacting to Teves’ deportation, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in a video message: “We would like to assure out citizens that such lawlessness will not go unpunished. It is now time for Arnie Teves to face justice.”




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Remulla doubts if Teves wanted to face raps: ‘He didn’t want to go home’

May 30 , 2025 – 04:54 PM

For Justice Sec. Crispin Remulla, there is no truth to the statement of expelled lawmaker Teves that he already wanted to resolve the cases.

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Teves now at NBI detention facility in New Bilibid Prison

May 30 , 2025 – 11:52 AM

Expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. was taken to the NBI detention facility at the New Bilibid Prison on Friday.

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Teves hopes his murder cases will be resolved quickly

May 30 , 2025 – 02:19 PM

Expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. on Friday expressed hope that the resolution of his murder cases will be expedited.

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Timor-Leste set conditions before deporting Teves, says Santiago

May 30 , 2025 – 01:56 PM

The government of Timor-Leste set several conditions before proceeding with the deportation of expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr.

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Teves on his way to NBI detention facility in Bilibid

May 30 , 2025 – 11:52 AM

Expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. was sent to the NBI detention facility at the New Bilibid Prison on Friday.

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Villanueva, Gatchalian say Teves arrest step toward achieving justice

May 30 , 2025 – 12:45 AM

Teves faces charges of murder and other crimes linked to the killing of former Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and nine others in 2023.

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Finally, PH trial for Teves who is tagged in 13 killings

May 30 , 2025 – 05:34 AM

Teves is accused of masterminding the assassination of his political rival Roel Degamo, then governor in Negros Oriental, in a daytime attack

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DILG says Teves repatriation shows PH’s resolve to serve justice

May 29 , 2025 – 09:47 PM

The DILG said the repatriation of Arnolfo Teves Jr. showed the government was “determined” to serve justice.

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Teves to be held at NBI detention facility in Bilibid

May 29 , 2025 – 09:26 PM

Arnolfo Teves Jr. will be detained at the NBI’s detention facility inside the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.

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Marcos: ‘It is now time for Arnie Teves to face justice’

May 29 , 2025 – 08:19 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said it is “now time for” Expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. “to face justice.”

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Teves back in PH to face charges in Degamo slay

May 29 , 2025 – 08:00 PM

Expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. has returned to the Philippines following his deportation from Timor-Leste.

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No more Timor-Leste ‘paradise’ for Teves

May 29 , 2025 – 05:30 AM

Timor-Leste ordered the return of Arnolfo Teves Jr. to PH in an “administrative decision” that tagged him as an undocumented alien.

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Arnolfo Teves rearrested in Timor Leste; son cries ‘kidnap’

May 28 , 2025 – 08:34 AM

Expelled former Negros Oriental Third District Representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. was arrested Tuesday evening in Dili, Timor-Leste.

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