BACOLOD CITY — Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson gave a stern order for the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office to recover the stolen Fernando Amorsolo painting.
'Do everything possible to recover the stolen art masterpiece,' the governor said to provincial police director Col. Rainerio de Chavez.The Mango Harvesters, a 12x18 inches 1936 masterpiece by the national artist, was stolen from the second floor of the Hofileña Heritage House and Museum in Barangay 1, Silay City on July 3.
The Silay City police said they have identified one of two suspects who took the masterpiece from the museum.LtCol. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay Police chief, said that the male suspect was positively identified by a pedicab driver who transported the two suspects from the museum to the city public plaza where they boarded a passenger jeepney.
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