By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An estimated P90,000 worth of suspected shabu and marijuana were seized yesterday morning during a buy-bust operation conducted by Police Station 8 (PS8) anti-drug operatives along Yulo Avenue in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City. Police identified the arrested suspects as newly-identified drug personality Gerald Gumban, the subject of the operation, …
Monthly Archives: November 2018
NUJP calls for an end to journalists serving as anti-drug operation witnesses
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), along with other media organization, recently launched “Sign Against the Sign,” which urges Congress to repeal the law that includes journalists as possible witnesses to anti-drug operations. “One of our colleagues from Zamboanga del Norte has been receiving death threats …
P90K worth of shabu, marijuana confiscated in Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An estimated P90,000 worth of suspected shabu and marijuana were seized yesterday morning during a buy-bust operation conducted by Police Station 8 (PS8) anti-drug operatives along Yulo Avenue in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City. Police identified the arrested suspects as newly-identified drug personality Gerald Gumban, the subject of the operation, …
Board approves P4B 2019 budget
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Board unanimously approved the P4 billion 2019 budget on its third and final reading during their recent regular session. According to Board Member Salvador Escalante, Jr., who chairs the Committee on Finance, the latest budget, which took nearly a month to deliberate, is an increase …
Early morning quakes strike off the coast of Negros Oriental
The waters off Negros Oriental were subject to two early morning earthquakes yesterday with a 2.5-magnitude tremor striking near Basay around 12:18 a.m., followed by a 2.1-magnitude quake near Siaton around 1:38 a.m. According to a Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology bulletin, neither incident caused any reported damage nor were there any anticipate aftershocks. …
Remains of former NOPPO official arrive in Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The remains of former Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) member, Police Superintendent Santiago Rapiz, arrived in Bacolod City yesterday and are now interred at the Rolling Hills Memorial Chapels in Barangay Mandalagan. Based on information obtained by members of local media, Rapiz’ remains arrived from Dipolog City around …
IPM-CDC worker dies in Pahanocoy road collision
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An employee of Bacolod City waste management contractor IPM Construction and Development Corporation was killed after the motorcycle he was riding collided with another vehicle yesterday morning along the national highway in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City. Police identified the fatality as Jenil Villagracia, a resident of Barangay Dulao, Bago …
Emergency exercises at Bacolod-Silay Airport today
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) is scheduled to close down the Bacolod-Silay Airport’s runway this morning as part of today’s full scale emergency exercise. Based on an advisory from the CAAP Media and Communications Office, exercises will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. They …
Three homes gutted in Isabela blaze
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least three homes were destroyed after a fire broke out late Wednesday evening in a residential area of Barangay 7 in Isabela, Negros Occidental. In a radio interview yesterday morning, Isabela Mayor Joselito Malabor, said the fire started around 11:45 p.m. and lasted for at least two hours …
DILG conducts barangay drug-clearing program training in Bacolod City
The Bacolod City Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) conducted a two-day training for Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (BADACs) on the barangay drug-clearing program, which closed yesterday at the Middle Town Inn. DILG-Bacolod Director Ma. Joy Maredith Madayag hopes the training provided barangay officials with a better capacity and more dedication in fighting …