By Mae Singuay The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will include former city government employees, who tested positive for illegal drug use and have failed to surrender to the authorities, on their drug watch list. “Warningan ko kayo. Huhulihin ko kayo. Huwag niyo ako i-dare. I mean it,” BCPO director, Police Colonel Noel Aliño said. Aliño …
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Gov’t troops pursue NPA members after northern Negros encounter
Joint police and military forces are pursuing members of the New People’s Army (NPA) involved in the encounter that killed a police officer and wounded two others in a remote village of Calatrava in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 9. Colonel Leo Pamittan, provincial director of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO), said on Thursday, August 10, …
Silaynon Gamboa joins UST women’s beach volley team
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Silaynon Lorien Ysobel Gamboa has committed to join the women’s beach volleyball team of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Golden Tigresses for the upcoming UAAP tournament next year. According to UST women’s beach volleyball team coach Paul Jan Doloiras, the 18-year-old Gamboa has agreed to join the squad as they …
Gin Kings’ Jeremiah Gray likely sidelined for entire PBA season
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings star forward Jeremiah Gray is likely out for the entire 2023-2024 PBA season after sustaining multiple tears in his knee during the just-concluded PBA on Tour. According to a report by Tiebreaker Times, the sophomore forward had a “triple tear,” resulting from injuries to his anterior …
Bolden on Filipinas’ World Cup stint: An experience of a lifetime
Sarina Bolden, who will be best remembered for scoring the Philippines’ historic goal in its 1-0 upset of New Zealand in the World Cup, is still on a high more than a week after their stint on women’s football’s biggest stage. The Filipinas striker said their appearance and epic win in the FIFA Women’s World …
Encounter, not ambush; NOCPPO: Calatrava incident a ‘clash,’ dispatched cops serving arrest warrant
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) clarified that the incident at Sitio Upper Ikugan in Calatrava town’s Barangay Minapasuk on Wednesday morning, August 9, was an encounter and not an ambush. NOCPPO spokesperson, Police Captain Judesses Catalogo, said 10 personnel from Calatrava police station were dispatched not just to respond to a …
PVO: Pork price hike in NegOcc due to supply shortage
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The price of pork sold in various markets in Negros Occidental has reportedly increased due to supply shortage amid hog mortalities over the last few months. Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) head, Dr. Placeda Lemana said the price of live hogs is from P140 to P150 per kilogram, with P125 being …
Plebiscite for Ceneco-MORE JVA resumes next week
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The plebiscite for the ratification of the proposed joint venture agreement (JVA) between Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) will resume next week. Ceneco acting general manager, Atty. Arnel Lapore said the plebiscite is scheduled on August 19, 20, 26, 27, and September …
Drug suspect yields P14.3-M ‘shabu’ in Bacolod
A suspected member of a drug syndicate operating in Bacolod City yielded two kilos of suspected shabu worth P14.382 million during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Vista Alegre yesterday. Captain Joven Mogato, chief of the Bacolod City Police Office-Drug Enforcement Unit, identified the suspect as Michael Sarabia Frias, 45 years old, a high-value individual, who …
NegOr residents urged to get bivalent vax
Health authorities are ramping up the administration of the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine as all sectors are now qualified to receive the latest dose. “Sectors A1-A9 may now receive the bivalent vaccine, originally a third booster dose designed specifically to fight the Omicron variant of COVID-19,” Negros Oriental Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion said. Estacion …