By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region VI (PDEA-6) operatives raided two suspected ‘drug dens’ yesterday morning at San Juan Tunga in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. PDEA agents identified the arrested suspects as Mora Allera, Rex Romero, Nico Allera, George Caballero, Michael Dirindigun, Dante Visen, Abraham Caruscay, and Warlo …
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San Carlos City’s most wanted arrested
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga San Carlos City’s most wanted individual was arrested along Ylagan Street on Saturday evening after his whereabouts was traced to the city’s Barangay 6. Police identified the suspect as 22-year-old Neiljay Cabatuan, a resident of the said barangay. San Carlos City police chief, Police Superintendent D’Artagnan Katalbas, Jr., who …
2,512 sacks of garbage recovered from Bacolod City declogging operations
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) reported recovering a total 2,512 sacks of garbage following various declogging operations conducted across Bacolod City between January and July. According to CDRRMO cluster head, Executive Assistant Joemarie Vargas, among the debris collected including plastic bottles and rotting vegetation, which were …
PRO-6 relieves 5 Negros Occidental police chiefs
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) ordered the relief of five Negros Occidental police chiefs over the weekend. Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) spokesperson, Police Senior Inspector Aireen Cordua, identified four of the officials as Candoni municipal police chief, Police Senior Inspector Celjun Nemenio; Don Salvador Benedicto municipal police …
NDF-Negros dismisses proposed local peace talks
Spokesperson: Talks are bound to fail By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The local chapter of the National Democratic Front (NDF), the political arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), dismissed the proposed local peace talks, saying, they are bound to fail. In a statement by NDF-Negros spokesperson Ka Frank Fernandez, he …
Complaints filed against 11 Isabela barangay captains
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Task Force Kasanag (TFK) recently filed complaints against 11 barangay captains from Isabela, Negros Occidental on election-related charges, along with allegations of abuse of authority. While TFK national commander John Chiong refused to name the barangay officials in question, he affirmed signed affidavits against the concerned officials were submitted …
Ombudsman-6 director: Violence against women continues to go unreported
During a recent gender information forum at the Palmas del Mar Conference Resort Hotel in Bacolod City, Office of the Ombudsman-Region VI (Ombudsman-6) director, Atty. Pio Dargantes, said violent acts committed against women continue to go unreported. He noted, many instances of violence are committed by their partners and women often hold “traditional beliefs” when …
State of the Nation Address 2018
Negros Occidental police on alert By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) and the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) yesterday placed their units under ‘Full Alert’ status, ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), scheduled for Monday. NOPPO director, Police Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil, …
Journalist owns up to letter opposing the city borrowing a P1.7B loan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Local journalist Edgar Cadagat recently claimed to be the individual behind the opposition letter submitted to the Department of Finance (DOF) over the P1.7 billion loan being sought by the Bacolod City government. In an interview yesterday morning, Cadagat said he sent the letter directly to DOF Secretary Carlos …
Informal settlers expecting assistance from the city
Resident: The city should give us aid immediately By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With the demolition of an informal settlement near a riverbank beside the San Antonio Abad Parish Church, located along Lacson Extension in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City, back underway, several residents said they are expecting financial assistance from the Bacolod City …