The driver of an electric tricycle, who allegedly hit a senior citizen last week, is still at-large, police said. Bacolod Police Station 4 chief, Police Captain Francis Depasucat, said the suspect has not yet surrendered. On September 7, 72-year-old Noli Chan, a resident of the city’s Barangay Villamonte, was allegedly hit by an e-tricycle …
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NegOr health chief: No TikTok during work hours
The Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief of Negros Oriental emphasized yesterday that medical workers in government hospitals are not allowed to engage in the short mobile video application TikTok or other similar online platforms while on duty. Dr. Liland Estacion told the Philippine News Agency that an investigation is underway regarding a viral social …
P3.75-M subsidy ready for small rice retailers in W. Visayas
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 6 (Western Visayas) is ready to release a P3.75-million aid to an initial 250 small rice retailers affected by the price ceiling in the region. “We are fast-tracking the processing of the subsidy so that the micro rice retailers will get the aid as …
NPA militiaman wanted for 18 years falls
A member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) Yunit Militia (YM) wanted for murder for 18 years, and his comrade were arrested by combined military and police forces in the remote village of Santol in Negros Occidental’s Binalbagan town on Sunday morning, September 10. The suspects were identified as Judy Blazer, …
Murder suspect held for firearms, ‘shabu’
A suspected member of a private armed group (PAG) in Negros Oriental’s Bayawan City was arrested over the weekend after yielding illegal firearms, ammunition and suspected shabu. A report from the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) said authorities nabbed Menjie Tapos Barte, 41 years old, of Sitio Mansilong in Bayawan’s Barangay Pagatban on Sunday, September …
61 verified rice retailers in NegOr qualify for P15-K aid
At least 61 micro-businesses in Negros Oriental affected by the rice price cap set by the government have qualified to receive cash aid of P15,000 each this week. Nimfa Virtucio, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial director, told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) …
Bacolod inflation further declines in August
The inflation rate in Bacolod City eased to 5.7 percent in August from 6.6 percent in July, data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Negros Occidental on Friday night, September 8, showed. “The decline is brought by slight annual decreases of prices in some commodity groups,” officer-in-charge chief statistical specialist John Campomanes …
Man survives bro’s ‘hacking’
By Mae Singuay A man is now in a stable condition after he was allegedly hacked by his brother inside their home at Barangay Minoyan in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town on Thursday morning, September 7. A police investigation showed 23-year-old Joemel Rebuca was allegedly hacked by 26-year-old Jojie using a 23-inch bolo. Joemel sustained a hacked wound in …
Suspect in killing Negros board member nabbed
Authorities arrested the suspected hitman in the killing of a provincial board member in 2019, Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) reported yesterday. Richard Namoco Quadra, 45 years old, was arrested late Thursday afternoon, September 7, at Barangay Sta. Catalina in Nueva Ecija’s Talugtug town by virtue of an arrest warrant, the NOPPO report …
5 charged for allegedly maintaining drug den
Five men arrested during an anti-illegal drug operation in Negros Oriental’s Amlan town have been charged with illegal possession of drugs and for allegedly maintaining a drug den. The suspects were presented on Thursday, September 7, at the provincial prosecutor’s office after undergoing inquest proceedings for violation of Sections 5, 6, 7, 11, and 12 …