Three individuals were arrested for alleged illegal fishing at the Sagay Marine Reserve in Negros Occidental’s Sagay City. Fisherfolks 46-year-old Roel Vargas, 28-year-old Ronnie Vargas and 32-year-old Welson Taliksik, all residents of the city’s Barangay Molocaboc, were arrested, police said. They were caught allegedly fishing using a compressor. Authorities confiscated their motorized banca, an …
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Comelec-NegOcc 90% election-ready
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental is 90 percent ready for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections on October 30. This, according to Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Ian Lee Ananoria during a PIA Kapihan-Press Conference held in Bacolod City. “As of August 1, Comelec has shipped out all election accountable forms. …
Mistaken identity seen in driver’s slay
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A truck driver was shot to death in what police believe could be a case of mistaken identity at Barangay Old Poblacion’s Sitio Beatingo in Negros Occidental’s Escalante City on Sunday night, August 13. Police identified the fatality as 34-year-old John Mark Sotto, a resident of Bacolod City’s Barangay Estefania. Escalante …
P1.8-M ‘shabu’ seized in Negros operation
Police operatives seized close to P2 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested a suspect during a buy-bust operation at Barangay Boloc-boloc in Negros Oriental’s Sibulan town on Sunday, August 13. The 42-year-old suspect identified as Ian Rey Derama Completo, a resident of Villa Pastoral in Dumaguete City’s Barangay Batinguel, was arrested after he allegedly …
Cops with kin running in Oct. 30 polls need to be reassigned
Police officers with relatives running for posts in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) need to be reassigned before the start of the banning period for the transfer and details of public officials and employees. “We will make sure that before the prohibition of the reassignment, those police officers who have relatives and friends …
Man stabbed dead
By Mae Singuay A 39-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by his perpetrator due to grudges. Pronounced dead-on-arrival at San Carlos City Hospital was Raymond Ellima, a resident of the city’s Barangay 5 in Negros Occidental. The suspect was identified as 43-year-old Reynaldo Flores, a resident of the said place. A police investigation revealed …
Negros Occidental guv pushes for sustained TF-ELCAC campaign
There should be a sustained implementation of programs under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to address insurgency in the province, Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Friday, August 11, following the death of a police officer during an encounter with members of the Communist Party of the …
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, …
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 …
Fake dentist nabbed
An alleged fake dentist was arrested by operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Bacolod District Office in Negros Occidental’s Calatrava town on Wednesday, August 9. Suspect Jude Labado Yanson, who allegedly operates a dental laboratory in the town, has been caught for violating the Philippine Dental Act, the NBI said. The laboratory also manufactures …