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By Mae Singuay  Three women were arrested for illegal gambling in separate police operations at Barangay Lag-asan in Negros Occidental’s Bago City on Tuesday afternoon, July 4. Arrested were 49-year-old Melanie Ortega, 31-year-old Beverly  Lobrido and 44-year-old Mary Ana Mae Namia, all residents of the city’s Barangay Taloc. Municipal Trial Court Judge Aireen Bonghanoy recommended …

Two street-level individuals are now at-large after they escaped from a drug buy-bust operation at Barangay Mambulac in Negros Occidental’s Silay City on Tuesday afternoon, July 4. Silay police chief, Lt. Colonel Mark Anthony Darroca, said those who evaded arrest were identified as 21-year-old Emedy Roullo alias “Babot,” and Ronesa Isidro, of legal age, both …

Negros Occidental’s Sipalay City, known as a top tourist destination, is gearing up for digitalization with the creation of the Federation for Information and Communications Technology in Sipalay (FITS), which will serve as the city’s ICT council. In line with the just-concluded ICT Month in June, Mayor Maria Gina Lizares issued Executive Order 13 on …

A total of 335 uniformed and non-uniformed personnel at the headquarters of the Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO-6) in Camp Delgado in Iloilo City submitted to a surprise drug test yesterday. “Our regional director, Brigadier General Sidney Villaflor, wanted 100 percent of the personnel in Region 6 to undergo the drug test to …

Negros Oriental Governor Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria has assured local government units (LGUs) of resource augmentation to ramp up their individual disaster response and mitigation plans. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) executive director Adrian Sedillo told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that the governor gave his assurance on Monday, July 3, during a …

A man was injured after he was shot at Barangay Guimbalaon in Negros Occidental’s Silay City on Monday night, July 3. The victim was identified as 41-year-old Erving Biñas, a resident of Bacolod City’s Barangay Vista Alegre. Two .45-caliber bullets were recovered from his stomach. Biñas was immediately taken to the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga  One of the three victims of the shooting incident at Barangay Alimango in Negros Occidental’s Escalante City early Saturday morning, July 1, died while undergoing treatment. Police Captain Judesses Catalogo, Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office spokesperson, said the family of 18-year-old Jevan Sayson informed Escalante police that he had passed away after he succumbed …

A total of 4,279 farmers in Bago City, the top rice-producing local government unit in Negros Occidental and Western Visayas, received P21.39 million in cash aid under the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) – Rice Farmers Financial Assistance program. Data showed yesterday that cash cards containing P5,000 were given to each …

The Bacolod-Silay Airport Police Station in Negros Occidental is seeking assistance from the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group to investigate the bomb scare that affected a Cebu Pacific flight bound for Manila on Sunday night, July 2. Passengers were asked to deplane after they were informed about a bomb threat sent to iPhone users through …

Dumaguete City’s efforts on waste management to beat plastic pollution has slowly gained recognition for properly managing its garbage through its sustained operation of a material recovery facility (MRF). This was cited by Dumaguete City Environment and Natural Resources Officer, Engineer Chilvier Patrimonio in a Kapihan sa PIA Forum in observance of this month’s Philippine …