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By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA The Bacolod City government has urged business establishments not to sell volatile substances to minors after a viral video showed a group of minors sniffing solvent along North Capitol Road. City Administrator Mark Steven Mayo said the incident has become the city government’s major concern, as minors were seen abusing volatile …

A member of the Bacolod City council is pushing for the strengthened implementation of Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD) program in schools amid the alarming reports of illegal drug activities involving students. In an interview yesterday, Councilor Israel Salanga, who chairs the city council’s committee on social services and development, said there is an urgent need …

By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA Smuggled cigarettes worth an estimated P1.95 million were seized from a warehouse in the Reclamation Area in Bacolod City’s Barangay 8 on Saturday, June 20. The operation also led to the arrest of 56-year-old alias “Eglen,” a resident of Zamboanga del Norte’s Dipolog City; 39-year-old alias “Drandreb,” from Zamboanga Sibugay; and …

By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA A Grade 11 student was arrested after he sold a sachet of suspected shabu that led to the seizure of an estimated P2.040 million worth of illegal substance in Bacolod City’s Barangay Banago yesterday. The drug buy-bust operation led to the arrest of 21-year-old alias “Jonel,” a resident of Purok Nami-Nami …

By CESAR JOLITO III A 69-year-old man was found dead inside the bathroom of his residence at Barangay Minoyan in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town on Friday night, June 20. The victim, identified only by the alias “Bertel,” was discovered lifeless at around 10:30 p.m. inside his home in Purok Varela after concerned friends and neighbors …

By CESAR JOLITO III Two motorcycle riders were killed in separate road accidents in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental’s Bago City. In Bacolod, a 19-year-old rider died after his motorcycle slammed into a parked 10-wheeler truck along Circumferential Road in Barangay Alijis at 4:30 a.m. yesterday. The victim was traveling southbound from the northern portion …

By CESAR JOLITO III Authorities from the Police Regional Office in the Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) confiscated more than P5.5 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested a 19-year-old high-value individual during a buy-bust operation at Barangay Punta Mesa in Negros Occidental’s Manapla town on Saturday, June 20. PRO-NIR identified the suspect only as alias …

By CESAR JOLITO III The chief of the Sibulan Municipal Police Station in Negros Oriental has been relieved from his post after a successful anti-illegal gambling operation conducted by the Police Regional Office in the Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), highlighting the strict enforcement of the regional command’s One-Strike Policy. PRO-NIR Acting Regional Director Police Brigadier …

A tricycle driver here has been fined and suspended by the Land Transportation Office – Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) due to reckless driving that resulted in the death of a pedestrian in April. In a report on Wednesday, the agency said the resolution was received by the respondent at his residence in Barangay Pahanocoy on …

By CESAR JOLITO III A 59-year-old fisherman from Negros Occidental’s Valladolid town, who went missing after allegedly being struck by lightning while at sea, was found dead on Inampulogan Island in Guimaras on Thursday morning, June 18. Dennis Gegonia was discovered lifeless at around 11:00 a.m. after a coordinated search and rescue operation. Valladolid police …