Police officers arrested a “high-value” drug suspect and seized some P7.3 million worth of shabu in Negros Oriental province on Tuesday, September 10. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO), told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that the 45-year-old suspect identified as alias “Opaw” was nabbed during a buy-bust operation …
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Negros Occidental officials, employees honor late governor
The late Negros Occidental governor Daniel “Bitay” Lacson, Jr. was honored yesterday by the Provincial Board and the Capitol Government Employees (Capgem) Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative for his significant contributions to the development of the province. Lacson, who succumbed to a lingering illness on September 6 at the age of 77, was appointed by then-president Corazon …
W. Visayas records over 20.8-K dengue cases, 51 deaths
Western Visayas has recorded 51 dengue deaths out of the 20,814 cases from January 1 to August 31, 2024, according to the Department of Health-Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-WV CHD) in a virtual press briefing yesterday. The data is higher by 264 percent compared with the 5,711 cases with 25 deaths for the same …
Police seize P1.7-M ‘shabu,’ arrest high-value suspect
The police seized P1.7 million worth of shabu and arrested a suspected drug pusher during a buy-bust in Barangay Candau-ay, Dumaguete City, near midnight on Monday, September 9. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO), said yesterday that the 40-year-old male suspect, of Purok Iba, Barangay Palinpinon, Valencia town, is …
Teves return ‘very soon’; to be transported by Air Force: DOJ
It’s only a matter of time before expelled Congressman Arnolfo Teves, Jr. will return to the Philippines from Timor-Leste, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said yesterday. Remulla bared the development to reporters in a chance interview at the Deparment of Justice (DOJ) main office yesterday. “Teves is coming home very soon. Malapit na. Andun lang ang Papa …
BFAR intensifies monitoring of possible red tide in NegOr bays
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is intensifying its monitoring of Negros Oriental coastal areas, specifically bays, for a potential red tide occurrence, an official said yesterday. The BFAR already issued a red tide warning over the weekend advising the public not to eat shellfish sourced from Bais Bay after samples collected last …
Teves’ extradition to begin after papal visit in Timor-Leste: DOJ
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday, September 7, said “it will not be too long” before expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves, Jr. would return to the Philippines, noting that the government of Timor-Leste does not want the fugitive “to stay longer” in their country. Teves fled the Philippines last year after he was tagged as the …
P6.8-M shabu seized in Negros Occidental
Police officers intercepted a kilogram of shabu worth P6.8 million from a man on a motorcycle going to Bacolod City during an operation in adjacent Murcia town in Negros Occidental on Saturday night, September 7. Suspect “John,” 29, is a resident of Purok 42 Bayanihan, Barangay Villamonte in Bacolod. According to the police report, John …
Red tide warning up in Bais Bay in Negros Oriental
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has issued a red tide warning to the public following positive laboratory results of paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) in shellfish collected from Bais Bay in Bais City, Negros Oriental. In its warning dated September 6 and posted on its Facebook page on Saturday, September 7, the BFAR-Negros …
Woman shot dead by ‘jealous’ husband
By JEN BAYLON A wife was shot dead by her husband over alleged jealousy in Dumaguete City’s Barangay Tabuc-Tubig early yesterday morning. Police have yet to identify the 36-year-old victim, who was found dead with gunshot wounds in several parts of her body inside a vehicle. Her body was discovered in the driver’s seat. The …