By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A high-value target drug personality managed to elude police last Saturday morning following raid by members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), the Regional Intelligence Unit-Region VI (RIU-6), the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU), and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) at Purok Sibucao in Barangay Banago, …
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Engineer’s home burglarized in Himamaylan City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A house owned by an engineer was burglarized last Saturday at Purok Voungavilla in Barangay Su-ay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the victim as 51-year-old home owner Lowell Grye. Investigators from Himamaylan City Police Station said the suspects broke into Grye’s residence by destroying the cyclone fence at …
Resolution addresses the need for parking spaces in Bacolod City
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed during its regular session last week a resolution calling on the Office of the Building Official (OBO) to ensure parking spaces are available throughout the city, as a way of alleviating traffic. According to the legislation, penned by City Councilor Caesar Distrito, city …
P8.4M worth of crop damage attributed to recent storm
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to Provincial Agriculturist, Atty. Japhet Masculino, an estimated P8.4 million worth of crops were lost in Negros Occidental due to Tropical Storm Basyang, which struck the province earlier this month. He noted, San Carlos City reported the most losses, with an estimated P1,890,300 lost in rice crops and …
Duterte visits Negros Occidental to dine with the Yansons
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following his visit to Iloilo, President Rodrigo Duterte made a surprise stop in Negros Occidental last Thursday, where he dined with the Yanson family, owners of Vallacar Transit, Inc., the parent company of Ceres Bus Liner. The president’s helicopter reportedly touched down at Bacolod-Silay Airport at 7:00 p.m., where he …
Illegally retrieved lumber intercepted in La Castellana
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) officials, along with La Castellana Municipal Police Station operatives, intercepted a truck carrying illegally retrieved lumber, or ‘hot logs,’ last Thursday evening at Sitio Old Pabrica in Barangay Cabagnaan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Police identified the driver of the truck …
Fisherman killed while dynamite fishing in Sagay City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A fisherman was killed Wednesday morning while dynamite fishing in Barangay Molocaboc, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the fatality as 47-year-old Francisco Jimenez Jagonos, a resident of the said barangay. Based on statements provided by Jagonos’ daughter Quennie Jimenez, her father left to go fishing around 11:00 a.m. However, that afternoon, Jagonos …
Talisay City resident gunned by unidentified assailant
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 38-year-old man was declared dead on the spot after he was allegedly shot by a still-unidentified gunman yesterday morning at Purok Tumpok in Barangay 15, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the fatality as Audie Verayo Tando, a resident of Purok Pugad Baboy in Barangay Zone 4 of the …
Drug subgroup ‘official’ arrested in Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An individual considered the “right-hand man” for a local drug subgroup was arrested following a raid conducted by the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) at Purok Magnolia in Barangay 7, Bacolod City, Wednesday evening, after almost two weeks of surveillance. Police identified the suspect as 22-year-old John Carl Paje, a resident of …
BCPO awaits autopsy results following inmate suicide
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director, Police Senior Superintendent Francisco Ebreo, said they are currently awaiting the autopsy results of the Police Station 1 (PS1) inmate who allegedly hanged himself inside the station’s detention facility last week. According to Ebreo, the autopsy report would help bring closure to the family …