Marchel P. Espina

The injured policemen beside the vehicle that overturned on Monday.*Candoni PNP photoEleven policemen were injured after they figured in an accident in Barangay Caningay, Candoni , Negros Occidental, 11 a.m. Monday, November 28.The injured policemen of the 604th Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 6 (RMFB-6) are patrolmen Jerome Tolentino, Joey Bana-ag, Eric Abela, Bryan Ambaja, Emam James and Jared King Dadivas, and corporals Mark Jel Salazar, John Arevalo, Reggie Tacdoro, Noriel Vergara and Kenneth Valiao.The policemen were conducting a road patrol when the brakes of their vehicle malfunctioned as it was going down a curvy road, a police report said.This caused the police driver to lose control of the vehicle, which hit a barrier on the side of the road and ove...

Two persons were injured in this computer shop in Bacolod City, Monday.*BCPO photoTwo persons were injured in a gun attack at a computer shop at Purok Sigay, Barangay 2, Bacolod City, early Monday, November 28.Injured were Ramy Araiz and Michael Yasas.The victims were playing computer games when the unidentified suspect fired at them, a police report said.Araiz sustained a lone gunshot wound in his armpit while Yasas was hit in the leg.Both victims were rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City, while the suspect fled after the incident.Police are still investigating the shooting.*

The slain Bacolodnon in Barangay 16, Bacolod City.*A 31-year-old man was shot to death at Purok Adarna in Barangay 16, Bacolod City, Thursday, November 25.Killed was Mark Christian Luceño.Maj. Ramel Sarona, Police Station 1 chief, said the victim was sitting in a trisikad when he was approached by the motorcycle-riding suspect who shot him on the head.Luceño died on the spot.Sarona said the victim was previously jailed for stealing and illegal drugs. This is one of the motives for the killing they are looking into, he said.But according to the victim's family, Luceño had stopped his illegal activities.*

The city engineer was shot outside his house in Kabankalan City on Thursday.*Kabankalan PNP photoThe city engineer of Himamaylan was injured after he was shot Thursday, November 24, outside his house in Barangay 9, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.The victim, identified as 54-year-old Vicente Genova, was cleaning his car when he was approached by two men.He was asked if he was Engineer Genova and when he answered, he was immediately shot three times by the suspects.Genova was hit with a bullet in his leg.He was immediately taken to a hospital.The police are currently investigating the motive behind the attack on the engineer.*

The ambush site in Sipalay City*The New People’s Army claimed the ambush and killing of two Army intelligence officers in Barangay Camindangan in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, Thursday, November 24.In an advisory Friday, November 25, the Armando Sumayang Jr. Command-New People's Army Southwest Guerrilla Front (ASJC-NPA) confirmed that they perpetrated the ambush in Sipalay that killed two soldiers.Killed were Sgt. Regie Glendro and Ssg. Ken Camilan who were members of the Army’s 47th Infantry Battalion.The killed soldiers were conducting coordination for the upcoming local peace engagement with the populace involving the former mass supporters of the rebels, the 47th Infantry Battalion said.The army assured the public that the incident will not hamper the efforts of ...

The remains of a killed NPA leader was turned over to his family.*303rd IB photoThe remains of killed New People’s Army leader Victoriano Baldonado was turned over by government forces to his family at Saint Francis Funeral Homes in Brgy Poblacion, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, on Tuesday, November 22.Baldonado, who was killed in an encounter with state forces at Sitio Banderahan, Brgy Trinidad on November 21, was the commanding officer of the Section Guerrilla Unit (SGU), Central Negros Front 1 (CN1), Komiteng Rehiyon Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor (KR-NCBS), which operates in the tri-boundaries of Guihulngan City, Canlaon City, both of Negros Oriental, and Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental.The family of the rebel expressed their gratitude for the proper handling of the...

The scene of the ambush in Sipalay City on Thursday.*Two Army intelligence operatives were killed in an ambush at So. Camboguiot, Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 24.Killed were Sgt. Regie Glendro and Sgt. Ken Camilan of the 47th Infantry Battallion based in Barangay Haba, Candoni, the police reported.The police said the two soldiers on board a motorcycle were conducting reconnaissance operations in Sitio Camboguiot.When they reached the curved part of the uphill road, they were attacked by a group of armed men.They were shot in different parts of their body that resulted in their instantaneous death, the police added.The armed men fled immediately.The police are still investigating the incident.*

A Bacolodnon was arrested for possession of a firearm during a police buy-bust operation at Brgy. Damgo, E.B Magalona, Negros Occidental, Tuesday, November 22.Nabbed was 43-year-old Jared Banay of Prk. 3, Magsungay, Brgy. Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City.During the bust, he yielded a .45 caliber pistol with magazine, the P100 bill, boodle money, and a plastic bag.He is now in the custody of EB Magalona police and is facing criminal charges.*