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Authorities seized more than P741,000 worth of suspected shabu and arrested two alleged drug pushers in separate buy-bust operations in Bacolod City and San Carlos City last week.The operations, conducted on July 15 and 16, resulted in the confiscation of about 109 grams of suspected shabu with a combined standard drug price of P741,200.In Bacolod City, agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office-Negros Island Region arrested a 60-year-old woman, identified only as alias “Edalyn,” during a buy-bust operation at Purok Kagaykay, Brgy. 2 shortly after midnight on July 15.The operation was carried out by the PDEA RO-NIR Regional Special Enforcement Team with the Regional Office-NIR Special Intelligence Unit-Negros Occidental and the Philippine National P...

Students of Barangay Singcang-Airport National High School in Bacolod City participate in an active shooter simulation exercise on Tuesday.*Photo courtesy of Adrian PrietosThe Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has been conducting a simulation exercise (simex) for active shooting incidents in various public schools in Bacolod  as part of the efforts to keep campuses safe and secure.BCPO Director Col. Eugene Rebadomia said on Wednesday, July 15, that  the Department of Education (DepEd) Bacolod Schools Division Office itself has requested for the conduct of a simex.“Before this, police station personnel would visit the school and request the principal to conduct the activity. However, they still had to seek a reply from the city schools superintendent. Now, they have in...

The Police Regional Office Negros Island Region (PRO NIR), through the San Carlos Police Station, launched immediate security inspections on Saturday afternoon, July 11, following an online bomb threat targeting multiple local establishments.At approximately 4:30 p.m. personnel from the San Carlos Police Station, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) San Carlos Canine Unit, and the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) conducted bomb detection paneling operations at three locations:*San Carlos City Auditorium in Barangay 4 *VIAST Outsource Solutions along East Carmona Street, Barangay 4 *Empire One BPO along Eco Translink Highway, Barangay 2The joint security operation was triggered after authorities monitored a post in the public Facebook group “6127 ...

RCSU Assistant Chief Freddie Cayot (right)  and PSSgt. Giducos  discuss the requirements and details of the 3-day License to Own and Possess Firearms (LTOPF) and Firearms Registration Caravan.* The  Bacolod City government, in partnership with the Regional Civil Security Unit– Negros Island Region (RCSU-NIR) under the Civil Security Group, will hold a three-day License to Own and Possess Firearms (LTOPF) and Firearms Registration Caravan from Wednesday to Friday,  May 20 to 22,  at the Bacolod City Government Center lobby. The caravan, scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., aims to make firearm licensing and registration services more accessible and convenient for Bacolod residents and neighboring communities while promoting responsible gun ownership, a press release from the Bacolod Cit...

Bayan USA said one of the 19 killed in Toboso, Negros Occidental, on April 19  was a 40- year-old human rights advocate from California.Killed was Filipino-American Lyle Prijoles, Bayan USA said.“Bayan USA and Filipinos across the United States extend our deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of Lyle, and join them in righteous fury at his unjust murder,” Bayan Muna USA said.“Having studied Journalism and Asian-American Studies, Lyle strove to take his education beyond the classroom, and use it to listen to and uplift the stories of marginalized communities who had the courage to stand for their rights,” it added. After graduating, his advocacy work eventually brought him back home to the Philippines on several occasions to learn directly from communitie...