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Four Negrenses were arrested and P217,400 in suspected shabu was seized in buy-bust operations in two cities and two towns in Negros Occidental on Friday and Saturday, August 11 and 12, the police reported.Clark Mondragon, 38, a high value target from Sitio San Juan, Brgy. Guimbala-on, Silay City, was arrested on Friday, the police said.Seized from him were 20 grams of suspected shabu valued at P136,000, a .38 caliber revolver with four live ammunition and drug paraphernalia, the police added.Vladimir Golmayo, 44, was also arrested in a buy-bust operation in Bucros Gamay, Brgy. II, La Carlota City, Friday night.Recovered from him were seven grams of suspected shabu worth P47,600, the police said.In Hinoba-an, Micheal Dayanan, 27 of Purok 5, Brgy. 2 Poblacion, was arrest...

Two persons were stabbed to death in San Carlos City and Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Friday, August 11.Raymund Ellima, 39, was stabbed multiple times after a heated argument at San Juan Tunga, Brgy. 5, San Carlos City, Friday morning, the police said.The heated argument ensued between Ellima and the suspect identified as Reynaldo Flores, alias “Purontoy”, 39, a garbage collector from Barangay 5.The suspect allegedly drew an improvised ice pick and stabbed the victim several times on different parts of his body.The victim was rushed to the San Carlos City Hospital but was pronounced dead, the police said.Flores is now detained at the San Carlos Police Station.Meanwhile, Jing Paul Casiple was also stabbed to death in Purok Matawgay, Brgy. Binicuil, Kabankal...

Sen. Imee Marcos*Sen. Imee Marcos, a vice-chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform, will be the guest of honor and keynote speaker during the opening of the 69th Annual National Convention of the Philippine Sugar Technologists Association (Philsutech) at Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City, on August 23.Sugar Regulatory Administrator Pablo Luis S. Azcona will also deliver his message after the address of Marcos, while Tourism Assistant Secretary Christopher V. Morales will be the guest of honor and speaker during the opening of the Philsutech Product Exhibits on August 22.With the theme “Gearing Towards a Competitive Sugarcane Industry to Adapt to the Changing Global Situation”, the Philsutech convention is slated August 22-25.It is a much-awaited annu...

Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, Rep. Greg Gasataya and Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (l-r) inspecting the construction of the Bacolod City Museum on Saturday, August 12.*CPG photoSenate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Saturday, August 12, visited the ongoing construction of the Bacolod City General Hospital (BCGH) and the Bacolod City Museum and pledged to allocate more funds for the completion of both projects.Zubiri was accompanied by Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and Rep. Greg Gasataya during the inspection of the projects.The senator said that he will see to it the allocation of more funds for the BCGH located at Barangay Vista Alegre in Bacolod City, on top of the P400 million he previously had allocated and the P250 million from the Departmen...

Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr.*Murder charges will be filed before the Manila Regional Trial Court against embattled Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. (Neg. Or, 3rd District) and five others for their alleged part in killings four years ago, including the ambush of a former agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in broad daylight.Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla confirmed to the media on Friday, August 11, that Teves, Hannah Mae Sumerano (alias Hannah Mae), Richard Cuadra (alias Boy Cuadra), Jasper Tanasan (also identified as Bobong Tanasan), Alex Mayagma and Rolando Pinili (referred to as Inday) were indicted for the deaths of Michael Dungog, Lester Bato and Pacito Libron.Remulla said if prosecutors were not able to meet Friday’s deadline, they will file...

Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya *The House of Representatives approved two bills filed by Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya on third and final reading on Wednesday, August 9.Approved was House Bill 293 establishing a Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board office in Bacolod City that will cater to Bacolod and Negros Occidental residents, Gasataya said on Thursday.Also approved was House Bill 8255 for the creation of two additional Municipal Trial Court in Cities branches in Bacolod to decongest the courts.*

PCol. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, vows to go after the drug sources.*The Bacolod police will continue to relentlessly pursue the remnants of the Caunda drug syndicate and their female leader to put an end to their operations in the city, PCol. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, vowed on Friday, August 11.There is a P100,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of Maria Caunda, the leader of the group who is from Mindanao, he reiterated.Aliño said two ranking members of the drug syndicate, including Caunda’s right-hand man, who were arrested in Cebu have already been turned over to the Bacolod police.“We are going after the source of the drugs”, he said, pointing out that persons arrested by the Bacolod police have pointed to the Caunda group a...

The persons who have opted for rehabilitation.*Thirty-nine of 53 Bacolod City government workers who tested positive for the use of illegal drugs have voluntarily surrendered for rehabilitation.There were 17 from the Public Order and Safety Office and 22 from the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office who surrendered, retired PGen. Primitivo Tabujara, Bacolod Anti Drug Program coordinator, said Friday, August 11.The 14 who failed to surrender will be included in the drugs watchlist for surveillance and if evidence warrants charges will be filed against them, PCol. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, said.“Don’t dare me, I warned you, I mean it I will arrest all of you,” Aliño said.He said he will gather evidence against the 14 and find out where they are getting their dr...