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Law enforcers  arrested a high-value individual and seized P367,200 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Manapla, Negros Occidental, on Friday afternoon, July 3.The suspect was identified as alias “Inday,” 43, a resident of the Relocation Site in Brgy. Purisima.The operation was conducted at around 2:31 p.m. by personnel of the Negros Occidental Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, Manapla police, Regional Intelligence Unit-NIR, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.Police said the suspect allegedly sold a sachet of suspected shabu to an undercover officer in exchange for P500.Authorities recovered three sachets and one knot-tied plastic bag containing about 54 grams of suspected shabu.Also seized were the buy-bust money, a black coin purse, an...

A Bureau of Jail Management and Penology employee was killed while two others were injured in a collision involving two motorcycles in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, on Thursday night, July 3.Police identified the fatality as alias “Jonathan,” 32,  a BJMP employee  assigned at the Victorias City Jail and a resident of Cadiz City.Injured were alias “Matthew,” 25, the driver of the other motorcycle, and alias “Ron,” 29, Jonathan’s back rider.The road incident happened at around 9:40 p.m. along the national highway near Simag in Brgy. Alicante.Initial investigation showed that Matthew was driving a Honda XRM motorcycle from Brgy. Alicante toward Brgy. Pasil while occupying the inner lane.Jonathan was driving a Royal Enfield motorcycle in the same direction alo...

Police arrested the Negros Island Region’s fifth  most wanted person during a manhunt operation in Silay City on Saturday morning, July 4.The accused was identified by the alias “Al,” 47, a resident of Brgy. Purisima, Manapla.He was arrested at around 10:50 a.m. at the Yolanda Housing project in Brgy. E. Lopez by personnel from the Silay City Police Station, Negros Occidental Provincial Intelligence Unit, Provincial Intelligence Team, and Regional Intelligence Unit-NIR.Police said the accused was apprehended by virtue of a warrant of arrest for murder.Authorities alleged that he is a gun-for-hire who was involved in a drug-related shooting incident in Silay City in 2024.Police records also show that he was previously arrested in Victorias City in 2022 for violation...

Police arrested the Negros Island Region’s No. 1 most wanted person in La Carlota City on Saturday night, July 4.The accused was identified as alias “Mar,” 20, a resident of Brgy. 2, La  Carlota City.He was arrested at around 10:24 p.m. along Ibiza Street in Villa Caridad Subdivision, Brgy. 3, during an operation conducted by the La Carlota City Police Station with assistance from provincial and regional intelligence units.Police said the accused was apprehended by virtue of a warrant of arrest for six counts of rape under the Revised Penal Code.No bail was recommended by the court.Authorities alleged that the accused committed the offenses against his minor girlfriend on several occasions.The accused is detained at the La Carlota City Police Station pending tu...

Mayor Mayette Javellana and Brig. Gen. Romano Cardiño in Bago City on Friday* Citybridge photoThe Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) headquarters will  be established in Bago City, Mayor Mayette Javellana announced on Friday, July 3.Javellana said Bago City’s  hosting the regional headquarters will  boost local peace and order while fostering greater investor confidence in the city.The announcement followed a meeting on Friday between Bago City officials and a PRO-NIR delegation led by Regional Director Brig. Gen. Romano Cardiño to discuss details for the project.Cardiño confirmed that the plans are moving forward, noting that the city government has agreed to a few adjustments regarding the lot donation to the Philippine National Police. ...

The collapsed graves facing Lopez Jaena Street.*BCCO photoA consultative meeting with more than 120 relatives of the deceased is set for Tuesday, July 7, at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) lobby to coordinate the urgent transfer of 450 human remains from the collapsed graves of the Burgos Public Cemetery.Mayor Greg Gasataya said  meeting as part of the local government's proactive measures to address safety concerns surrounding the decaying structures.The affected remains are scheduled to be relocated to the newly established Handumanan Cemetery Bone Vault.Gasataya said  the structural integrity of the collapsed graves poses immediate dangers and health risks, particularly to pedestrians and passing motorists along the busy Lopez Jaena Street. *

An environmental advocacy group has expressed strong opposition to a proposal allowing Victorias City to dispose of its residual waste at Bacolod City’s sanitary landfill in Barangay Felisa, warning that the city cannot afford to become a "dumping site" while managing its own waste issues.The Negrosanon Initiative for Climate and the Environment (NICE) issued a statement following the Bacolod City Solid Waste Management Board's approval of Victorias City's request.The proposal is currently awaiting final approval from the Sangguniang Panlungsod, NICE said.While acknowledging that inter-LGU cooperation is permitted under Philippine law, NICE argued that such agreements should not compromise the welfare of the host city."This proposal raises serious concerns about whether Bac...

The Yanson 4 did not commit theft and did not transfer Mindanao Star Bus Transport Inc. . (MSBTI) funds to their personal accounts,  Celina Yanson Lopez said Friday, July 3.Lopez was responding to qualified  theft  charges filed against her and her three other siblings – Roy, Emily and  Ricardo Jr.Lawyer Norman Golez, who was joined by the family’s matriarch, Olivia V. Yanson, and her two other children, Leo Rey Yanson and Ginnette Yanson-Dumancas, at a press conference at their private beach resort in Brgy. Bubog, Talisay City, Thursday evening,  said new warrants of arrests had been issued against the Y4  in connection with raps filed against them for qualified theft involving more than PHP 803.47 million in corporate funds..Mindanao Star Bus Tra...