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A policewoman who was arrested in a recent illegal gambling raid in Hinigaran town, Negros Occidental, was charged for violation of Presidential Decree 1602 or the illegal gambling law.This was confirmed Friday, July 30, by Col. Romy Palgue, Negros Occidental provincial police director, who said that the policewoman identified as MSgt. Bebzie Nicor was assigned to his office as his secretary.In a virtual press conference, Palgue said that he ordered the immediate relief of Nicor as he does not want his office to affect the investigation.“So we will have an impartial investigation,” he said.An illegal gambling raid conducted by the 2nd company of the Negros Occidental Provincial Public Safety and Company in Barangay Quiwi led to the arrest of six persons, including the polic...

Col. Romy Palgue, Negros Occidental police director, apologized Friday, July 30, for the lapses of members of the police force in the province.A policeman was arrested for rape and a policewoman for illegal gambling in Negros Occidental this week.“Pasensya na po kung lumalabas na may pagkululang ang police (I apologize if it appears that the police have lapses) and were involved in these kind of cases,” Palgue said in a virtual press briefing Friday, July 30, when he was asked about the status of the policeman who raped the 12-year-old daughter of his partner in Cadiz City.He said the rape case was filed against a member of the Highway Patrol Group and is being monitored by the higher headquarters.The policeman on Tuesday, July 27, reportedly entered the room of the minor, ...

Contributed photoThe Department of Health is sending Negros Occidental and Bacolod City 78,510 doses of Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines on Saturday, Dr. Mary Jane Juanico, DOH-6 Infectious Disease Unit head, said Friday, July 30.Negros Occidental will receive 50,000 doses and Bacolod City 25,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines, she said.Bacolod City will also receive 3,510 doses of Pfizer vaccines, she added. The Pfizer vaccines will be administered as second doses, Juanico said.This week, Bacolod City rolled out 51,040 doses of vaccines - 30,000 doses were Johnson & Johnson, 2,340 - Pfizer, and 18,700 - AstraZeneca.In Negros Occidental, 70,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson single shot vaccines were also rolled out this week with priority given to senior citizens, as wel...

The Election Registration Board disapproved five voter registration applications in Bacolod City, which now has 302,168 registered voters, Election Officer Kathrina Trinio-Caña said Friday, July 30.The five registrants were disapproved because they had moved to barangays that were different from what they stated in their applications at the time of the ERB hearing, Caña said.They, however, can file new applications stating the barangays where they now reside in Bacolod City, she said.One applicant had sold her house in Sum-ag and moved to Punta Taytay, so in her new registration she should place the barangay where she now lives, Caña said.Oppositions to 222 voter registration applications were filed in July, but 145 were withdrawn, leaving the ERB with 77 to rule on.Amo...

3ID photoLt. Gen. Roberto Ancan, commander of Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command, bade farewell to the 303rd Infantry Brigade troops at Camp Gerona in Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, July 28.Ancan, who is from Victorias City, Negros Occidental, is retiring next week.Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd IB commander, accorded Ancan the customary foyer honors.One of the highlights of his exit visit was the awarding of Gold Cross Medals to one officer and seven enlisted personnel of 62nd Infantry Battalion and 33rd Division Reconnaissance Company for their gallantry in action during the simultaneous encounters against 40 rebels at Sitio Agit, Brgy Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, on March 23.The encounter resulted in the death of ...

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, July 29, extended the General Community Quarantine with Heightened Restrictions (GCQ-HR) classification of Bacolod City until August 15 amid the Delta variant threat from neighboring Panay Island.The Department of Health (DOH) Thursday night reported the detection of four more COVID-19 Delta variant cases in Western Visayas bringing the total to six.Of the four new cases in Panay, three are local cases and one is a returning overseas Filipino, Dr. Helen Tobias, DOH 6 assistant regional director, said in a virtual press conference.The cases include a 59-year-old female from Antique where the two previous cases were detected. She was admitted at the Western Visayas Medical Center in Iloilo City on July 8, was discharged on July 20, and at pr...

Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has issued an executive order extending the duration of the General Community Quarantine over Negros Occidental until August 31 and identifying establishments still not allowed to operate.Lacson issued EO 21-39, Series of 2021, Thursday, July 29, in compliance with the order of President Rodrigo Duterte placing the province under GCQ.Entertainment and recreational venues, amusement parks, fairs, playgrounds, kiddie rides, traditional cockfighting and cockpits will remain closed during the duration of GCQ, the governor said.The governor said more stringent travel protocols for inbound travelers and mass gatherings at 30 percent will remain in place to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant in the province.Mandatory registr...

Twenty-five soldiers inside the 542 Engineering Battalion compound in Barangay Caradio-an, Himamaylan City, have tested positive for COVID-19, Mayor Raymund Tongson said Thursday, July 29.The 25 soldiers of the 16th Scout Ranger Company are now quarantined at the 542 Engineering Battalion compound, he said.The soldiers had come from Negros Oriental and some already had COVID-19 symptoms when they arrived, he added.The first Covid-19 case was detected on July 8 and on contact tracing the number reached 25, Tongson added.The 542 Engineering Battalion has been locked down, he said.The soldiers did not acquire the virus from Himamaylan City that was already down to only 13 COVID-19 cases Thursday, he said.The number of cases in Himamaylan increased with the 25 soldiers ...