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The Armando Sumayang Jr. Command of the New People’s Army (ASJC-NPA) on Monday, January 30, claimed responsibility for the killing of a landowner in Ilog, Negros Occidental.Silas Vargas Granada, 65, was shot to death at Sitio Gumayon, Brgy Pinggot, Ilog, Negros Occidental, at 8 p.m. Saturday, January 28, the police reported.A group of about 30 unidentified armed men with high powered firearms visited the house of the victim and a confrontation occurred. The confrontation became hostile and the armed men shot the victim on the head several times, which resulted to his instantaneous death, the police added.The police said the NPA had also killed the father of Granada in the past over a land dispute.Andrea Guerrero, ASJC-NPA spokesperson, alleged that Granada was an intelligen...

A tricycle driver was sentenced to life imprisonment for the sale of shabu to a policeman in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, in violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.Judge Raymond Joseph Javier of the Bacolod Regional Trial Court Branch 52 on Friday, January 27, sentenced Gerald Rojas Pastores , alias “Toto Buli”, to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P500,000 for the sale of .104 gram of shabu to the policeman in a buy bust operation for P500 at Purok 4 Greenshell in Barangay Singcang-Airport on June 25, 2021.The police said on Pastores’ arrest an additional 1.604 grams of shabu were recovered from his possession, for which he was sentenced to an additional 12 years and eight months minimum to 17 years and 8 months maximum imprisonment and to pay ...

Tribu Tinambi Tres, composed of barangays Tinampaan, Mabini, and Zone 3, was the grand champion in the Dinagsa Street Dancing Competition, Sunday.*Ronnie Baldonado photoMayor Salvador Escalante said the two-week 49th Dinagsa Festival held in honor of the Sr. Sto. Niño de Cadiz in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, which ended Sunday, January 29, generated close to P1 billion in sales for local entreprenuers.They not only enjoyed the festival but also earned a lot, he said.He said there were 62 activities held during the two-week festival.Cadiz City will begin preparations early for its 50th Dinagsa celebration next year, he added.Tribu Tinambi Tres, composed of barangays of Tinampaan, Mabini, and Zone 3, was the grand champion in the Dinagsa Street Dancing Competition, Sund...

The suspected shabu seized in Prk Greenfield 2, Brgy Tangub, Bacolod.*BCPO photoThe Bacolod police arrested two and seized an estimated 20 grams of suspected shabu worth P136,000 at Prk Greenfield 2, Brgy Tangub, Bacolod City, 1:04 a.m. Sunday, January 29.Arrested were Randy Piamonte Tillana, 34, and Suzannie Anne Cordova, 37, of Prk Greenfield.They were arrested by the City Drug Enforcement Unit led by PCapt. Joven Mogato who conducted the buy bust operation.The arrested persons were to be turned over to the Police Station 8, the report said.*

The scene of the accident at the Circumferential Road in Bacolod City, Saturday.*Police Station 3 photoA Bacolodnon died in a road accident in Bacolod City, while two others were killed in Negros Occidental, the police reported on Sunday, January 29.Brian Lorente Tahan, 40 of Purok Bayabasan, Brgy. Bata, Bacolod City, died at the entrance of the Valley of Peace at the Circumferential Road in Bacolod City at 7:10 p.m. Saturday, January 28, Police Station 3 reported.Lorente lost control of his motorcycle and his head hit the concrete post of a streetlight causing his instantaneous death, it said.In Calatrava, Anjohmary Elarcosa, 30, was found hacked to death in Sitio Dao, Brgy. Lemery, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.He was found bathed in his own blood with hack wounds on ...

Seven persons were caught for alleged illegal fishing in the territorial waters of Ilog, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, January 28.Caught were Tony Cordero, 50, Ruphny Guanzon, 29, Kenneth Cordero, 18, Ronald Jadan, 36, Joan Ordania, 40, Junrez Gavillanes, 35, and Jonie Ordania, 48, of Brgy. Su-ay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, the police reported Sunday.The Ilog Municipal Bantay Dagat Task Force volunteers intercepted three boats in the act of illegal fishing within the prohibited distance from the shoreline of Barangay II, Ilog, in violation of Section 3 of Municipal Ordinance No. 26 Series of 1993, the report added.Recovered from their possession and control were three fishing nets, the police said.*

The Confederation of Sugarcane Producers Association (CONFED) has recommended the importation of a more conservative volume of sugar, compared to the proposed 450,000 metric tons “two months buffer stock” being mulled by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA).CONFED president Aurelio Gerardo J. Valderrama Jr. said on Sunday, January 29, that his group sent a letter to the SRA on Friday, to further caution the sugar regulating body to stagger the volume of importation, and schedule its arrival judiciously.This is needed so that it will not adversely affect millgate sugar prices at the tailend of the current milling season and at the start of milling in the coming crop year, Valderrama said.Administrator David Alba of the Sugar Regulatory...

The Bacolod City government may start the bidding for the sale of its vehicles and office equipment that are no longer in use next week.The City Appraisal Committee has received a memorandum from the Commission on Audit on the allowable rates for the sale.The items to be sold range from printers, a city bus, trucks, motor boats to heavy equipment, Councilor Israel Salanga, chairperson of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Assets, said.The Bids and Awards Committee will put the items up for public bidding, Salanga said.Salanga said the bidding may be done by lot to hasten the disposal of the items.Through the sale the city government will be able to earn money and clear large spaces where the items up for bidding are being stored, he said.*