Top Stories

The site where the Army intelligence officer was gunned down.*NORPPO photoAn intelligence asset of the Philippine Army was killed in La Libertad, Negros Oriental, Wednesday, December 7.Killed was Camilo Garao.Police said the victim was on board his motorcycle with his live-in partner when they were tailed by riding-in-tandem suspects.Garao was then shot by one of the suspectsHe was immediately taken to a hospital but did not make it.The police are still investigating the motive for the killing.*

The cane falling off the truck*A truck loaded with sugarcane overturned at the highway in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, Wednesday night, December 7.The driver did not notice that the cable that was preventing the sugarcane from spilling off the truck broke, the police said.When it reached the curved part of the road, the truck overturned.The truck driver was unscathed.*

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is all set for the resumption of voter registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on Monday, December 12, Bacolod Elections Officer Kathrina Trinio-Caña said on Thursday, December 8.Trinio-Caña said registration will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Mondays to Saturdays at the Bacolod Comelec office, except on December 15 and 16 when a special registration for Persons Deprived of Liberty will be held, and on December 17 when another special registration will be conducted exclusively for Barangay Estefania residents.The Comelec will be closed on December 24, 26 and 31, she added.Satellite registration will also be scheduled in January, she said.The voter registration will end on January 31.Registrants must bri...

The confirmed cholera cases in Negros Occidental for 2022 have increased to 67, the Provincial Health Office reported on Thursday, December 8.Talisay City still has the highest number of cholera cases at 23, the report said.The cholera deaths remain at two with one each in Silay City and EB Magalona.The PHO said Silay City has had 21 confirmed cholera cases, followed by EB Magalona with 14, Victorias and Cadiz cities – three each, Pulupandan – 2 and Manapla – 1.Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. People can get sick when they swallow food or water contaminated with cholera bacteria.The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but can sometimes be severe and life-threatening.*

The Sangguniang Panlungsod has approved an ordinance granting relief on delinquent real property taxes in Bacolod City for 2023, Councilor Al Victor Espino said Thursday, December 8.Espino, SP Committee on Laws, Ordinances and Good Government chairman, said the ordinance that was approved Wednesday is geared towards generating payment of up to about P200 million in delinquent real property taxes.Real property owners in Bacolod City will be granted a 100 percent reprieve on penalties and surcharges on their tax delinquencies if they pay on or before January 1 to March 31, 2023, Espino said.If they pay from March to April 2023 they will get a 50 percent reprieve on penalties and surcharges, he added.The last time the city government granted such reprieve it generated P44 mill...

Caesar Distrito filing the MR before the Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas in Cebu City*A motion for reconsideration (MR) was filed versus the order to dismiss Noli Villarosa as barangay captain of Tangub, Bacolod City, before the Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas in Cebu City on Wednesday, December 7.Caesar Distrito, Villarosa’s lead counsel, said Candido Medalla had filed a case against the barangay captain for allegedly demolishing a cyclone fence that encroached on the right of way and sidewalk along Ramylu Drive in Tangub.The case had been dismissed by the Ombudsman but was reversed when the complainant filed an MR, which is not allowed under the rules, Distrito said.Villarosa acting in performance of his official function was just complying with a directiv...

Councilor Al Victor Espino, chairman of the SP Committee on Laws, Ordinances and Good Government*The Sangguniang Panlungsod adopted a Committee on Laws, Ordinances and Good Government decision to suspend the barangay captain and treasurer of Barangay 16, Bacolod City, for six months during its regular session Wednesday, December 7, Councilor Al Victor Espino said.The SP’s adopting the decision means it can now be enforced, he said.Barangay Captain Joseph de los Santos and treasurer Rachel Jamandre have been ordered suspended for grave abuse of authority, grave misconduct, serious dishonesty and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service, the decision signed by Espino, chairman of the committee, said.The decision that is “final and immediately executory” was dat...

The drugs recovered during the buy-bust operation.*NOCPPO photoMore than P100,000 in shabu was recovered in a police buy-bust operation at the public market in Brgy. 2, Silay City, Negros Occidental, Tuesday, December 6.Nabbed was 38-year-old Renato Espinosa of Sitio Dapdap Tuburan, Brgy. Lantad.Recovered from him were 15 grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000, and the P2,100 buy-bust money.The suspect is now in the custody of the Silay police, facing drug charges.*

A suspected member of the New People’s Army surrendered to authorities at Barangay Kapitan Ramon, Silay City, Negros Occidental, Tuesday, December 6.The rebel whose name was withheld by the police for security reasons was said to be from Barangay Tapi, Kabakalan City.The suspected rebel also surrendered his 12-gauge homemade shotgun and a rifle grenade. Both weapons are in the custody of the Silay police.*