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A laborer was stabbed to death at a covered court in Brgy. Linao, Kabankalan City, Saturday, August 19, the police said.Killed was Samuel Melanio, 65, from Sitio Canlipot, Brgy. Linao who was allegedly stabbed by Ramily Tolog, 26.While celebrating a successful basketball game the suspect suddenly stabbed the victim in his abdomen, the police saidThe victim was rushed to the Lorenzo Zayco District Hospital but was declared dead.Tolog fled after the incident, the police said.

A driver died and his passenger was injured when the tricycle he was driving was accidentally bumped by a Ceres bus along the highway in Brgy. 13, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, 2:50 p.m. on Sunday, August 20, the police reported.Killed was Elf Sanipa, 25, from Brgy. 10, and injured was Jenalyn Navarro, 29, from Brgy. Vista Alegre in Bacolod City,The tricycle was traveling from south to north when it malfunctioned, the police said.The vehicle then swerved to the left side of the highway encroaching on the lane of the Ceres bus driven by Lemuel Fajardo, 49, of Brgy. Bug-ang, Toboso town.When the tricycle swerved, the Ceres bus accidentally bumped the rear of the tricycle resulting to the death of Sanipa and injury of Navarro, the police said.The passenger of the tric...

The buy-bust operation in Barangay 1, Bacolod City, early Saturday morning.*BCPO photoFour persons were arrested and P95,200 worth of suspect shabu was seized in separate buy-but operations in Bacolod City and E.B. Magalona town, Negros Occidental, on Saturday and Sunday, August 19 and 20, the police reported.The police said they seized seven grams of suspected shabu worth P47,600 from Val Helbert Latorre, 23, and a teenager in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 1, Bacolod City, early Saturday morning.Various drug paraphernalia were also recovered from the suspects, the police said.Wilvie Leduna, 47, was also arrested in a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Granada, Bacolod City, Sunday night, the police added.The police recovered six grams of suspected shabu valued at P40,800 f...

“We are losing our soul as a nation”, an official of the Federation of Urban Poor (FedUP) said during a program to mark the 40th death anniversary of former senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino in front of his monument at Araneta Avenue in Bacolod City on Monday morning, August 21.The celebration was attended by about 80 FedUP members clad in yellow, who laid flowers at the foot of Aquino’s statue and sang “Ang Bayan Ko”, “Ako ay Pilipino” and “Magkaisa”.It was reminiscent of the ”People Power Revolution” days that were triggered by the assassination of Aquino on his return to the Philippines from exile in the United States on August 21, 1983, Joy Jarabelo, FedUp provincial coordinator, said.Francis Carreon, FedUP board member, in his speech recalled the dark days of martial law tha...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. joined the nation in commemorating Ninoy Aquino Day on Monday, August 21, and encouraged the public to set aside political differences and unite for the country’s welfare and progress.“I stand united with all Filipinos worldwide in commemorating the Ninoy Aquino Day. By standing for his beliefs and fighting for battles he deemed right, he became an example of being relentless and resolute for many Filipinos,” Marcos said in his message.“In our purposive quest for a more united and prosperous Philippines, let us transcend political barriers that hamper us from securing the comprehensive welfare and advancement of our beloved people,” he added.Marcos said love for the nation is the compass that will help the country foster a harmonious environmen...

Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon, San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza and Kabankalan Bishop Louie Galbines (l-r) issue a joint pastoral letter on the JVA.*An overwhelming majority of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative member-consumers have so far voted yes to the CENECO-Primelectric Holdings Inc. (PHI) joint venture agreement (JVA), partial plebiscite results showed Sunday, August 20.There were 67,562 or 91 percent who voted yes to the JVA on June 24 and 25 and August 19 and 20, with four more plebiscite dates set on August 26 and 27 and September 2 and 3, Arnel Lapore, CENECO acting general manager, said.There were 6,601 or 9 percent who voted no to the JVA as of Sunday, he added.The CENECO eligible voters are 177,737.Three Roman Catholic bishops in Negros Island, in...

An employee of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist of Negros Occidental slammed his dismissal from the service for the alleged missing 789 bags of fertilizer, and will file an appeal before an “impartial authority”.“I strongly decry my dismissal from service for grave charges without any evidentiary support,” Agriculturist 1 Herminigildo Basilio said in a statement issued Sunday, August 20.“For me to be made the scapegoat and dismissed after more than a decade of loyal service to the provincial government due to 789 bags of fertilizer that allegedly went missing on Oct. 18, 2022 is simply devastating for me and my family and shows that injustice prevails at the halls of the Provincial Capitol,” he said.“I am now left with no recourse but to appeal my dismissal before a...

Fuel prices are expected to rise for the seventh week on Tuesday, August 22.Diesel prices will increase by P0.10 to P0.20 per liter, Unioil Petroleum Philippines projected on Saturday.Gasoline prices will also increase by P0.80 to P1 per liter, it added.The per-liter cost of gasoline went up by P1.90, diesel by P1.50, and kerosene by P2.50, last week.*

Alfredo Aplasca Jr. was arrested in Brgy. Vista Alegre, Bacolod City.*BCPO photoThe police seized about P1.24 million worth of suspected shabu in separate buy-bust operations in two cities and a town in Negros Occidental on Friday and Saturday, August 18 and 19.The Bacolod City Police Office reported that Alfredo Aplasca Jr., 57, of Brgy. Vista Alegre, Bacolod City, was arrested in a buy-bust operation where they seized 153 grams of suspected shabu worth P1,040,400, early Saturday morning.Jose Godinez, 39, of Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod City, was also arrested in a buy-bust operation, Friday night, the BCPO reported.Recovered were 20 grams of suspected shabu worth P136,000, the police said.Meanwhile, John Mark Medina, 35, of Brgy. Rafaela Barrera, Sagay City, Negros Occide...

The oil tanker that crashed into multiple vehicles in Bacong.*NOPPO photoFour persons were killed and one was injured when an oil tanker crashed into multiple vehicles and a house along the highway in Brgy. North Poblacion, Bacong, Negros Oriental, Saturday morning, August 19.Killed were Ruel Pascual, 43, his wife, Analy, 42, and their daughter Shelly, 15, from Brgy. Buntis, and Meliton Blanco, 59, from Brgy. Combado, all in Bacong town.Wilson Kial Tubil, 43, of Dauin, Neg. Or., was also injured in the accident.The suspect was identified as Albert de Baguio, 33, of Brgy. Cabang, Jimalaud, Neg. Or., who immediately surrendered to the police after the accident.Bacong Police Chief Gereon Item said that when the left tire of the tanker truck busted, the driver lost control ...