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Aug152022 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Cop shot dead in Negros Oriental

The policeman was gunned down in Barangay San Roque, Bayawan City*RFS FM Bayawan photoA policeman was shot to death at Sitio Ipil-ipil in Barangay San Roque, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental, Monday afternoon, August 15.P/Cpl. Rey Ambo was on his way home on board his motorcycle when he was gunned down.CMsgt. Archer Birjes, Bayawan police investigator, said the victim was taken to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival.Ambo was a member of the 705th MC Regional Mobile Force Battalion 7 and a resident of Brgy. Poblacion, Basay, Negros Oriental.*

Aug152022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Benitez launches Bacolod Citizens Garbage Watch

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A solar-powered Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) camera being installed at the Central Market on Monday.* Bacolod PIO photoThe Bacolod City government launched a Citizens Garbage Watch on Monday, August 15, that will enable residents to report their garbage problems to Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez.Dubbed “Isugid kay mayor ang problema sa basura (Report your garbage problem to the mayor), citizens can send garbage concerns by scanning this QR code:They can also report their garbage complaints by filling up a form at https://bit.ly/BASURAWATCH.The city government also installed four solar-powered Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras at the Central Market on Monday.The CCTV cameras are at Gonzaga-Bonifacio, Gonzaga-Gatuslao, Gatuslao-Luzuriaga and Luzuriaga...

Aug152022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Escalante resident linked to rent of illegal STL venue

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Abner Cañal, owner of the Binalbagan house used by illegal STL operators, at the NBI Bacolod office.*A woman from Escalante City leased the room used by persons who were engaged in fake Small Town Lottery operations in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, the owner of the house told National Bureau of Investigation officials on Monday, August 15.Abner Cañal, owner of the Binalbagan house located at Barangay Santo Rosario, said the room was rented by a certain Liezel of Escalante City.Persons he identified only as Cookie, Nonoy and Val, occupied the room and each paid P100 a day.However, he asked them to leave when he noticed that their bet stubs did not have the name of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and they could not produce proof that they were legitimate STL...

Aug152022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Installation of news chiefs of NegOcc hospitals starts

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Dr. Glicerio Javellana (2nd from left) at the Merceditas Montilla District Hospital turnover rites in Sipalay City on Monday.*The installation of the new chiefs of seven Negros Occidental provincial government hospitals began Monday, August 15, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.Installed Monday were Dr. Glicerio Javellana at the Merceditas Montilla District Hospital in Sipalay City and Dr. Ma. Lalaine Teorima at the Eleuterio T. Decena Memorial Hospital in Hinoba-an.Officials of Sipalay City and Hinoba-an at the turnover rites pledged support for the hospitals, Diaz said.Dr. Claudelia Josefa Pabillo will assume her post as Cadiz District Hospital chief in Cadiz City on Tuesday, August 16.The turnover rites at the Eleuterio T. Decena Memorial Hospi...

Aug152022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Drunken man stabbed dead by brother in Bago: police

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A drunken man was stabbed to death by his elder brother at Purok Kalubihan, Brgy. Bacong, Bago City, Negros Occidental, Sunday, August 14.Killed was 58-year-old Arturo Vicente, a laborer.The victim, who was said to be under the influence of liquor, met his brother, 65-year-old Hernane Vicente, at the road and challenged him to a fight.This prompted the suspect to run, but the victim chased him.When the suspect stopped due to shortness of breath, he drew his long knife and stabbed the victim on the chest.The victim was brought to the Bago City Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.The suspect who fled after the incident was later caught by the police.*

Aug152022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Negrense young softbelles bow to Mid Atlantic girls

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It was a tough Sunday afternoon for the Negrense players in their semi-finals encounter with their Mid Atlantic rival at the 2022 Little League Softball World Series in Greenville, North Carolina.Looking like a David versus Goliath challenge, indeed it was as the mid-Atlantic players were double or near triple the body size of the Negrense cuties, as some Americans describe them, a press release from the Negros Occidental Sports Office said Monday, August 15.The battle ended with an 11-0 final score in favor of the American team.The absence of the Negrense main pitcher added to the scenario as she had already played 12 innings as one rule of the Little League World Series dictates. Added to the rival's advantage was their full batting that balls went flying in full power giving...

Aug142022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Three Negrenses caught in P2.72B drug busts in Pangasinan, La Union

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Part of the P2.72 billion in drugs seized.*PDEA photoThree Negrenses were among the suspects caught in separate drug bust operations in Pangasinan and La Union on Friday, August 12.The multi-agency operations headed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency led to the recovery of P2.72 billion worth of illegal drugs, which were packed in Chinese tea bags.Nabbed at Turquoise Street, Sunshine Village, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan, were Rey Yago, 29, and Ritchell Repuesto. 28, of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, and their companions - Chinese national Ke “James Dagale Galopo” Wujia, 49, of San Vicente Sur, Agoo, La Union, and 22-year-old Johnbert Yagong of San Agustin Norte, Agoo, La Union.At least 360 kilograms of suspected shabu worth P2.448 billion were seized from the su...

Aug142022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

House to look into sugar importation mess – Kiko

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Two House committees will convene Monday to look into the “illegal issuance” by the Sugar Regulatory Administration board of an order granting the importation of 300,00 MT of sugar, Rep. Francisco Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) said Sunday, August 14.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. revoked Sugar Order No .4 last week, saying it was issued without his knowledge or approval.Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian resigned on Friday amid an ongoing investigation of officials involved in the signing of Sugar Order No. 4.Benitez said the House committees on good governance and public accountability and agriculture will convene to seek clarifications.Meanwhile, eight sectoral groups in a joint statement Sunday called for non-political and proper representation of farmers ...

Aug152022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Cops seize P4.3M in shabu, arrest suspect in Bacolod

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The shabu seized at Prk. Masinadyahon, Brgy Pahanocoy, Bacolod City.* BCPO photoThe police seized 635 grams of suspected shabu valued at P4.3 million at Prk. Masinadyahon, Brgy Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, 8:19 p.m. Sunday, August 14.Nabbed was Ahzer Gregorio Villarosa, 36, of Prk. Masinadyahon, the police reportedHe was nabbed by Police Station 8 operatives in a buy bust operation.Confiscated were eight sachets of shabu, a P1,000 bill and 49 pieces of boodle money and a sling bag containing an estimated 635 grams of shabu, the police said.The suspect is detained at Police Station 8.*

Aug142022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Tokhang surrenderee caught with shabu meted 2 life terms

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A “Tokhang” surrenderee who was caught with more than 621 grams of shabu in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City, has been sentenced to life imprisonment on two counts and ordered to pay a fine of P2.5 million.Bacolod Regional Trial Court Branch 52 Executive Judge, Raymond Joseph Javier, sentenced Sunny Delara Capa, alias Blut, to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P500,000 on Friday, August 12, for the sale of .151 gram of shabu to a policeman in violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.Capa was also sentenced to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P2 million for possession of 621.29 grams of shabu.His first cousin Ely Lorence Demadara Sazon was also found guilty of possession of 5.92 grams of shabu and sentenced to 20 years and one day imprisonment and to pa...