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BCPO photoPolice operatives recovered P2.04 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested a high-value target during a buy-bust operation Thursday night, November 25, in Barangay 16, Bacolod City.Nabbed was 35-year-old Lester Tindoc.Recovered from his possession was P3,000 in cash, 23 plastic sachets containing suspected shabu weighing 30 grams and worth P2.04 million, and a sling bag.The suspect is now detained at Police Station 1 and will face drug charges.*

Photo from Em Ang FB pageThe Bacolod City government is unlikely to hit the Department of Health target for it to vaccinate 66,171 persons in three days but will try its very best to inoculate as many persons as it can, Executive Director Em Legaspi Ang of the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center-Task Force, said Thursday, November 25.The target set by the DOH is for the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan National Covid-19 Vaccination Days” from November 29 to December 1.Ang said they cannot hit the target of 22,000 vaccinees a day, the city vaccination drive is averaging 6,000 to 7,000 a day, with the highest number in a single day at 13,420.However, she said mass mobilization is under way to ensure that more residents submit themselves for vaccination during those three days.*

Police Station 8 photoA 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a fellow teenager outside a computer shop in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City, Wednesday night, November 24.Based on the initial investigation, the 18-year-old suspect identified by the police as Edmon Obregon waited for the victim to come out of the computer shop and stabbed him.The minor-victim tried to get away, but he was overpowered by the suspect, who stabbed him multiple times with an ice pick.The victim was rushed to the South Bacolod General Hospital where he expired.Maj. Joery Puerto, Police Station 8 commander, said the incident stemmed from a misunderstanding between the two teenagers.The 18-year-old suspect later surrendered to the police.*

BCPO photoMore than 13,000 individuals were caught violating the curfew of Bacolod City since January this year, the police said Thursday, November 25.Bacolod City Police Office records show that 13,245 persons have violated the curfew from January to November.In just one week, from November 15 to 21, the police said 503 curfew violators were arrested.The city had earlier implemented a curfew from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. to contain the spread COVID-19.Lt. Col. Sherlock Gabana, BCPO spokesperson, urged the public to follow the curfew hours to keep safe from the virus as well as from criminality.Those exempted from the curfew are workers on night shifts, media practitioners, public emergencies that require fire and ambulance services, calamities, and those requiring medical...

Mayor Evelio Leonardia enjoined the country's top city executives to work closely together to emerge triumphant in the continued battle against the COVID-19 pandemic at the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) hybrid 71st National Executive Board meeting Thursday, November 25.Leonardia, the current national president of the 145-member LCP, also expressed optimism that local government units would be able to address concerns related to the global health crisis especially with their access to the Local Government Support Fund, the realignment of the LGU budget for COVID response and the provision of calamity assistance, credit financing and vaccine procurement.Looking back, the mayor recounted, the LCP was able to conduct dialogs with several government agencies in 2020 in their...