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A policeman who got involved in a verbal scuffle was shot to death Sunday evening, November 14, at Jesusa Heights Subdivision, Brgy, Estefania, Bacolod City.Killed was Staff Sergeant Benjie Giron of Police Station 6.Maj. Ritchie Gohee, Police Station 4 commander, said the victim encountered the suspect identified as Regie Buatag when he went to his cousin’s hollow blocks factory.He said the suspect prohibited the victim from entering the premises because he did not know him, which quickly escalated to a heated argument.This prompted the suspect to draw a knife and attack the policeman, who then drew his service firearm.Both grappled for the firearm when it fired and hit the victim on the left side of his abdomen, Gohee said.The victim was rushed to Metro Bacolod Hos...

Senate President Vicente Sotto III, chairman of the Nationalist People’s Coalition, is looking into the complaint of the daughter of the late councilor Elmer Sy on the nomination of the replacement of her father in the Bacolod City council.Psyche Marie “Pao” Sy, who is running for Bacolod councilor, has cried foul over the endorsement by some Grupo Progreso (GP) officials of Marlon Solidum to assume the vacated seat of her father.The endorsement made by some GP officials of their councilor candidate to be the NPC replacement of her father in the SP “was made clearly to circumvent our election laws and other existing laws because the signatories had, after signing, signified their candidacy and took their oath under the Nacionalista Party".Pao Sy raised her complaint with Sotto ...

Bacolod mayoral candidate Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez said housing will be his long-term landmark program for Bacolod City if he wins in 2022.Bacolod has the second highest rate for informal settlers after the National Capital Region, he said.“Singapore focused on housing development early on in their state. And the result is if you give decent comfortable dwellings…you give informal settlers dignity,” he said.“If we focus on housing and give them a proper dwelling they will become more productive, peaceful and model citizens and that will be the start of actual development,” he said.Benitez said he also has an eight-point action plan for his first 100 days in office.These are:*To cleanup corruption;*Placing of asphalt overlays on subdivision and city roads;*Er...