BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Two riders died in separate motorcycle-related accidents in barangays Pahanocoy and Tangub in Bacolod City Saturday and Friday, Station 8 commander, P/Captain Jun Ray Batadlan said yesterday. He identified the fatalities as Anthony Jentelizo, 48,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The series of raids and buy-bust operations on Dec. 12 in Negros Occidental led to the apprehension of 13 suspects and the confiscation of seven assorted guns with ammunition and suspected shabu, police said. Four were
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Eight more drug suspects were arrested by the police in buy-bust operations yesterday and Thursday in Negros Occidental, that yielded more than P80,000 worth of suspected shabu. Two drug suspects, identified as Jerby Serquillos and Allen
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The series of anti-drug operations of the police in various cities and municipalities of Negros Occidental Monday and yesterday led to the arrest of six drug suspects and the recovery of suspected shabu, with a market
A barangay official in Negros Occidental and his two companions were arrested by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City on Thursday afternoon. The suspects were identified as Jan Michael Astorga,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The One Stop Shop (OSS) of the PNP Civil Security Group (CSG) Firearms and Explosives Office is looking into the possibility of identification card printing in various regional offices all over the country in response to
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested by the police in the cities of Bacolod and Cadiz in Negros Occidental Tuesday, that yielded more than P41,000 worth of suspected shabu. Police Station 8 operatives nabbed Fellix Pahamutang
The House of Representatives yesterday approved on third and final reading a measure raising the age of statutory rape from the current 12 years old to 16 years old to protect young people from sexual exploitation and abuse. With 207
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The search for the missing member of the New People’s Army ended on Monday, after his body was found in a shallow grave in Sitio Aguntilang 3, Brgy. Riverside, Isabela, Negros Occidental. The victim was identified
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Three suspects, including a drug surrenderer, were nabbed with P92,000 worth of suspected shabu and paraphernalia in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, on Monday. A drug suspect, identified as Joselito Lumbrino, alias Amay, was apprehended by
The Negros Occidental Garden Club (NOGC), led by President Lope Nonoy Napao, and its officers and board of directors, distributed assorted vegetable seed packs to the Ramon Torres Taloc National High School in Taloc, Bago City as part of its
I finally watched a movie that my eldest recommended a couple of months ago, but back then I thought it was too artsy to spend almost 2 hours on, given my short attention span. However, I had been seeing a
Bacolod City Councilor Em Legaspi Ang has been elected as the new Chairman for Visayas of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) on March 3, during elections held at the Hilton Hotel in Pasay City. The election marks a milestone for
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that he will request Negros Power to light up the century-old Provincial Capitol Building in Bacolod City, similar to what it did to illuminate the San Diego Pro-Cathedral
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A primary concern for several Bacolodnon families is the sudden loss of communication with their relatives working in the Middle East amidst ongoing military operations in the region. As of 4 p.m. on Monday, 14 families
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City government has announced the third and final batch of the Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) payout for Typhoon Tino victims on March 9-12. The final tranche addresses families who were previously left out or
