BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The arrest of eight drug suspects in series of buy-bust operations in Negros Occidental and highly-urbanized Bacolod City yielded
PERSONNEL of the Scene-of-the-Crime Operatives (SOCO) retrieve the body of a Filipina nurse buried in a shallow grave in Barangay Palinpinon, Valencia, Negros Oriental Tuesday, July 19. (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office)
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WAYWARD TRUCK. A policeman guards the dump truck that turned on its side after hitting motorcycle riders on Friday afternoon (July 15, 2022) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Killed in the accident was Lt. Col. Ruben Verbo Jr., the police chief of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, while Col. Germano Mallari, the provincial police director of Negros Oriental, and three others sustained injuries.(Photo courtesy of the San Carlos City Police Station) DUMAGUETE CITY - The police chief of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental was killed while four others, including the provincial police director, were hurt when a truck that lost its break plowed into their group of motorcycle riders along the national highway in Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Friday afternoon. A report from the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) on Friday evening confirmed the death of Lt. Col. Ruben Verbo, Jr., 44, of Barangay San Jose, Manjuyod, Negros Oriental, who was just assigned t
MURDER SUSPECT. A police officer presents a court warrant of arrest to a suspected New People's Army member in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental on Saturday (July 9, 2022). The suspect is among those facing murder charges in relation to the deaths of the husband and son of a village chief in the town. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) DUMAGUETE CITY - A suspected member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) wanted for the killing of the husband and son of a village chief in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental was arrested by the police over the weekend. A report from the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) on Monday identified the suspect as Macario Landisa Fat, 50, of Sitio Anahao in Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. He was arrested on Saturday at his house by virtue of a warrant of arrest dated June 24, 2022, issued by acting Presiding Judge Anthony Dumpilo of the Regional Trial Court Branch
SURRENDER. A man hands over to a law enforcer a firearm during synchronized police operations on Saturday (July 9, 2022) in Negros Oriental. The simultaneous anti-criminality operations resulted in the arrest of 131 persons for various law violations. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) DUMAGUETE CITY - Police operatives in Negros Oriental have arrested a total of 131 people for various offenses during simultaneous operations in the different towns and cities of the province over the weekend. Col. Germano Mallari, provincial police director, said on Monday the Synchronized Enhanced Managing of Police Operations (SEMPO) focus on intensified anti-illegal drug operations but address other crimes as well. "We conduct the 24-hour synchronized police operations twice a month as directed by the PNP (Philippine National Police) regional office to enhance our efforts against criminality without compromising our daily tasks and functions," he said in mixed