BACOLOD CITY – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) dismantled a reported large-scale illegal cigarette manufacturing and distribution network in Negros Occidental, following the discovery of almost P800-million worth of equipment, raw materials, and packaging supplies in two...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities arrested 14 individuals, including 10 Chinese nationals and a minor, in an illegal cigarette factory in Barangay Calumangan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 21. The factory was discovered during an inspection of a warehouse by the Permits and Licensing...
BACOLOD CITY – A 68-year-old farm watchman who was formerly jailed for murder was gunned down in Purok Matam-is, Barangay Busay, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 15. Police Lt. Col. James Latayon, Bago City police chief, said the victim Fred was driving a motorcycle on his way to...
BACOLOD CITY – Bago City in Negros Occidental on Monday started the distribution of rice subsidy to nearly 3,000 members of various tricycle operators and drivers associations (TODAs) to help cushion the impact of rising fuel prices on the local public transport sector. An initial 1,245 tricycle...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Negros Island Region (BJMP-NIR) released six Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) from the Negros Occidental District Jail-Male Dormitory in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Jail Chief Insp. Juniven Rey Umadhay,...
BACOLOD CITY – Contraband – four sachets of suspected shabu, six cellphones, and two improvised bladed weapons – were seized during random greyhound operations inside the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Nov. 18 and 20. Jail Senior...
BACOLOD CITY – The siblings of 42-year-old Kristine Joy Dignadice have denied claims that she had a romantic relationship with Police Staff Sgt. Enrique Gonzalodo Jr., who is accused of killing her in Negros Occidental. Kristine’s siblings, Mary Grace Arcenas and Salvador Joshua Dignadice Jr.,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region arrested a truck driver in Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Sept. 19, for allegedly sexually molesting his niece. Police served an arrest warrant for rape through sexual assault against the 21-year-old...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology–Negros Island Region (BJMP-NIR) is investigating how a cellphone was smuggled into the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after a video allegedly filmed by a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) during a...
BACOLOD CITY - The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Negros Island Region (BJMP-NIR) has designated Jail Senior Insp. Raymund Aro as officer-in-charge of the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) staged an eight-hour...
BACOLOD CITY – Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City held a noise barrage on Thursday morning, Aug. 28, calling for the ouster of jail warden Jail Chief Insp. Crisyrel Awe due to unfair treatment. Jail Senior Insp. Juniven...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Negros Island Region has reinforced security at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after a gun was thrown over wall of the facility on Sunday, Aug. 24. In a statement released Tuesday, Aug. 26, Jail...
