BACOLOD CITY – A 32-year-old suspected drug pusher who allegedly shot and killed an anti-illegal drug operative here on Friday, April 10, passed away in a hospital on Saturday, April 11. Police Col. Eugene Rebadomia, Bacolod police director, confirmed that the suspect, whose name was withheld by...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office mourned the death of Police Master Sgt. Romulo Galvez Jr. in a buy-bust operation Thursday. Galvez was remembered as a snappy warrant officer and operative. Police Col. Eugene Rebadomia, Bacolod police director, said Galvez gave his life in the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya condemned the murder of a police officer in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport here. “An attack on our police force is a direct attack on the safety, security, and peace of every Bacolodnon, and it is a challenge we will not leave unanswered,”...
BACOLOD CITY – A police anti-drug operative was shot dead by a 32-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in front of a lodging house in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Thursday night, April 9. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) condemned the senseless act of...
CEBU CITY – A policeman was stabbed and wounded by a drunk man and retaliated by fatally shooting his attacker at dawn Wednesday, April 8, in Barangay Day-as here. Police Master Sgt. Celso Gonzales Rivera Jr., an operative of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO), was wounded in the chest. The...
A former policewoman was shot dead inside her home in Valenzuela City in what authorities said was a planned attack, allegedly orchestrated by a man who was later arrested. Valenzuela police said several suspects were later identified through follow-up operations and CCTV backtracking. The...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region has received 190 new personnel to reinforce their commitment to public safety and strengthen law enforcement capability and operational readiness. One-hundred were from the PRO-6 (Western Visayas) and and 90 from PRO-7 (Central...
A police officer was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a nine-year-old girl in Labrador, Pangasinan on Feb. 26. Investigation said the victim was walking home from a store when a black vehicle stopped in front of her. The suspect opened the door, forcibly pulled the victim inside, sped away, and...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) is mourning the death of a retiring police officer killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a bus in Naga City, southern Cebu province on Sunday, Feb. 1. Police Executive Master Sgt. Antonio Sando, who was supposed to retire...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Staff Sgt. Bonifacio Saycon pleaded not guilty to multiple murder charges over the death of his three colleagues and a civilian during his arraignment in a Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Regional Trial Court on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Senior Master Sgt. Tristan Joseph Chua, who was allegedly shot and killed by a fellow police officer, was laid to rest on Monday morning, Jan. 19, in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. Chua, 39, was buried at the Sibulan public cemetery following a Mass at San Antonio de Padua...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental mourned the death of a civilian and three policemen on Jan. 9 in the town of Sibulan. They called for healing and unity and appealed to all residents of Sibulan and the province to remain calm and united. "Let us support one another and...
