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Anti-drug operatives of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) have seized PHP816,800 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust in Purok Kabulakan 1, Barangay Singcang-Airport on Tuesday night. The operation, conducted by the City Drug Enforcement Unit headed by Lt. Joven Mogato, led to the arrest of two suspects identified as Bryle “Itok” Ramos, 30, resident of Purok Narra Baybay, Barangay 8; and Anthony “Butsoy” Morcilla, 33, who resides in the place of operation. Both are considered high-value individuals, the police report said. Around 10:50 p.m., the suspects sold PHP1,500 worth of suspected shabu to an undercover policeman. They also yielded
The city government has approved a resolution seeking to give former persons deprived of liberty (PDL) a second chance in life through fair practices in job hiring. In Resolution 555-2021 passed by the council and approved by Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Monday, the city government asked that equal protection, fair treatment, and equal opportunities for employment and livelihood be provided to qualified former PDLs who are bonafide residents of the city’s 128 barangays. “It is right and just for the concerned government agencies and the local government to provide proper and appropriate attention to former PDLs for new hope and
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday began accepting applications for those who want to be exempted from the ban on firearms and security detail for next year’s elections. “The PNP will assist in the issuance of threat assessment and will endorse the approval to grant to application, through the Joint Security and Control Center, if it is deemed urgent and necessary,” PNP Chief, Gen. Dionardo Carlos, said in a statement. Carlos said the application period for the issuance of the certification of authority for gun ban exemption will run until May 25, 2022. The filing of application may be
The Senate on Wednesday approved on third and final reading the PHP5.024 trillion national budget for 2022, including the PHP10.8 billion for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The NTF-ELCAC budget for its grass-roots campaign to address the decades-old communist insurgency was the last item tackled on the floor before the senators approved the 2022 General Appropriations Bill via 22-0 vote. Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa urged the body to reconsider its earlier decision to reduce the NTF-ELCAC’s budget to just PHP4 billion from the original proposal of PHP24 billion. Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara
The city government here will partner with the anti-drug agency and a Christian organization in setting up a rehabilitation program for small-time drug offenders, an official said on Wednesday. Garry Lao, executive director of the City of Lapu-Lapu Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (CLOSAP), said Mayor Junard Chan will enter into a tripartite memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and House of Hope for the establishment of the Balay Silangan Reformation Program. Lao said the City Council approved the endorsement of Chan for the allocation of PHP1 million for the operation of the center that will
The University of Antique (UA) has opened a pottery center inside its campus in the municipality of Sibalom to promote pottery-making industry in Barangay Bari. Aside from popularizing the skill and the industry, the university will also be assisting barangay residents to market their products, said UA president Dr. Pablo Crespo Jr., in an interview on Wednesday. “We will also be providing training to the 30 families who are now into pottery-making on how to use the new equipment provided by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST),” he said. The pottery center is a recipient of new equipment including
