Turnover of command
to take place at BCPO

The turnover of command rites will be held today in four police stations in Bacolod City to install the new station commanders.

City Police Director Senior Supt. Ricardo de la Paz yesterday said that, effective today, Senior Inspectors Robert Dejucos and Terrence Paul Santa Ana and Chief Inspectors Noel Polines and Placido Gentoleo will assume their positions as chiefs of Police Stations 2, 10, 6 and 9, respectively.

De la Paz said Station 9 will also get a new deputy chief today.

Former Station 10 deputy chief, Insp. Ulrick Christian Gellerawill replace Insp. Marvin Buenavista, who will be transferred to Panay.

De la Paz challenged the policemen who are assuming their new posts to perform well and live up to the expectations of the public.

He added that other police stations and police units that were not affected by the reshuffling of personnel should not be complacent and do their jobs well, or they will also lose their posts.*APN

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4 apprehended
for jai-alai

Four persons were apprehended by the police in barangays 2 and Villamonte, Bacolod City, Monday for alleged involvement in jai-alai operations.

Supt. Santiago Rapiz of the Bacolod City Police Special Operations Group led the arrest of Anabel Patrimonio, 53, of Julio Las Piñas Street, Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City at 8:30 p.m.

The police seized several tipsters with the codename “Blue Diamond”, bundles of blank tally sheets, a betting stub, 3 ball pens and P252 in bet money from Patrimonio.

Minutes later, three men were also arrested at 24th Street in Brgy. 2, Bacolod, at about 9:45 p.m. by the Police Regional Office-6 Special Operations Group and Police Station 2 led by Insp. Mark Louie Sigua.

Police identified those arrested as Rosendo Alisbo, 24, and Romeo Sapatose, 59, of Purok Sigay, Barangay 2, Bacolod City and Gary Suresca, 44, of Purok Boritao, Barangay 1, Bacolod City.

Several tipsters with the codenames “Blue Diamond” and “Target”, a tally sheet, a calculator, betting stubs, 2 pieces staplers, 5 pieces ball pens, and P228 were seized from the three.*Leony May Ruiz

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Himamaylan police
chief gets recognition

The Police Regional Office 6 has again awarded the “Medalya ng Kasanayan” to Supt. Antonietto Cañete, Himamaylan police chief, and to four other policemen in Negros Occidental.

They were awarded for the arrest of a businessman that yielded high-powered and drugs, and of two drug personalities in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.

Canete and PO3 John Derrick Capunong, Himamaylan PNP investigator, were conferred medals, for the arrest of businessman Jose Zulueta at a checkpoint in Brgy. Suay, Himamaylan City, that yielded four high-powered firearms and suspected prohibited drugs, last month, police records show.

Police records also show that Canete and PO2 Joelan Vinzon of the Himamaylan City Police Station were also conferred a similar medal early last month for the arrest of two members of a robbery-hold-up group in Binalbagan.

Senior Inspector Anthony Grande and PO3 Rune Quirico Bandola, both members of the Kabankalan City Police Station, were also conferred with the Medalya ng Kasanayan for the arrest of two drug personalities in Kabankalan City, during the 21st PNP anniversary held at Camp Martin Delgado in Iloilo City, on Jan. 30.

Meanwhile, a total of 193 police officers assigned with the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office were promoted as part of the regular promotions in the Philippine National Police, effective Jan. 31.

Of the 193 newly-promoted policemen, 13 are police commissioned officers, while 180 are police non-commissioned officers.

The newly-promoted PCOs are Chief Inspector Eduardo Corpuz, La Carlota police chief;Senior Inspector Allan Reloj, La Castellana police chief; Senior Inspector Albert Sy, Binalbagan police chief;

Senior Inspector Romeo Vargas, Candoni police chief; Senior Inspector Hector Balbon, San Enrique police chief; Senior Inspector Lowell Garinganao, Hinobaan police chief; Senior Inspector Jason Mangilimutan, Isabela police chief;

Senior Inspectors Ruben Pajarito, Sherlock Gabana, Clifford Batadhay, John Ganzon, Anthony Grande, Kabankalan deputy police chief, and Jesus Mesahon, Silay deputy police chief. *GPB

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