Jobless man knifed dead

A man stabbed dead his jobless elder brother for annoying him at their residence in Binalbagan town, Negros Occidental, at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Gualberto Nagrama Jr., 30 was arrested and is now detained at the Binalbagan town police station for the killing of his brother, Nixon Nagrama, 32, of Brgy. Payao, Binalbagan town police chief, Insp. Albert Sy said.

Investigation showed that Gualberto was paring indian mangoes when Nixon came and annoyed him.

A heated argument followed between them and Nixon punched Gualberto on the face. Gualberto then stabbed Nixon on the chest with the fan knife he was using to pare the indian mangoes.

Nixon was rushed to the Isabela District Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival, Sy also said.

He added that Nixon and Gualberto’s parents are both deceased and they are temporarily staying at their grandfather’s house in Brgy. Payao.

As of yesterday, the Binalbagan police was waiting for the death certificate of Nixon so charges can be filed against Gualberto.*APN

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Number of drug pushers
increase to 41 in Silay City

The number of suspected drug pushers accounted for by the police in Silay City, Negros Occidental, rose to 41, with the arrest of another suspected peddler Wednesday, that led to the confiscation of alleged shabu from his possession, police records show.

Supt. Rosauro Francisco, Silay police chief, yesterday said they have already accounted for 75 percent of the estimated 60 drug peddlers operating in the city, since he assumed the position of police chief in the first quarter of 2010.

Francisco, however, noted that new names of suspected drug peddlers operating in Silay City, have also cropped up as they maximize their anti-drug campaign.

On Wednesday, a police team headed by PO3 Rayjay Rebadomia arrested a certain Mark Villaran,alias Maku, during a buy-bust operation at the public market of Silay City.

The arrest of Villaran yielded three sachets of suspected shabu, P228.50 in cash believed to be proceeds from the sale of prohibited drugs, and P250 in marked money.

Francisco said the shabu being sold by peddlers in Silay City, were traced to have originated from Bacolod City.

He vowed that there will be no let-up in the campaign against prohibited drugs in Silay City.* GPB

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Trike driver,
passenger injured

A trisikad driver and his two passengers were injured when his unit collided with a car at the junction of Ipil-Ipil Road and Hilado Street in Bacolod City at about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday.

Police records identified those who were injured as trisikad driver Norberto Bulanon, 64, of Brgy. Granada and his passengers, Maribel Amar, 44, of Rosario Heights Subdivision and Arlene Aungon, 34, of Brgy. Tangub, Bacolod City.

Investigation by Police Officer 3 June Garong showed that the trisikad of Bulanon was heading west of Ipil-Ipil road when it collided with the Nissan Safari vehicle of Anthony Benette Margarico, 40, of Janiuay town, Iloilo, was heading north of Hilado Street.

In a television interview yesterday, Traffic Management Unit, chief, Insp. Luisito Acebuche said the victim’s family and Margarico already met Wednesday for a possible settlement.

Meanwhile, two pedestrians, one of them a minor, were also injured when they were sideswiped by tricycles in Brgy. Granada and at 21st Street in Bacolod City, Wednesday.

Mario Romero, 28, of Brgy. 3, Bacolod said he was walking at 21st-Lacson Street at about 2:20 a.m. when he was sideswiped by the tricycle of Eduardo Cabanillas, 22, of Purok Santol in Brgy. Mandalagan.

Alexa Marie Leonida, 7, of Purok 7 in Brgy. Granada was also injured when the tricycle of Anthony Toriano, 25, of Relocation Site in Brgy. Granada, Bacolod sides swiped her while she was walking beside the ALLES Elementary School in the baranagay at about 7:20 a.m.*APN

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