Trike driver killed
by drinking buddy

A trisikad driver was stabbed dead by his drinking buddy over personal grudges in Bacolod City, late Tuesday.

Jojo Ricafort was on his way home to Brgy. Handumanan when his fellow trisikad driver, Eduardo Razon attacked him with a bladed weapon near the Libertad Public Market at about 11:10 p.m. Tuesday, Chief Insp. Ulysses Ortiz, Police Station 6 commander, said.

Ricafort died minutes later at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital.

Ortiz said personal grudges could have triggered the incident because witnesses told them the two men had an argument while drinking.

Police investigation showed that Razon, a resident of Brgy. 33, Bacolod, had waylaid Ricafort after they ended their drinking session.

Razon denied attacking Ricafort when he was arrested by Police Station 6 members.

Ortiz said they will file murder charges against Razon at the City Prosecutor’s Office.*PP

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Notorious robber nabbed

An alleged notorious robber was arrested after he held up a student near a boarding house in Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City, Tuesday night.

Jojo Arnaiz, alias “Toto Daku”, was nabbed by Jonathan Gayodatu of the Reservists Security Agency and mauled by residents after he robbed Harlene Tuardon at 2134 Kamatsili Street, Villamonte, at about 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Tuardon told Police Station 4 investigators that she was standing outside her boarding house when Arnaiz, who initially identified himself as Michael Estrella to precinct desk officer SPO1 Willie Perez, poked a screwdriver at her side and took her P12,000 Nokia cellphone.

Arnaiz fled but was chased by Gayodatu and some concerned citizens who heard Tuardon calling for help, police investigation showed.

Arnaiz admitted robbing Tuardon but denied involvement in other hold-ups and vehicle burglaries where witnesses have tagged him as the suspect.

Senior Insp. Danilo Francisco, Police Station 4 commander, said they will file robbery-hold-up charges against Arnaiz at the City Prosecutor’s Office today.

Meanwhile, Chief Insp. Leonardo Angcon, Bacolod City Police Office Intelligence and Investigation Branch chief, said that they are trying to get Arnaiz’s cooperation in recovering the items he had stolen that include cellphones and laptop computers.*PP

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PNP launches
‘Team Negros’

Senior Supt. Manuel Felix has formed “Team Negros” that he said aims to further strengthen collaboration, among stakeholders, in the maintenance of peace and order.

In creating the team, Felix, who has been provincial police director of Negros Occidental for more than a month now, said “If we want peace, all of us have to do our share”.

He also expressed elation over the support extended by local government officials and the community to the PNP in Negros Occidental, which, he said, made their job easier to accomplish.

To boost the morale of 1,500 policemen in the province, the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office will recognize performing personnel starting this month, he also said.

In the MODEL COPS 2009, Felix said NOPPO personnel will be rewarded for their achievements.

Every month, he said the best Police Commissioned Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer and Non-Uniformed Personnel will be named, and receive prizes in kind.

The reward system is one way of making policemen enthusiastic and interested in the performance of their duties and responsibilities, Felix said.*GPB

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