2 NegOcc police chiefs
get new assignments

Police Inspector Mark Angelo Junco is back as police chief of Toboso, Negros Occidental.

Junco, former deputy police chief of Escalante, replaced Senior Inspector Robert Mansueto, who was transferred to Calatrava as the town police chief, police records show.

Mansueto said yesterday that he replaced Senior Inspector Danilo Zuniega as Toboso police chief, who is retiring from the police service this month.

Before he was transferred to Escalante, Junco served as the police chief of Calatrava last year, police records showed.

On Jan. 10, Senior Inspector John Joel Batusbatusan also took over the command of the Don Salvador Benedicto Police Station, from Inspector Celjun Nemenio, who is now temporarily assigned at Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City.*GPB

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Paint shop robbed
of P23,000, goods

Three unidentified minors ransacked a paint shop in the Esteban building at Rizal Street in Brgy. 21, Bacolod City, and stole about P23,000 in cash yesterday.

Norman Cabasis, 21, of La Castellana town in Negros Occidental, an employee of the BNS Paint Paradise, said he discovered the robbery when he opened the store at about 7:30 a.m., Police Officer 2 Johnny dela Peña, duty investigator, said.

Minors are suspected of burglarizing the shop between 12 a.m. to 6 a.m., because the opening the suspects had used to gain entry was small, dela Peña added.

Investigation showed that the suspects destroyed the padlock and damaged the folding steel door, and may have taken the chance to burglarize the store because only a few people were passing the area since it was raining, he said.

Owner Ma. Salvacion Canada, 50, of Canlaon City in Negros Oriental, told the police that sales proceeds Monday of P23,000, that was in her drawer, was gone, and other stolen items are to be accounted for yet.

The store has a closed-circuit television camera but it has not been functional since last week.

De la Peña said they have ruled out an inside job, for lack of basis.

Senior Supt. Edgardo Ordaniel, acting police director, directed his chiefs of police to divide their station's duty scheme, and deploy more policemen on the streets and near business establishments at nighttime, when robbery and hold-up cases arise.

He also urged the installation of CCTVs in every business establishment in Bacolod.*SGG

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Vehicle looted of gadgets

Two unidentified suspects ransacked a vehicle and took more than P80,000 worth of electronic equipment and personal belongings Monday, in front of a restaurant in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental.

The place is about 300 meters away from the town police station.

Initial investigations of the Hinigaran police showed that the two suspects destroyed the right rear window of the Isuzu Fuego pick-up vehicle used by the victims identified as Mae Ann Tongol, Iresh Porol and Exequil Allam, all employees of the Vetprogen Corp, who were having lunch in a restaurant.

The suspects took an Acer laptop worth P26,000, Acer netbook with a market value of P17,000, Nokia X2 and Alcatel worth P12,000, a shoulder bag containing Sony digital camera, Sony portable play station, an ATM card, and P4,000 in cash owned by Porol.

Police investigations also showed that the suspects were reported to have fled on board a tricycle towards the north.*GPB

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39 BCPO officers promoted

Thirty-nine commissioned and non-commissioned officers assigned at the Bacolod City Police Office received their new ranks in a donning ceremony at the Camp Martin Delgado in Iloilo City Monday.

Of those promoted, three commissioned officers, Inspectors Leo Canag, Emmanuel Misajon and Carmelo Nermal, deputy chiefs of stations 5, 7 and 10, respectively, advanced to senior inspectors, records show.

Of the 36 PNCOs, 33 were promoted to Police Officer 3, two as Senior Police Officer 2, and one as Senior Police Officer 4, Senior Supt. Edgardo Ordaniel, acting director, said yesterday.

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