Man killed in road mishap

A 40-year-old man was killed in a collision between his motorcycle and a 10-wheeler truck at the intersection road of the Bacolod reclamation area at about 9:30 a.m. yesterday.

Rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital with head injuries was Dexter Bobole Genon, married, of Old Sagay, Sagay City, Negros Occidental who was staying temporarily in Purok Mahimulaton, Brgy. Banago in Bacolod City, police reports said.

After three hours of treatment, however, Genon died at the CLMMRH yesterday, police reports said.

Case investigator PO3 Roy Badilla of the Bacolod Traffic Management Unit yesterday told the DAILY STAR, Genon was running from west to east of the reclamation area when the truck driven by Ernesto Lauron Gale of Purok Active, Brgy. Villamonte, that was traveling from south to north hit him.

Badilla said police investigation showed that after the collision the truck dragged Genon's motorcycle about eight meters away. He said the right front part of the truck was damaged, while the motorcycle's front was severely damaged.*DMG

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No Army commander
yet for Negros

The guessing game as to who will be the next military commander of Negros island is still on.

Almost two weeks after Brig. Gen. Jogy Leo Fojas was relieved as commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade, the Philippine Army has not yet named his successor. Fojas who was the 303rd IB commander in Negros for almost two years, is now the deputy of Maj. Gen. Pedro Ramboanga, AFP deputy chief of staff for Operations.

The names of Col. Jerry Jalandoni, of Bago City, and Col. Gregorio Fajardo, Task Force Panay commander, have cropped up among the strong contenders for the position vacated by Fojas.

There are two infantry battalions composed of about 1,000 men, excluding the Army's 542nd Engineering Battalion, placed under the supervision of the 303rd Infantry Brigade on Negros island, military records show.

Jalandoni, commander of the 604th Infantry Brigade in Mindanao, yesterday said there is no order yet for him to be transferred to Negros as 303rd Infantry Brigade commander.

Col. Bonifacio de Castro took over the command of 303rd Infantry Brigade as officer-in-charge, pending announcement of the successor of Fojas.

De Castro, a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class '79, used to serve as chief of staff of the Army's 8th Infantry Division in Catarman, Samar, before he became the deputy of Fojas in previous months. Col. Ariel Querubin, a Marine officer linked to the coup plot, and Col. Arturo Ortiz, Special Forces Regiment commander, are among members of PMA Class '79 and recipients of the much-coveted Medal of Valor.*GPB

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20 wanted persons nabbed

Twenty wanted persons were apprehended by the Bacolod Warrant and Subpoena Section operatives from January to March this year, showing an improvement in the Bacolod City Police Office's campaign against wanted persons, Senior Supt. Pedro Merced, city police director, said yesterday.

Merced said the re-organization of the WSS resulted in the arrest of 20 wanted persons including Sebastian Aracha, 27, of Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City accused of arson, from Jan. 30 to March 8.

Aracha was also included in the Top 20 most wanted list of the Bacolod police, he said.

Merced commended the satisfactory performance of WSS head SPO4 Herson Villanueva and his operatives PO3 Oscar Exaltado, PO1 Clint Willian Ferrer, PO1 Walter Alunan and PO1 Miguelito Garque.

He said that after its re-organization, the WSS office has multiplied its accomplishment two months. Out of 166 arrest warrants issued by the court to the Bacolod police this month, only 13 have not been served yet, Merced said.

The WSS operatives also arrested wanted persons accused of violation of Batas Pambansa Blg. 22, or Anti-Bouncing Checks Law - 4; rape - 2, theft - 2; estafa - 2; and one each for violation of sections 5 and 12 of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, frustrated murder, arson, qualified theft, attempted homicide, Republic Act 7610 or Child Abuse, slight physical injuries, qualified trespass to dwelling, frustrated homicide, and concubinage, police records showed.*DMG

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