Man stabbed, held up
outside videoke bar

A 41-year-old man was held up and stabbed allegedly by three unidentified persons at Purok Boulevard, Brgy. 14, Bacolod City at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday.

Rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital was Celestino Dagu-oc of Brgy. Malingin, Bago City, Negros Occidental with a stab wound on his left hand allegedly inflicted by one of the hold-uppers, PO3 Edgar Allan de Guzman yesterday said. De Guzman of Precinct 1 cited initial police investigation showing that Dagu-oc and his girlfriend were drinking in a videoke bar in the barangay before the heist.

The woman reportedly went outside the bar since she was jealous of a waitresses, De Guzman said.

Dagu-oc fetched the woman outside when three unidentified persons, one of them armed with a bladed weapon, approached them and declared a "hold-up", he said. The victim attempted to fight, but was overpowered by the suspects who were able to take his wallet containing P9,000 in cash, driver's license and other important documents, De Guzman added.

Meanwhile, Eduardo Ledesma, 36, of Hacienda Jalandoni, Buenvista, Murcia town was also rushed to the CLMMRH with a stab wound on his stomach allegedly inflicted by an unidentified person in the town's public plaza at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, hospital reports said.

Crisanto Pagacita was also stabbed by a certain "Dodong Lamberto" with an unidentified bladed weapon hitting him on the stomach at Hacienda de Agua, La Carlota City at about 7 p.m. Saturday, hospital reports added.

Twenty-one-year-old Ronelo Robles, of Biniguhan, Bago City was also rushed to the CLMMRH with a stab wound on the right side of his body allegedly inflicted by an unidentified person in the barangay.*DMG

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2 Bacolod 'LTO men'
harass British national

A British national yesterday said two men claiming to be Land Transportation Office enforcers harassed him into giving them P10,000 that they alleged he owed a karaoke bar owner in Bacolod City as a partner in the business.

Simon Clark, who came to the DAILY STAR office yesterday, said the two alleged LTO men who identified themselves as Ben Panganiban and a certain Bobby followed him to Lopue's East where he was buying clothes for his son who was celebrating his third birthday.

They accused me of owing the owner of Mia's Eatery that is also a karaoke bar in Barangay Villamonte P10,000 as a partner in the business, Clark said.

Clark denied that he owned any money to the owner of the bar and said he told the two he had no money.

But they told me they had been conducting a surveillance on me and saw me withdraw money from the bank. They said if I did not pay they would take me to police Precinct 4 were I would be detained and could not get out.

Clark said because of the threats of the two he gave them the P10,000 they were asking for as he was afraid.

What they did was harassment, intimidation and invasion of my privacy by conducting a surveillance on me, he said.

Clark said he did not report the matter to the police because he did not know what kind of connections the two alleged LTO men had and he was afraid.

LTO Bacolod chief Norman Saril yesterday said he could not recall the LTO having personnel by the name of Ben Panganiban and Bobby but would look into the matter.

He said LTO personnel cannot behave in such manner and if the two were, indeed, from his office the matter would be acted on.

Saril asked that Clark go to his office so the matter can be thoroughly investigated. I can assure Mr. Clark that no harm will come to him if he comes to my office, Saril said.*CPG

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