3 men knifed

Three people were injured in stabbing incidents in Bacolod and nearby towns.

The Police Station 3 led by PO1 Donnie Garcia investigated the stabbing incident in Purok Bayanihan, Brgy. Banago, Bacolod City at about 9 p.m. Monday.

Jack Anthony Esquilla, 25, was rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital with a stab wound on the left portion of his neck allegedly inflicted by Quirico Aribas Oro, 19, of Purok Bayanihan, Brgy. Banago, Bacolod City, police reports said.

Oro fled after the incident leaving behind a 9-inch-Batangeño knife, police reports also said.

Police Station 3 is still conducting a follow-up investigation. Meanwhile, Ramon Prera, 22, of Paglaum Village, Bacolod City was also rushed to CLMMRH after sustaining two fracture wounds on the stomach allegedly inflicted by an unidentified person at about 9:10 p.m. Tuesday. An unidentified suspect waylaid Prera on the street, police reports also said.

In Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, Nelson Sabay, 19, was rushed to the CLMMRH in Bacolod with a stab wound on his back inflicted by an unidentified person at a town fiesta at about 3 a.m. yesterday.*CBM

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IN MOISES PADILLA
NPAs kill ex-CAFGU
'REBELS ON TACTICAL OPERATION'

Suspected New People's Army hitmen struck again on Tuesday night, killing a former CAFGU member in Brgy. Montilla, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, the military said.

The victim identified as ex-CAFGU member Francisco Bernaldez was the fourth militiaman summarily executed by rebel hitmen in Moises Padilla, Isabela and areas of Guihulngan, in Oriental Negros since the start of the year, military records show.

Lt. Col. Jess Manangquil, 11th Infantry Battalion commander, yesterday said Bernaldez, who used to be a member of the Montilla detachment, was drinking coffee at his sari-sari store on Tuesday night, when the four hitmen barged in, and shot him without any provocation.

Manangquil said that the four suspects, while withdrawing from the crime scene, introduced themselves as members of the New People's Army to those who had witnessed the killing.

The three other victims of rebel assassination in Guihulngan town in previous months for which responsibility was claimed by the Leonardo Panaligan Command, were identified as ex-CAFGU members Rubio Deniega, Nelson Garde, and Rudy Azuncion.

On the other hand, ex-CAFGU member Rogelio Dava survived after he was shot twice by four rebel hitmen who had abducted him last month in Brgy.Luz Sikatuna in Guihulngan.

Manangquil said the New People's Army is targeting CAFGU members, ex-paramilitary men and innocent civilians, to comply with the orders of the Communist Party of the Philippines central committee, for them to conduct tactical offensives in Negros.

Military records show that there have been 43 victims of assassination by the New People's Army from 2005 to this month in Negros island.*GPB

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8 collared by cops
for illegal gambling

Eight residents of Bacolod City were nabbed for violation of Presidential Decree 1602, or illegal gambling, at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, police records showed.

Police Station 4 personnel led by P/Insp. Luisito Acebuche apprehended the suspects in Brgy. Estefania, when they conducted immediately operations based on a telephone call from a concerned citizen reporting a gambling activity in the area. Caught in the act of playing mahjong and "tong-its" were Fructoso Horolan, 61, of Villa Soledad Subdivision, Jaime Descaya, 55, of Villa Felicidad, Ronald Espanola, 37, of Paho I, Raleigh Melgar, 56, of Villa Villeta, Welvic Quilantang, 51, Serafin Bermudez, 58, both of Patricia Homes, all from Brgy. Estefania: Wilfredo Bermudez, 60, of Patricia Homes, Brgy. Granada, and Francisco Sanz, 62, of Azucena street, Brgy. Mansilingan, all of Bacolod City.

Recovered from the scene were 11 table drawers, 6 pieces mahjong sheets, 2 sets of playing cards, a set of mahjong bricks, a cellphone, a stub order slip, and P623 cash, police reports said.*CBM

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