IN SILAY
Man stabs self dead

A man allegedly committed suicide by stabbing himself at his residence in Silay City Negros Occidental Wednesday morning, the police said yesterday.

The fatality was identified as Louie Legaspi, 42, of Antonio Luna, Brgy. Mambulac in Silay by case investigator Police Officer 2 Christopher Sarinopia.

Sarinopia said Legaspi, who succumbed to a stab wound on his chest, was found lying on the floor of their kitchen, soaked in blood, by his daughter Lovelle and his sister, whose name he did not disclose, at about 8:40 a.m.

Legaspi was allegedly suffering from a nervous breakdown and depression and these might have triggered him to commit suicide, Sarinopia told the DAILY STAR.

A stainless knife with bloodstains was recovered at the kitchen sink while a notebook with a message saying “Bel, indi mo pagpabay-an ang mga utod mo paalam (Bel, take care of your siblings, goodbye)!” was also recovered from the crime scene, Sarinopia added.

Although the incident appears as a suicide, Sarinopia said they have requested the Silay City Health Office to conduct an autopsy on Legaspi’s body to ascertain that he indeed killed himself and that there was no foul play behind his death.*APN

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Stolen motorcycle recovered

A motorcycle owned by an Indian national that was taken by two suspects during a broad daylight robbery in San Enrique town Monday was recovered by policemen in the nearby municipality of Pontevedra Wednesday afternoon, a Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office press release said.

Senior Insp. Eduardo Corpuz, police chief of San Enrique, yesterday said the stolen Aura motorcycle was found abandoned at Corteza Street in Pontevedra.

The vehicle owned by Nelbi Singh was forcibly taken by two unidentified robbers from his lending collectors, identified as Hazel dela Rosa and Archie Baruela Monday afternoon in Barangay Tibsoc, San Enrique, the press release said.

Corpuz added that the robbers who used a .38 caliber revolver also took the cash collection of the victims of P8,000.

NOPPO director, Senior Supt. Manuel Felix, lauded the policemen of San Enrique and Pontevedra for the recovery of the motorcycle, the press release added.*

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‘Hot’ charcoal seized

"Hot" Charcoal Seized In Pontevedra

About 250 sacks of undocumented charcoal were confiscated by operatives of the Pontevedra police station before midnight Tuesday, a Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office press release said.

Senior Insp. Argel Ancheta, police chief of the town, said that policemen led by Police Officer 3 Freddie Sornito intercepted an Isuzu cargo truck loaded with forest products with an estimated value of P30,000, in Barangay Poblacion 1.

The “hot” charcoal owned by Eddie Alteros, 42, of Cauayan town, is now in the custody of the police station, the press release said.

Policemen were assisted by members of the Volunteers for Peace and Progress of the town in intercepting the charcoal, Ancheta added.

A case for violation of Presidential Decree 705, or Forestry Law, will be filed against the owner, who failed to present any valid documents for the transport of the forest products, the press release added.*

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