67811 BACOLOD CITY - A fire hit a residential area in Sitio Dakuta Dako, Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental, gutted 31 houses, and displaced 191 persons on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Of the total number of houses, 29 were totally damaged while two others werepartially damaged, according to
Published May 22, 2021, 2:13 PM
BACOLOD CITY – The top most wanted drug personality in Silay City, Negros Occidental was found dead in Rizal last May 19.
Police Lt. Col. Robert Petate, Silay City police chief, confirmed Friday that Michael Vincent Divinagracia, along with an unidentified man, was killed by still unnamed gunmen.
Petate said Divinagracia’s remains were dumped in Barangay Pinugay, Baras.
Five cartridges of an unknown firearm were recovered from the crime scene, Petate said.
Petate said that Divinagracia’s identity was confirmed through a driver’s license recovered from him.
Two years ago, police reported that Divinagracia, a resident of Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, has not been sighted in the province and was allegedly hiding in Luzon.
SunStar Bacolod police eye 3 angles in money lender slay
An estimated P102,000 worth of shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride was seized in a drug bust at Purok Kahirup Village, Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City yesterday, Jan. 14. (BCPO photo)
+ January 15, 2021 The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is eyeing three angles in the killing of the money lender at DC1, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City on January 12.
Police identified the victim as Joefrrey Parandas, 59, of said barangay.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Ariel Pico, spokesperson of BCPO, said yesterday, January 14, they are looking into personal grudges, business or drug related motives in the killing of Parandas.
He said Parandas has a lending business and in previous years, he was also involved in illegal drugs but he managed to evade arrest.