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  (L-R) Negros Oriental Provincial Board Member Jessica Villanueva, Lawyer Myles Bejar, Department of Interior and Local Government Provincial Director Farah Gentuya, and a representative of Police Col. Ronan Claraval of Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office during the Provincial Peace and Order Council Meeting on April 2, 2025 in Dumaguete City. (PIA Negros Oriental) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) — The Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) has confiscated a total of 296 firearms for violation of the election gun ban from January to March this year. NOPPO Information Officer Police Lt. Stephen Polinar reported that a police team also arrested 10 persons carrying guns outside their residence. During the recent Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting here, Polinar said most of these arrests happened during the 283 patrol and checkpoints operations conducted by NOPPO. The Philippine National Police (PNP) also conducted a series of Commission on Election...

  Heavy rains did not dampen the spirit of the young journalists as they join the opening parade for the Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) that the province of Siquijor hosted for the first time. (PIA7 Siquijor) LARENA, Siquijor (PIA) — The Siquijor Province’s first hosting of the Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) 2025 was a huge success, according to the Department of Education (DepEd) Division of Siquijor and the Siquijor Police Provincial Office (SPPO). DepEd Siquijor schools sivision superintendent Rosalie Pasaol thanked the local government units, government agencies, and delegates who participated in the event. “I am proud to say and I am very grateful that it was a huge success. If we can see from the different delegates from the 20 divisions in the whole Region 7, they gave us the feedback, and as they say, the best hosting goes to the province of Siquijor,” said Pasaol. On the other hand, Siquijor Provincial Police Office (SPPO) provincial director Police Col...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office 7 (PRO-7) and the Commission on Election (COMELEC) in Central Visayas are all set for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election on October 30.  “We are 90% prepared in terms of accountable forms and on augmentation of uniformed personnels,” said COMELEC-7 Administrative Officer Ivan Jason Delos Santos during the recent Kapihan sa PIA interview.  The ten-day campaign period started on October 19 and will end on October 28.  Delos Santos said that teachers who will serve members of the electoral board have already been briefed by Atty. Ferdinand Gujilde, COMELEC-7 regional election attorney.  In Region 7, there are 2,956 voting centers, of which 1,202 are in Cebu, 1,074 in Bohol, 548 in Negros Oriental, and 132 in Siqiujor. Security coverage “Since the election is intertwined with the (observation of) Undas, you can expect security coverage from PRO-7,” assured Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare in...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, September 27 (PIA) -- Wala nay kapasidad pa ang mga rebelde nga maoy manguna og opensiba sama sa ilang gihimo kaniadto. Kini maoy gipasalig ni  Bohol Provincial Police Office Deputy Director for Operations Police Lt. Col.  Norman Nuez, atul sa gihimo nga  Bohol Peace and Security Press Conference,  niadtong Septembre 19, didto sa  Capitol Ceremonial Hall. Ang pasalig ni Nuez, giambitan usab ni  Army Colonel Leeroy Daanton,  ang  Deputy Brigade Commander sa 302nd Brigade,  sa  3rd Infantry Division sa Philippine Army, k insa maoy mitambong sa Presscon sa katungod ni Brigadier General Joey Escanillas, mismong  Battallion Commander  nga nakabase sa Tanjay City, sa Negros Oriental. Ang Bohol, nahisakop sa  territorial responsibility  sa 3ID ug sa 302nd IB, ug gani, gimintinar sa  Task Group Boho l ang iyang p eace and security operations. Kahinumduman nga niadtong Febrero 10, 2010, gide...

  Police Capt. Mildred Tagaamo and Police Senior Master Sergeant Beatriz Pogoy speaking during the Kapihan sa PIA program discussing violence against women and children. Both police officials believe that households where everyone sleep in the sala, mothers are away and intoxicated fathers mostly cause incest, which ranks high among crimes against women and children. Both PCapt Mildred Tagaamo and CMS Beatriz Pogoy think there is even far greater number of cases that remain unreported. (RAHC/PIA Bohol) TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, August 30 (PIA) -- The cycle of abuse of women and children has to break, and breaking that cycle is in our hands. This sums up the statement of officials at the Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) stations in local government units across the province, as echoed by Police Capt. Mildred Tagaamo during the recent Kapihan sa PIA. Tagaamo and Police Senior Master Sergeant Beatriz Pogoy, both investigators and guest...

  JAGNA, Bohol, Aug. 5 (PIA) -- Local crime statisticians have assured that the slight increase in crimes here is not a cause for alarm. This after records show that the total crime count is a little over 1% of the entire population in the province. During the recent joint meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) and the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC), Camp Francisco Dagohoy’s Deputy Operations Officer Police Major Rey Olaer said there was an increase in crimes in 2023 as against January to July 2022. From a total of 3,231 crimes reported in the said period in 2022, it jumped to 3,397 or a 5.14 % increase. Total crimes count means the total of all peace and order incidents and public safety incidents as recorded in police blotters in all police stations in Bohol. According to Olaer, Camp Dagohoy’s consolidated records show there were 1,502 peace and order incidents in 2022, compared to 1,595 cases reported in 2023. This increase of 93 crime incidents is ...

  A dentist of PNP Negros Oriental performs tooth extraction on a young boy from Brgy. Sab-ahan, Bais City during the PNP outreach activity held August 10, 2023. (RAL/PIA7-Negros Oriental) BAIS CITY, Negros Oriental, Aug. 11 (PIA) -- Officers from the Philippine National Police (PNP) extended free dental and wellness services, food packs, and used clothing to members of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) groups and other residents of Barangay Sab-ahan, this city. The community outreach held Aug. 10 aimed to strengthen its linkage with the community and enhance its cooperation with the people in fighting criminality and insurgency in the area. Officers from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) also joined the activity and distributed slippers to school children. “Pinapaabot natin na ang buong gobyerno natin ay nagkakaisa para sa kanilang katahimikan, kabuhayan, at kung paano natin sila matutulungan (We would like to show the people that the government is here and united in maintainin...

  Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel "Chaco" Sagarbarria's (w/ mic) sharing his plans and programs that aim to achieve a safe, orderly, peaceful, and progressive province during the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting held July 27, 2023 at the Convention Center, Dumaguete City. PPOC has passed a resolution supporting the governor’s plans and programs. (PIA Negros Oriental) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Aug. 4 (PIA) -- The Provincial Police Office here has shifted to a more preventive approach in their anti-crime efforts by strengthening their police operations and adopt a “whole-of-government approach."  In a Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting held July 27, 2023, the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) reported significant progress in its campaign against wanted persons with 1,355 personalities arrested, including the most wanted persons in the province, as a result of a total of 1,266 operations conducted for the period from Jan...

  Speakers during the Kapihan sa PIA forum discussing community involvement in crime prevention: (L-R) PLtCol. Ronoel G. Fungo, chief of police of Dumaguete City; PLt. Stephen Jaynard Polinar, chief of Police Community Affairs Development Unit (PCADU); and Atty. Jose Alan Comon, provincial head of NAPOLCOM. (PIA Negros Oriental) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, July 28 (PIA) --The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) here has cited the importance of community engagement in achieving peace and order through community dialogues, educational programs, joint patrols, and engaging activities.  NAPOLCOM Provincial Head Atty. Jose Alan Comon, during the recent Kapihan sa PIA, said that barangays play a key role in crime prevention as force multipliers in observance of the 28th Police Community Relations (PCR) Month this July. However, Comon reaffirmed that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is mandated to promote peace and order, public safety in times of calamities to assist the ...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 4 (PIA) -- Upat ka gatus pa ug kawaloan ug duha ka barangay sa Bohol ang wala pa mapalingkawas sa mga tinugyanan sa balaod sa hulga sa illegal nga drugas. Ug sa 56.33% nga nahibilin, nagkadaku ang hulga tungod kay sa dili madugay, ang paglihok sa mga katawhan sa eleksyon ug pagpuli og mga bag-ong lider, mahimong may dakung epekto sa paspas nga pagpalingkawas sa mga komunidad sa kumot sa illegal nga drugas. Segun sa taho gikan sa Kampo Dagohoy, ang base sa  Philippine National Police (PNP)  dinhi sa lalawigan sa Bohol, 627 pa ka barangay sa tibuok Bohol ang naluwas na sa hulga, bisan pa nga walay bisag us aka barangay ang nabahig sa may grabe nga hulga sa drugas. Segun sa kapolisan, sa 627 ka barangay nga napalingkawas na, 348 niini ang medyo apektado sa illegal nga drugas samtang 262 ang moderately affected. Tungod niini, may 482 na lamang ka barangay sa Bohol ang lihukonon pa sa R egional Oversight Committee,  ang interagency nga bahan...

  CORTES, Bohol, May 20 (PIA) -- Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO) will continually to exert efforts in increasing police presence, coordinating police anti-crime operations, and sustain the partnerships to advance the barangay drug-clearing operations. This amid a slight increase in crimes, to which Police Senior Supt. Lorenzo Batuan assessed as still manageable. In its report to the Provincial Peace and Order Council during its regular meeting last week, BPPO presented a comparative crime incident report showing total peace and order incidents in 2022 and 2023. Comparing Jan. 1, 2022 to May 15, 2022 as against the same period in 2023, there is a 2.03% increase. Comparing Jan. 1, 2021 to May 15, 2021 against the same period in 2023, statisticians at Camp Francisco Dagohoy noted an 8.9% increase, while in the same period, total public safety incidents in 2022 reached 1,153 against 1,113 in 2023, or a 3.47% dip this year. For index crimes, or those committed crimes punishable by...

CORTES, Bohol, May 23 (PIA) -- Ipadayon sa   Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO)   ang pagpadaghan sa presensya sa kapolisan sa kadalanan, pagpakigsabut alang sa mga police operations batok sa kriminalidad ug pagpahingusog pa ja pagpakig-alayon sa mga tinugyanan aron makabuylo na sa barangay drug clearing operations. Kini ang ilang gisaad samtang namatikdan sa mga tinugyanan ang dyutay nga pagsaka sa mga kaso sa kriminalidad,  hinuon, gipasalig ni  Police Senior Superintendent Lorenzo Batuan  nga kini, anaa pa sa  manageable level. Sa ilang taho ngadto sa  Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) s a iyang regular nga tigum, Mayor 16 gipakita sa kapolisan ang c omparative crime incident report n ga nagpakita sa kinatibuk-ang hulagway sa mga insedente sa kahapsay ug kalinaw sa Bohol sa mga tuig 2022 ug sa 2023. Sa pagtandi, gikan sa Enero 1 ngadto sa Mayo 15 sa 2022 batok sa susama nga higayon sa 2023, napakita ang 2.03% nga kinatibuk-ang pagsaka sa ...

  CORTES, Bohol, May 22 (PIA) -- Sa unang lima ka buwan niining 2023, mikabat na sa 227 ka armas nga mobuto ang nahipos sa mga kapolisan sa Bohol atoll sa ilang gihimo nga mga kampanya gikan sa Enero ngadto sa Mayo 15. Kini maoy gipaambit sa mga tinugyanan sa Kampo Dagohoy, nga gipangulohan ni  Police Senior Superintendent   Lorenzo Batuan, ubay sa kampanya pagpatunhay sa  kahapsay ug kalinaw sa Bohol. Sa taho saKampo Dagohoy, didto sa labing bag-o nga tigum sa  Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC ), Mayo 16, nabutyag nga kinatibuk-ang 134 ka mga operations batok sa  illegal  nga mga hinagibang mobuto ang napahigayun sa unang lima ka buwan ug 132 ka mga armas nga mobuto ang nahipos ug nakuha sa mga kapolisan. Niini nga operation  Kontra Boga , mikabat usab sa 28 ka mga tawo ang nadakpan samtang naghupot niining nahisgutan nga sagol sa mga low power ug high powered nga armas-mobuto. Ubos sa Letter Of Instruction   Kontra Boga,  ang k...