BY CYRUS GARDE AND MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Eight persons were caught engaging in illegal cockfighting in Barangay Guimbala-on, Silay City, Negros Occidental.
Police identified them as Ronel John Nato, 22; James Alip, 25; Leonardo Pagaduan, 25; Noel Begasa, 20; Ian Paul Nato, 28; Gregorio Apolencia III, 20; Jan Dy Esteva, 24; and Garry Panaguiton, 28 – all residents of the village.
They were nabbed around 12 p.m. on April 19 when police chanced upon them.
Recovered from their possession were two game fowls and P1,500 bet money, a police report showed.
The suspects were detained in the lockup facility of the Silay City police station, facing charges for violation of Presidential Decree 449, or the Cockfighting Law of 1974./PN
