BACOLOD City – Police arrested four recipients of the government’s social amelioration program for playing the illegal card game of pusoy in Barangay Bubog, Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
They were Mary Grace Roldan, 37; Janalyn
Dayon, 36; Nika Maravilla, 22; and
Lorena Nolido, 54, a police report showed.
The suspects – all residents of the village – were arrested around 2:25 p.m. on
April 25, it added.
Confiscated from their possession were a deck of playing cards and bet money which amounted to P794.
They were detained in the lockup facility of the Talisay City police station, facing charges for violation of Presidential Decree 1602, which prescribes stiffer penalties on illegal gambling./PN
