Strong case build-up ordered after cop was slain in Bacolod buy-bust op

MANILA, Philippines—Following the killing of a police officer during a buy-bust operation in Bacolod City, the Philippine National Police (PNP) ordered an intensive case build-up against the arrested drug suspect. In a statement on Sunday, PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. directed the Police Regional Office in the Negros Island Region and the Bacolod