By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Active Solid Strikers Fellowship Bowlers, Inc. (ASSFBI) defeated Kami Mga Hubin (KMH) twice to win the 2017 KMH Inter-Squad Trios Duckpin Bowling League Season 2 Men’s Division title at Negros Super Lanes in the Goldenfield Commercial Complex. ASSFBI took Game 1, 318-305, and Game 2, 320-285. “We will continue to …
Monthly Archives: March 2017
DFL 1st Conference finals tomorrow
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The 2017 Dynamic Football League (DFL) 1st Conference finals will take place tomorrow across four age-division groups. Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI) will meet Trinity Christian School (TCS) in the finals of the U9 division, while Apolinario Mabini Elementary School battles with Montevista Elementary School for third place. Himamaylan City …
Lessons from Westminster: Why national security is always a priority
Thursday morning, the Philippines woke up to news about a terror attack in London, where at least five people were reported dead, including the attacker, and around 40 injured, after a man mowed down pedestrians along the Westminster Bridge with a sport utility vehicle and stabbed a police officer – all just outside Parliament. Police …
A woman can do better
“Do you know that what a man can do, a woman can do better?” The lady at the podium said it loud and clear. She surveyed the audience with a captivating, charismatic smile. There was an equal representation of the sexes. The women clapped cheerfully. The men could only smile, while a few shook their …
A report by Police Regional Office-18 on the intensified security activation for the ASEAN Meetings in Bacolod City
The ASEAN Security Task Force (ASTF) security coverage for the 15th Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Officials Responsible for Information (SOMRI) in Bacolod is now in full swing. The Senior Officials meeting (SOM) is scheduled to be held at SMX Bacolod City from March 21-24, 2017. Yesterday, SILG Secretary Mike SUENO attended the opening ceremony …
DILG looking into claims the NIR executive order is unconstitutional
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno recently claimed the establishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR) was unconstitutional, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael Sueno said, while he supports the existence of the NIR, he has tasked Undersecretary Austere Panadero to research …
Sugar Alliance to Agriculture Secretary: Stop playing the blame game
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga In response to Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol responding to the recent demonstration before the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Barangay Mansilingan, Sugar Alliance of the Philippines spokesperson, Atty. Emilio Yulo, told him to stop playing the “blame game.” “He should be man enough to own up to whatever problems …
Power rates to rise for third month in a row
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) is projecting an over P1.50 hike in power rates for the month of March 2017. Rates are expected to increase from P9.5038 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to P11.1669/kWh, a jump of P1.6631/kWh. Ceneco blamed it on a P1.2595 rise in the generation charge and a …
Former PS2 Commander dismisses alleged links to Berya drug group PSI Liba corroborates affidavit, claims Serenio tried to bribe him
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former Police Station 2 (PS2) commander, Police Chief Inspector Edison Garcia, dismissed claims made by former Berya drug group member Ricky Serenio linking him to the Berya drug group. According to the recently released supplemental affidavit, Serenio met with Garcia after he replaced Police Senior Inspector Lanel Lanado, who was …
Philippines facing sanctions over alleged human rights violations –DILG Secretary Sueno: Consequences of attempts to undermine the presidency
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael Sueno confirmed the country is facing sanctions from the United States and the European Union over alleged human rights violations committed during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. He noted, in a press conference, yesterday, during the Association of Southeast …