The Social Security System (SSS) announced, yesterday, around P2.07 billion was released, making the second P1,000 disbursement available to qualified members today, March 10. “We are happy to inform our regular pensioners that the P1,000 additional benefit differential for February 2017 is now deposited in the respective bank accounts,” said SSS President and Chief Executive …
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Fil-Sino Athletic Club-Asia Brewery Invitational Cup 2017 ESJ & Sons win Class B
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. ESJ & Sons defeated Manila Beer Light, 76-62, to capture the Class B championship of the Fil-Sino Athletic Club-Asia Brewery Invitational Cup 2017 at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School gym. Manila Beer Light opened the game with a lead following the first period, 15-12, however, that score line was …
USLS-IS leaves for NBTC National Finals this weekend
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The University of St. La Salle-Integrated (USLS-IS) junior basketball team will be leaving for Manila, on Sunday, to take part in the 2017 National Basketball Training Center (NBTC), which they qualified for as the Negros Island Region (NIR) champions. USLS-IS earned the title after defeating Bacolod Tay Tung High School …
Toby’s Sports Bacolod Inter-Barkada Basketball Tournament POC, Ice Sportswear score wins
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. POC defeated AA Electrical, 94-89, and Ice Sportswear beat 11 Degrees, 77-70, in the ongoing Toby’s Sports Bacolod Inter-Barkada Basketball Tournament at the STI-West Negros University gym. The game between POC and AA Electrical stayed close throughout, closing the first three periods with the two teams only one or two …
PFF football festival takes place in San Carlos City over the weekend
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. San Carlos City will play host to the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) Festival of Football this weekend. The event is split into six categories, Girls-9, Girls-11, Boys and Girls U13, and Boys and Girls U15; with local football organizations Leyte FA, Cebu FA, Negros Oriental-Siquijor FA, Iloilo FA, and Negros …
Explaining illegal immigration
The moment Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president of the United States, the issue of illegal immigration has been in the forefront. The American mainstream media has been flooded with sob stories about families entering the US without proper documents, purporting to have the right to stay in the country. Meanwhile, those outside the …
Did Ilonggo solons vote ‘yes’ from their heart?
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” –Tony Robbins It was a landslide and every member from Congress from Iloilo and Guimaras voted for the restoration of the death penalty. No one wanted to be an island. Nobody was willing to be a lonely voice. There were no Benjamins, Dracoses, …
DOH endorses negligence complaint against Kabankalan City hospital
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau of the Department of Health (DOH) recently endorsed the complaint by the mother of a seven-year-old child allegedly neglected by a physician and nurse at the Kabankalan District Hospital (KDH) in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. The complaint is now being forwarded to the …
CBCP decries Congress for approving the death penalty Villegas: Congress has given consent for the state to kill
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) condemned the House of Representatives after they passed House Bill 4727, which sought to reimpose capital punishment. In a letter released by CBCP president and Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, he said, “The House of Representatives has given its consent for the state …
HB 4727: Death penalty bill passed Gabriela: Bill was ‘railroaded’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Women’s rights group and party-list Gabriela claimed House Bill 4727, which sought to reimpose the death penalty, was “railroaded.” In an interview with Bombo Radyo-Bacolod, yesterday, Gabriela Representative Emmi de Jesus said the bill was hastily passed by members of congress. According to De Jesus, the process in which the …