By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. With the STI National Basketball Tournament cluster eliminations ending today, with host school STI-West Negros University (STI-WNU) taking on STI-Aklan, STI-WNU head coach Dennis Tumayan said the tournament serves as a warm-up for the upcoming 2017 National Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) Championships, set to take place in Iba, Zambales …
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Bowlers Club of Bacolod City Open Trio Duckpin Bowling Tournament Roa’s Lechon/BCY, RJ Stars/NPBC on top
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Roa’s Lechon/BCY and RJ Stars/NPBC lead the men’s and ladies’ divisions, respectively, of the ongoing 8th Bowlers Club of Bacolod City Open Trio Duckpin Bowling Tournament at the Negros Super Lanes in the Goldenfield Commercial Complex. Roa’s Lechon/BCY garnered a total of 4,894 points leading the 12-team line-up. They are …
NOHSAAI Unity Cup The Class of 1994 leads top bracket
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Class of 1994 took the reins of Bracket A from the Class of 1985 in the ongoing NOHS@115 Negros Occidental High School Alumni Association, Inc. (NOHSAAI) “Unity Cup” Bowling Fellowship finals at the Negros Super Lanes in the Goldenfield Commercial Complex. The Class of 1994 gathered a total of …
Blinky de Leon hosts styling event today at SM City Bacolod
Host, model, stylist, and blogger Blinky de Leon will be presenting the SM Summer ‘17 Styling event today at 3:00 p.m. at The SM Store in SM City Bacolod. Participants will have an opportunity to be styled by De Leon herself by registering at the second floor of The SM Store. Registration is open from …
Witnessing the church transition from a place of worship to a political venue (Part 2)
According to a report by Human Rights Watch last year, they looked at the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III, Duterte’s predecessor, and his record with extrajudicial killings. “Since his election, President Aquino held out the promise of a rights-respecting Philippines for which he has sadly been unable to deliver,” said Human Rights Watch …
Iloilo businesses can’t fire workers yet
“Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.” –Ulysses S. Grant Under the law, Iloilo businesses are not supposed to lay off workers in order to cushion the impact of wage increases, which took effect on March 16. Iloilo Business Club (IBC) Executive Director Lea Lara reportedly considered the P15 to …
PRO-18 relieves NOPPO Director Señoron: I am fighting for my honor
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Regional Office-18 (PRO-18) ordered the relief of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) Director, Police Senior Superintendent William Señoron, along with six other law enforcement officers, yesterday afternoon. In an interview with Aksyon Radyo-Bacolod immediately after his relief, he said he has already been convicted through public perception. “The …
GAWA: Appointment of barangay officials is a ‘prelude to dictatorship’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA) warned, yesterday, the plan by President Rodrigo Duterte to postpone barangay elections and, instead, appoint officials, is a “clear prelude to dictatorship.” GAWA Secretary-General Wennie Sancho explained Duterte’s proposal is contrary to existing law, in which barangay officials should be elected in a …
Senator says Agriculture Secretary is ‘politicizing’ the sugar industry
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, in response to reports Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol criticized Negros Occidental sugarcane plantation owners as living in “Mar Roxas country,” said the cabinet secretary should not be politicizing the sugar industry. “This issue is not political,” said Zubiri. “This issue is the survival of …
Government doctors paid less, provincial hospitals at 173% bed capacity –Hospitals head
By Paulo Loreto Lim Provincial Chief of Hospitals, Dr. Leonardo Eusebio, who was previously serving concurrently as acting Negros Occidental provincial administrator, recently revealed government hospitals are both over their bed capacity and lacking doctors to treat the overflow of patients. According to the provincial official, public hospitals in the province are currently 173% over …