The Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) recently conducted earthquake drills at two business process outsourcing (BPO) firms, or call centers, in the city. In compliance with a recent Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) resolution that requires the CDRRMO and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to organize drills at BPO firms, …
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Saudi Arabia job recruitment event later this month
The Negros Occidental Public Employment Services Office (PESO) will be holding a special job recruitment event for jobs in Saudi Arabia from April 19 to 20 at the L’Fisher Hotel. Augustin International Center, Inc., an agency licensed by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), is seeking product centrifugal operators, powerhouse technicians, electrical and instrument foremen, …
If only he wasn’t ‘promdi’
“What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” –Christopher Hitchens If he were not a “promdi,” or from the province, Ismael ‘Mike’ Sueno would have survived the power struggle at the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), however, since he did not have the stature of Alfredo Lim, Mar Roxas, or …
Nurturing a culture of thievery
The first encounter with the causal thievery that occurs in the city was with the house helper of a neighbor. With a bevy of plants growing outside the house, including green onions, lemons, calamansi, malunggay, among others, there have been plenty of neighbors who have asked if they could have some. With the simple request, …
Returning to my Father
I was down, troubled, and in distress. I felt alone, depressed, and sad. I thought no one was there to pull me out of my anguish and misery… but then I realized I still have my Father, who loves me unconditionally despite all the wrongs I have done.Holy Week made me reflect more about the …
330 apprehended on first day of anti-jaywalking policy
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 330 individuals were apprehended on the first day of the anti-jaywalking policy, implemented through City Ordinance No. 338, or the Comprehensive Traffic Ordinance, which includes the regulation of public utility jeepney routes and parking areas. According to Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) head, Police Superintendent Luisito Acebuche, the first …
Ceneco boasts AAA rating from NEA
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. (Ceneco) General Manager Sulpicio Lagarde, Jr. yesterday claimed the cooperative received a triple A rating from the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which looks at key performance standards (KPS), comprised of 32 financial, institutional, technical, and reportorial compliance indicators. Lagarde calls the recognition “vindication” after he …
Discovered remains may be of Bago City seaman who went missing in January
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An Indonesian fisherman reportedly stumbled across remains suspected to be that of the Bago City seaman who went missing in January after he disappeared off the coast of Sumatra. In a Bombo Radyo-Bacolod interview, members of the Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (INAFIS) informed the family of Michael John Abibiason …
NIR Liga chief at odds with national Liga President on barangay polls
By Paulo Loreto Lim Barangay Tangub Captain Noli Villarosa, who serves as president of the Bacolod City Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) and Negros Island Region (NIR) Liga ng mga Barangay (Liga) chief, announced Liga National President Edmund Abesamis is calling on barangay captains from across the country to meet this week to discuss the …
City seeks to require call centers to construct transport hubs
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) recently approved on its first reading an ordinance that would require business process outsourcing (BPO) companies, or call centers, to construct a transport hub for their employees within their premises. According to City Councilor Caesar Distrito, who authored the ordinance, “This ordinance will require the …