By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A woman and two men were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted yesterday afternoon by members of the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU), City Intelligence Unit (CIU), and Police Station 6 (PS6) at Purok Sunrise, Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspects as 62-year-old Lourdes Umadhay; Alfred De Guzman; …
Monthly Archives: April 2017
EB Magalona mayor: At least P30K is spent every day on welfare programs P100M market renovation project planned
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga EB Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon, while speaking with the press yesterday to discuss the status of his administration after being in office for 10 months, revealed his municipality spends at least P30,000 a day on social welfare programs. Intended to fund medicine, hospitalization, and burials, Malacon said the town receives …
2017 Panaad sa Negros Festival Bacolod City, La Castellana win festival contests
Bacolod City and La Castellana were recently named the winners of the Paindis-indis sa Binalaybay and the children’s choir competitions, respectively, at the ongoing 2017 Panaad sa Negros Festival. Iana Rica Nicavera was awarded P10,000 for winning the Paindis-indis sa Binalaybay competition, which aims to promote Negrense culture and arts. Contest pieces were required to …
2017 Panaad sa Negros Festival Bacolod City, Manapla recognized for rondalla
Bacolod City and Manapla recently won the Panaad sa Negros Festival rondalla competitions, with the former winning the elementary category and the latter taking the open category. The City of Smiles was also named runner-up in the open category, while Manapla took second in the elementary division. Manapla won P20,000 with their victory and P15,000 …
2017 Panaad sa Negros Festival Folk dance competition today
The Philippine folk dance competition will take place today at 6:00 p.m. at the Panaad Stadium, part of the ongoing 2017 Panaad sa Negros Festival. 15 cities and municipalities will compete in the rural category, namely, Pontevedra, Talisay City, Sipalay City, Hinoba-an, Bacolod City, EB Magalona, Murcia, Valladolid, Silay City, Toboso, Victorias City, Cauayan, Calatrava, …
Taiwanese travel agents, media currently touring the region
Travel agents and members of the media from Taiwan are currently in the region on a familiarization tour of Iloilo, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental. The 22-member contingent was invited by the Tourism Promotions Board, Department of Tourism-Region VI (DOT-6), and the Philippine DOT-Taiwan. According to DOT-6 Director, Atty. Helen Catalbas, Taiwan has the third-highest tourist …
2017 Palarong Pambansa NCR dominates current medal haul
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. As of the third day of the 2017 Palarong Pambansa, the National Capital Region (NCR) currently leads the medal count with 34 gold, 20 silver, and eight bronze medals. The Western Visayas sit a distant second with five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals; followed by the Negros Island …
Bakbakan sa La Carlota tonight
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Bakbakan sa La Carlota boxing event is set to take place tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Public Plaza Festival Park, featuring Gerpaul Valero of Mandaue, Cebu taking on Jess Rhey Waminal. In his prior fight, Valero faced off against Australian Jason Maloney for the WBA Oceania super bantamweight …
2017 Palarong Pambansa NIR lose to CAR in basketball
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Negros Island Region (NIR) lost their secondary boys basketball game against Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR), yesterday, 75-70, in the ongoing 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique. CAR remained in the lead throughout the game, however, NIR had a couple opportunities to close the gap, even closing at 45-46 heading into …
2017 Palarong Pambansa Western Visayas athlete breaks javelin throw record
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. James Lozanez of the Western Visayas captured gold in this year’s javelin throw competition at the 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique and, in doing so, broke a five-year record. His 59.46m toss broke the 2013 record set by Central Luzon’s Bryan Pacheco of 57.81m. Another record was broken on the …