By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) in Negros Occidental is not considering cloud seeding operations in the province yet despite the hot and dry conditions. OPA head, lawyer Japhet Masculino, said this is because the Department of Agriculture (DA) is still assessing the current situation of farmlands in Negros …
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Cops nab mom pimping daughter
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) arrested last Friday a single mother, who allegedly used her daughter in lewd videos and photos that were being sold online. Police Senior Supt. Jack Wanky, acting city director of BCPO, said the operation was conducted at the suspect’s house in Barangay …
Motorcycle driver ran over by truck in Calatrava
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A motorcycle driver was declared dead on the spot after he was ran over by a cane truck along Kilometer 135, Barangay San Isidro, Calatrava town, Negros Occidental, Saturday. Police identified the fatality as 53-year-old town resident Joerge Rabago from Barangay Patun-an. Calatrava town police chief, Chief Inspector John Joel …
Barangay 23 resident accidentally shoots self
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A resident of Barangay 23 in Bacolod City was killed after he accidentally shot himself, early Sunday morning. Police identified the fatality as 26-year-old Paulo Agustin. Police Station 4 (PS4) commander, Senior Inspector Elmer Bonilla, said Agustin was inside his friend’s house in the said barangay when the incident happened. …
Angat Pilipinas to be launched in time for 2017 MassKara Festival
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Angat Pilipinas, a national non-government organization, is planning to have its national launching in Bacolod City in October this year in time for the MassKara Festival, its founder said. Marlon Marañon said “Angat” means Alliance for National Growth and Transformation whose objective is to create “a funding and business mechanism …
Escalante asks fellow local execs to fight drugs through sports
By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. Manapla town Mayor Lourdes Escalante asked her fellow local chief executives to help fight drugs through massive promotion of sports at the grassroots. “This is a challenge for all of us (municipal and city mayors) because when we give sports to our constituents especially to the youth, we are helping …
Ceres draws Kaya in PFL inaugural
Ceres-Negros FC ended their initial match in the Philippines Football League with a 1-all draw against the home team of Kaya FC-Makati over the weekend at the University of Makati Stadium. Iain Ramsay scored the lone goal for Ceres FC in the 45th minute but Marwin Angeles nailed the equalizer for Kaya in the 69th …
NOPSSCEA schools favored to enter Top 4 of Cong. Greg 12&U cage tourney
With two playing days left in the quarterfinals, Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports, Cultural and Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) schools are favored to enter the 1st Cong. Greg Gasataya Basketball League 12 and Under divisions played at STI-West Negros University gym. Bacolod Tay Tung High School-A and University of St. La Salle are leading Group A, …
Green Global beats Barotac, 2-0 to claim NOFA Invitational title
Negros Occidental-based Green Global outplayed visiting Barotac team, 2-0, during yesterday’s finals to capture the 2017 Negros Occidental Football Association (NOFA) 12 and Under Invitational Tournament played at the Sta. Maria field in Talisay City. Jefferson Tolimao gave the champions the lead in the early minutes of the match with a lobbed shot past Barotac …
Off the beaten track: The charm of Camotes Island
By Gerlie M. Uy Camotes Island has been on my travel list for a long time already. But the travel advisories from different embassies directed to many tourist destinations in the Visayas immediately before our travel date scared me. Ultimately, however, my itchy feet prevailed. Squeezed in after a work-related convention in Cebu, a two-day …