Monthly Archives: July 2017

Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) director, Police Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, ordered 19 police chiefs sacked for lacking accomplishments in the war on illegal drugs. Iloilo saw nine police chiefs relieved, including those from the towns of Barotac Viejo, Dingle, Dumangas, and San Dionisio. Meanwhile, six were relieved from Capiz, three in Aklan, and one …

By Paulo Loreto Lim During a recent local radio interview, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar urged the public to support the call for an investigation into supposed “fake news.” He said those publishing fraudulent information need to “look at what is good in society” and to see it in “a bigger picture.” …

Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Region VI (DENR-6) Director Jim Sampulna recently discussed an initiative by the Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Management Program (CMEMP) called “Scubasurero.” The process involves a team of divers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the Far East Scubatech Institute (FESI), and DENR who collect …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A fetus was found inside a Ceres Bus Terminal comfort room in Sagay City, yesterday afternoon. Sagay City police chief, Police Chief Inspector Robert Mansueto, said, based on eyewitness accounts, a female student was seen entering the comfort room carrying a box which reportedly contained the fetus. The fetus was …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A tornado ravaged the Himamaylan City barangays of Nabalian and Kabanban last Thursday. In an interview with Bombo Radyo-Bacolod yesterday, Himamaylan City Mayor Agustin Ernesto Bascon said one house was confirmed destroyed, while 16 others were damaged. Bascon also confirmed a school was damaged in the incident. He said the …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two men allegedly shot a drinking companion by accident at Hacienda Rosario Norte, Barangay Granada, Bacolod City, Thursday evening. Police identified the victim as 24-year-old Nathaniel Bonifacio, a resident of the said barangay. Police Station 5 (PS5) commander, Police Chief Inspector Sherlock Granada, said authorities responded after a concerned resident …