By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. After losing their opening game of the 1st Mayor Neil Lizares Super Liga Basketball Tournament to Miggies in overtime, Team Gab came back with a 104-68 annihilation of the University of St. La Salle-Integrated School (USLS-IS) at the Talisay City gym, over the weekend. Rolly Jaca led the winning squad …
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Vencer wins TMC
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Dr. Larnie Vencer recently won the Tenpin Master’s Challenge (TMC) Season Four championship at the East Bowling Center, located at the Lopue’s East Centre. Vencer defeated Richel Gumban after a one-ball throw broke the 184-all deadlock. OJ Lopue, who at one point was leading the tournament, finished in third place. …
91.9 Love Radio ‘Love For Kids’ program visits Brgy. 35
By Malu E. Gacuma The “Love For Kids” program, an event put on by 91.9 Love Radio to help underprivileged children, recently paid a visit to Purok Maabi-abihon, Barangay 35, Bacolod City. Participants were served a lunch of arroz caldo, with dehydrated vegetables provided by the World Health Organization (WHO). Games were played, with winners …
Governor discourages the harvesting of ‘berried crabs’
Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. recently urged the public, in order to preserve the blue crab population in the province, to refrain from harvesting berried crab, or crabs carrying eggs, also known as ‘bukakahan.’ He said the crabs need to reach full maturity in order to lay eggs. The governor cited a study that …
Talisay City hosts CISV International Camp
For the second year in a row, Talisay City played host to the CISV International Camp at the CICM (Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae) Mission Seminary in Barangay Zone 15. This year’s camp, which ended last weekend after running for nearly a month, welcomed 72 youth delegates from 13 countries. Among the undertakings that took place …
School-based immunization program launched in Bacolod City
The Bacolod City Health Office recently launched a school-based immunization expansion program at the Bacolod City Government Center, with around 18,000 students being vaccinated for tetanus-diphtheria (Td) and measles-rubella (MR). Initially launched in 2013 by the Department of Health (DOH), a September 2016 city ordinance later mandated the said vaccinations for Grade 1 and Grade …
Unable to accept brownouts as ‘part of an average day’
This past weekend, was dealt a heavy reminder of one of the primary problems with the country – in particular, one that has gone on for so long, local residents look past it and those in charge are undisturbed knowing it has just become a part of the culture – disgraceful electrical service. In the …
NIR not in 2018 national budget –Hinlo
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Island Region (NIR) was again excluded by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in the proposed 2018 national budget, according to Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary for Public Safety Jesus Hinlo, Jr., yesterday. With an impending order reassigning Hinlo as a top Landbank …
DILG Undersecretary: No local politicians involved in the illegal drug trade
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary for Public Safety Jesus Hinlo, Jr. revealed no elected officials from the Negros Island Region (NIR) were found to be involved in the illegal drug trade. The DILG official, who was in Bacolod City for a meeting yesterday, made the statement …
Luzon-Visayas powerlines affected by Leyte quake not fully repaired –NGCP Local Information Officer: Electrical supply in the Visayas is ‘abundant’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) Western Visayas Information Officer Michelle Vicera, the powerlines connecting Luzon with the Visayas that were affected by the earthquake that struck Leyte nearly a month ago have not been fully repaired. In an interview with Bombo Radyo-Bacolod yesterday, she said the …