By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Four teams of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) open conference will take part in exhibition matches in Bacolod City on November 3. Among the expected teams include the Bali Pure Water Defenders, the Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors, the Perlas-BanKo Lady Spikers, and the Creamline Cool Smashers. The event will also …
Monthly Archives: September 2017
SSS to cover Canlaon City job order employees
The San Carlos City branch of the Social Security System (SSS) and the Canalon City government recently signed a memorandum of agreement covering 150 job order employees of the city government under the KaltaSSS Program. The program, which specifically caters to job order and contractual workers, will benefit around 150 city employees. Canlaon City Mayor …
MassKara Festival: Organizers accepting entries for ‘Nights of Mardi Gras’
MassKara Festival organizers are now accepting entries for the “Nights of Mardi Gras” costume competition, an official event of the annual celebration. Participants must be at least 16 years old, with a costume that includes a half-mask. A maximum 50 entries will compete over two days in a 7:00 p.m. parade on October 10 and 11 in the Bacolod …
Votarem!
“Que no subestimin la força del poble de Catalunya (Do not underestimate the power of the people of Catalonia)” –Catalonia President Carles Puigdemont Artur Mas served as president of Catalonia, an autonomous region of Spain, from 2010 to 2016. During that time, he called for a referendum to decide if Catalonia should become an independent …
BCPO calls for ‘maximum tolerance’ from police during today’s protests
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With demonstrations expected in Bacolod City today, as part of the “National Day of Protest” observance, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has requested its officers to exercise “maximum tolerance” when it comes to encountering protesters. BCPO acting director, Police Senior Superintendent Jack Wanky, said police officers will be securing …
BTAO announces road rerouting due to ongoing DPWH projects Acebuche: Gatuslao Street will run one-way starting Friday
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With ongoing Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) construction throughout the city, Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) head, Police Superintendent Luisito Acebuche, yesterday announced a new re-routing scheme in the city. He said, with DPWH currently conducting excavation work, part of a new flood control system, Gatuslao Street will …
Vice Governor doubts Duterte will eliminate SRA Lacson will not join PDP-Laban
By Paulo Loreto Lim Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson believes President Rodrigo Duterte will not eliminate the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), despite recent pronouncements calling for its abolition following allegations of corruption. “I don’t think he will dissolve it,” he stated. “There’s no concrete plan laid [out].” The vice governor also believes it …
Benitez remains mum on 2019 plans
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following his recent announcement of a mass oath taking to join the PDP-Laban, taking place next month in Victorias City, Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez remains mum on his plans for 2019. The third term congressman has been floated as a candidate for either a senatorial or gubernatorial …
City Councilor says those tagging Bacolod City as unsafe are ‘just scaring people’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Councilor Caesar Distrito responded to a series of social media posts tagging Bacolod City as “not safe,” following a number of robbery incidents, by saying those making such statements are “just scaring people.” “They are the ones discrediting their own city, they are just scaring people,” he explained. …
One dead, one missing following separate resort accidents
By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio, Intern One man was killed at the Caduhada Spring Resort located at Sitio Mambangon, Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana on Wednesday morning; while another went missing near the Mag-Aso falls in Kabankalan City on the same day. According to La Castellana police, 46-year-old Elmer Temrevilla, a resident of the said …