One doesn’t have to be a genius to understand that reducing the annual budget for Commission in Human Rights down to a measly 1,000 pesos is basically power-tripping. It is a manifestation of a famous line in political communications “You’re either with us, or against us.” And the CHR is obviously against this administration. The …
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Town Councilor, two others killed in Murcia ambush
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An ambush by armed men yesterday in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia in Negros Occidental claimed the lives of a Don Salvador Benedicto town councilor and two others. Police identified the fatalities as Town Councilor Eden Bacordo, his girlfriend Lea Mae Saldoa, and his bodyguard Arnold Larida. According to eyewitness reports, …
DPWH approves two more Bacolod City flyover projects –City Official
Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City District Engineering Office head, Engr. Abraham Villareal, recently announced the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) approved the third and fourth flyover projects for Bacolod City, following a surveying of the planned construction sites last week. He noted, P50 million was also provided in order to fund road …
Ombudsman suspends Escalante City Vice Mayor
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the suspension of Escalante City Vice Mayor Santiago Maravillas over illegal termination allegations from a 2016 case. In an order released yesterday morning, Maravillas was found guilty of illegally terminating Angel Sinadjan, a livestock inspector for the city veterinary office. Sinadjan claimed he and …
LTO to conduct dialogue with cane truck operators regarding parking complaints Novero: The trucks are blocking residents from entering their homes
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following numerous complaints regarding sugarcane trucks parked along the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road and congesting the route, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) announced they would be conducting a dialogue with local sugarcane truck operators. In a radio interview yesterday morning, LTO-Bacolod head Renato Novero said the trucks have been lined …
La Castellana Town Councilor cleared of suspected links to illegal drugs
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga La Castellana Municipal Police chief, Police Chief Inspector Irma Teozon, yesterday cleared Town Councilor White Nicor of any links to illegal drugs. Following reports of illegal drug suspects recently apprehended by Moises Padilla municipal police claiming Nicor was their source, Teozon said the town councilor has otherwise not been identified …
Cadiz CENRO captures tricycle driver in violation of forestry code
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Environmental Law Enforcement Team (ELET), under the Cadiz City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) enforcement division, recently impounded a tricycle for transporting a reported 15 sacks of unlicensed charcoal at Purok Kalingling, Barangay Palampas, San Carlos City in Negros Occidental. According to authorities, the driver, identified as Luciano Lastimoso, …
Bacolod City is the first LGU to promote awareness of ASEAN –Release Leonardia: We will have a new political and economic order
By Paulo Loreto Lim According to a release by the Bacolod City government, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) informed Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia that Bacolod City is the first local government unit (LGU) to promote awareness and implementation of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) integration. “It is time to think ASEAN when …
Child hit by van in Don Salvador Benedicto
By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio, Intern A five-year-old was rushed to the hospital after being struck by a van at Kilometer 59, Purok Caimito, Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Thursday afternoon. Police identified the victim as Marco Spencer Montilla. Traffic investigators of the Don Salvador Benedicto Municipal Police Station said the suspect, identified as …
Cop chases down by knife-wielding taxi driver at Goldenfields
By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio, Intern A plain-clothed police officer apprehended a taxi driver armed with a knife at the Goldenfields Commercial Complex, located in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City, early Thursday morning. Police identified the suspect as Jerson Lumangyao, a resident of Calatrava, temporarily living in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City. According to a report …