By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod Anti-Smoking Task Force (BASTF) recently reported 17 individuals were caught smoking in public, a violation of City Ordinance 641, which places an absolute prohibition of smoking in public areas. According to members of the action team, violators were caught through operations conducted at Bacolod Central Market, Plaza Mart, …
Monthly Archives: September 2017
2017 MassKara Festival music to launch next week
The music for the 2017 MassKara Festival is set to be released next week, with music composed, arranged, and produced by Bacolod City-born Roberto ‘Bob’ Aves. With this year’s theme being “Bacolod: City of Southeast Asia,” the music is focused on fusing together the traditional and modern, along with incorporating Association of Southeast Asian Nations …
Water Advisory: Water Interruption in the Service Area
The Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) will be conducting repair activities which will cause temporary water supply interruption and turbid water in some portions of the service area. Activity: Replacement of defective 150 mm Ø gate valve at corner Gustilo-Burgos Streets Schedule: Tomorrow (September 6), from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Affected Areas: Barangays 9, 10, 17, 18, …
Sugar and More Negros Summit scheduled for Thursday
The Negros Occidental Investment and Promotion Center will be conducting the Sugar and More Negros Summit at the Sugarland Hotel on Thursday, September 7. The event seeks to address challenges currently affecting the local sugarcane industry. The summit will include talks on Strategic Action Agenda for Negros Sugar, Proposed Policy and Legislative Measures for endorsement to …
Provincial Government opens National Peace Consciousness Month observance
The Negros Occidental provincial government marked the opening of National Peace Consciousness Month w ith a program at the Negros Occidental Multi-purpose Activity Center (NOMPAC), yesterday. The observance runs throughout the month of September. Negros Occidental Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator and Provincial Peace and Order Council Secretariat head, Dr. Ma. Lina Sanogal, addressed the …
Light of Jesus Family to hold grand feast on Friday
The Light of Jesus Family, a Catholic renewal community, will hold their grand feast on Friday, September 8, at the SMX Convention Center at SM City Bacolod from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The event will be celebrating multiple milestones, including the 4th anniversary of The Feast-Bacolod, the group’s weekly prayer meeting; the 12th anniversary of …
Hinigaran Mayor claims top drug personality fled town Arceo: A result of taking control of the municipal police
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Hinigaran Mayor Jose Nadie Arceo yesterday claimed Jessie Ramos, the top drug personality operating in the municipality, has fled town. “This is the result of me having control over the town police chief,” the mayor stated. Police Chief Inspector Jake Barilla was recently named municipal police chief after Arceo previously …
Ozamiz City Police Chief transfer to ICPO cancelled, NOrPPO Director named to post Espenido ordered to go after Ozamiz City crime groups –Source
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the death of the top Western Visayas drug lord Richard ‘Buang’ Prevendido last Friday evening, Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) director, Police Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, said the Philippine National Police (PNP) cancelled the reassignment of Police Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido as Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) director. Espenido …
IPPO Chief: ‘Anting-Anting’ failed to save Prevendido
According to Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) chief, Police Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, amulets, locally-referred to as anting-anting, were found at the hideout of slain drug lord Richard ‘Buang’ Prevendido, located at the Landheights Subdivision in the Jaro district of Iloilo City. The IPPO director noted, the amulets failed in saving Prevendido’s life after the …
Board Member: UNegA will endorse Benitez if he runs for Senate
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Provincial Board Member Salvador Escalante, Jr. recently revealed the United Negros Alliance (UNegA) would endorse Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez if he were to run for Senate in 2019. “Almost everyone in UNegA will support Benitez if he runs for senator,” he affirmed, adding the endorsement …