Monthly Archives: September 2017

Following reports last month claiming Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor, Sr. was considering leaving the Liberal Party (LP), where he serves as provincial chairman, for the ruling PDP-Laban, the governor recently confirmed his decision to switch allegiances. Defensor claimed it would be difficult for the province to receive key projects if he were not aligned with …

By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) recently passed an ordinance requiring food vendors to acquire a Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) health card or face fines. Dubbed the “Ambulant Food Vendors Ordinance of Bacolod City,” the legislation, penned by Bacolod City Councilor Em Ang, indicates food vendors, defined as “any person …

By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed, during its regular session last week, a resolution congratulating Mary Angeline Alcantara for her recent gold medal win in the 44-kilogram division at the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships, held in Egypt last month. According to the resolution, the 13-year-old Alcantara of Barangay Estefania “demonstrated …

By Paulo Loreto Lim Serving as guest speaker for the Lions Clubs International District 301-B1 of Negros and Panay Cabinet Meeting, District Convention’s Governor’s Ball, and induction ceremony over the weekend at the SMX Convention Center at SM City Bacolod, Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez discussed the issue of urbanization. According to the …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to an email sent by the Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) over the weekend, the first bulk water project between the utility firm and Bacolod Bulk Water, Inc. (BBWI) is nearing completion. Project Engineer Joey Pastorel said the project is operating on a tight schedule, noting, upon completion of …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Education (DepEd) formed a fact-finding team over the weekend to probe the recent death of a local official in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. The agency released a statement condemning the murder of DepEd division of Guihulngan Administrative Officer Oscar Solania Asildo, Jr., who was gunned down last …

By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio, Intern A woman was wounded during a struggle to escape an attempted rape in a sugarcane field in Bacolod City, last Friday. Police have refused to identify the victim, but confirmed she is a resident of Barangay Mansilingan in the said city. According to reports, the incident occurred as …

By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio, Intern A newly born baby boy was abandoned along the roadside in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, Friday afternoon. Police reports said the child was found along Macopa Street by a traffic enforcer. The enforcer brought the baby to barangay officials, who turned over the baby to the Corazon Locsin …

By Paulo Loreto Lim An ordinance recently passed by the Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) declared the month of July as Teenage Pregnancy Awareness Month. The legislation, authored by Bacolod City Councilor Em Ang, cites 2014 data from the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA), which found 24 babies are born every hour to teenage mothers. The …