AFC Asian Cup qualification round By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. With the latest FIFA rankings revealing the Philippine national football team, the Azkals, moving up seven spots to number 123 in the world, Azkals team manager Dan Palami said the rise makes their next Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup qualification round match, against Nepal …
Monthly Archives: October 2017
NOHS/KMH, BTTHS win
Inter-School Alumni Bowlfest 2017 By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Negros Occidental High School/Kami Mga Hubin (NOHS/KMH) and Bacolod Tay Tung High School recently won their respective divisions at the 5th Inter-School Alumni Bowlfest at the Negros Super Lanes in the Goldenfield Commercial Complex. NOHS/KMH defeated Bacolod City National High School/Lucky Strikes, 520-517, in Bracket A; …
Proceeds from today’s PVL games to benefit USLS
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Ahead of today’s Premier Volleyball League (PVL) games, set to take place at the University of St. La Salle (USLS), part of the PVL tour, event organizer Bea Tan said proceeds from the event will benefit USLS. She called it her way of giving back. Volleyball star Alyssa Valdez is …
MassKara Festival: PRO-6 orders ‘No plate, no travel’ policy in Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) director, Police Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, yesterday ordered the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) to implement a “no plate, no travel” policy for motorists during the remainder of the ongoing MassKara Festival. BCPO Police Community Relations (PCR) head, Police Senior Inspector Armilyn Vargas, said, as …
Transport Strike: PUV operators, sugar workers rally in Cebu
Protesters from the United Negros Drivers and Operators Center (UNDOC) and the National Federation of Sugarcane Workers (NFSW) protested in front of the old Bacolod City Hall on Monday. Both groups later joined protests in Cebu City on Tuesday. (Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga photo) By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Members of the United Negros Drivers …
MassKara Festival: CDRRMO prepared for the possibility of heavy rains from Tropical Storm Paolo
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) yesterday said they are prepared for the possibility of heavy rains from Tropical Storm Paolo, which may affect the ongoing MassKara Festival in Bacolod City. CDRRMO head, Executive Assistant Joemarie Vargas, said Paolo was last spotted 765 kilometers east of Guiuan, Eastern …
Advocacy group warns of more costs Ceneco intends to pass on to consumers
Sancho: A total P379M will be passed on to the consumers By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Power Watch Negros (PWN) issued a statement yesterday warning of more massive costs the Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) plans to pass on to consumers, following the P232 million approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). In a …
Victorias City Mayor denounces ‘Imperial Manila’ in advocacy of federalism
By Paulo Loreto Lim While revealing plans by the Association of Chief Executives-Negros (ACE-Negros) to hold a meeting to discuss federalism, Victorias City Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, who serves as president of the association, yesterday affirmed his endorsement of a shift to federalism, while denouncing “Imperial Manila.” “I have been against Imperial Manila,” he stated. …
Vice Governor lauds freeport zone proposal for Negros
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson lauded the recommendation made by incoming Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin Diño for the establishment of freeport zones in Negros island. In a message sent by Lacson yesterday morning, he said such a project would …
If everybody can sing, dance, and act, then what makes it a ‘talent?’
“talent (noun, tal·ent, \ta-lənt\): 1. a special often athletic, creative, or artistic aptitude” –Merriam-Webster Dictionary Even living in the United States, have always been a fan of Filipino entertainment. Used to rent Filipino moves from Netflix (when they used to send DVDs in the mail); watched clips of television shows on YouTube; even sent money …