Grade 9 and 10 students from Doña Hortencia Salas Benedicto National High School (DHSBNHS) in La Carlota City topped the Provincial Statistics Quiz, an event of the ongoing 28th National Statistics Month observance, at the Bacolod Business Inn last week. Jeedwn Suwin Vertosio, a Grade 9 student; alongside Mia Rose Vergara and Rochelle Sacudit, Grade …
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Two weekend blazes reported in Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two separate fires were recorded over the weekend in Bacolod City, in Barangays Pahanocoy and Tangub. Bacolod City fire marshall, Fire Superintendent Rodolfo Denaga, said the first incident occurred at Bangga Aning, Barangay Pahanocoy around 2:30 a.m., last Saturday, which firefighters managed to combat within a few minutes after arriving …
Pre-MassKara bowling tournament opens
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Pre-MassKara Regional Open Trio Duckpin Bowling Extravaganza 2017 opened over the weekend at the Negros Super Lanes in the Goldenfield Commercial Complex. The competition is divided into both men’s and women’s divisions. According to Bowlers Club of Bacolod City (BCBC) chair Edgar Jerez, the top three teams, after …
Ceres beats Kaya in stoppage time, 3-2
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Ceres-Negros FC, through a 94th minute goal from striker Fernando Rodríguez, defeated Kaya FC-Makati, 3-2, over the weekend at the Panaad Park and Stadium in the ongoing Philippines Football League (PFL). The visitors struck first, with a goal in the third minute by forward Jordan Mintah. However, Ceres winger Bienvenido …
Filipino Grand Master takes the lead, meets English counterpart today
2017 Negros International Open Chess Championship By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Filipino Grand Master (GM) Rogelio Antonio recently took the lead of the ongoing 2017 Negros International Open Chess Championship at the Osbron Hall of Ikthus Equipping Center in Bacolod City after defeating Edsel Montoya of La Carlota City in 66 moves. Antonio is currently …
End of the World
Several articles on the internet have claimed the world will have come to an end yesterday, October 15, 2017. This is nothing new; people have believed the world was coming to an end for so long, as seen in movies and based on the accounts of “prophets,” which I assume are false. Early Christians believed …
Politicians and their perceived ignorance of the average voter
It has been said repeatedly in this column, the way in which electric power – an essential in daily life – is so poorly delivered, with substandard infrastructure in place and, despite inferior service, the local electricity cooperative, the Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) continues to believe they are, according to their website, “committed …
911 call makes Fil-Am poll looks like carnival of thugs
“In war, truth is the first casualty.” –Aeschylus Was the 911 call necessary? When feuding officials of the Philippine Independence Day Parade, Inc. (PIDCI) could not agree on who should be hustled off and who should remain in the polling place, there was no need to call the cops and interrupt the proceedings. Those involved …
Captured drug lord affirms links to two Iloilo mayors
Suspect, son arrested in Hinoba-an earlier in the week By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following his capture earlier this week at Poblacion, Barangay 1, Hinoba-an, 65-year-old Arturo Balume, Sr., the leader of the Balume drug group, based in San Rafael, Iloilo, affirmed links to two Iloilo mayors, former Sara Mayor Neptali Salcedo and incumbent Estancia …
PDEA-6 confident they can carry out anti-drug operations effectively
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region VI (PDEA-6) Director Wardly Getalia said he is confident his agency can carry out anti-drug operations effectively, following a memorandum recently signed by President Rodrigo Duterte transferring all anti-drug operations from the Philippine National Police (PNP) to PDEA. In a radio interview with Bombo Radyo-Bacolod yesterday …