The Iloilo City Office of Senior Citizens Affairs recently recognized 14 senior citizens who made significant contributions to their communities with the Huluaran sang Katigulangan award. “We must continue to love our elders,” said acting Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III. “We must be proud of the way we take care of our elders for …
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Iloilo CSWDO provides educational assistance for street children
The Iloilo City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) distributed educational assistance to 70 street children earlier this week, with recipients each receiving P2,000. The program aims to benefit elementary street children. The Molo, City Proper, Mandurriao, La Paz, and Lapuz districts each produced 12 recipients; while the Arevalo and Jaro districts produced 11 each./WDJ
Ramsar marker to be unveiled in Kabankalan City on October 28
A Ramsar marker for the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area (NOCWCA) in Kabankalan City will be unveiled on Saturday, October 28, indicating the area as one recognized for conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. Before attending the event, executive officials of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands will visit Barangay Tibsoc, San Enrique, the preceding …
Puigdemont backs dialogue, capitulation or strategy?
“Proposem que se suspenguin els efectes de la declaració d’independència unes setmanes per començar una etapa de diàleg (We propose suspending the effects of the declaration of independence for a few weeks in order to begin a dialogue).” –Catalan President Carles Puigdemont Following the October 1 Catalan referendum that saw nearly 90 percent vote in …
NY Pinoy ‘leaders’ fight like kids in election
“You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.” –Keith Ellison I have seen these abnormal behaviors of our community leaders in the past not only in New York and California, but also in Canada. Where can you find an election of supposed Filipino community leaders in …
Board Member: NPA growing in Negros
By Paulo Loreto Lim Following a briefing with Philippine Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (303 IB) deputy commander, Colonel Inocencio Pasaporte, Negros Occidental Provincial Board Member David Albert Lacson yesterday revealed the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros has grown in numbers. He noted, they have also managed to acquire more firearms. Most recently, the NPA …
ICPO: Iloilo City is very peaceful
By Paulo Loreto Lim After reporting reduced crime rates over the past couple of weeks, the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) declared the city was “peaceful.” “As always, the situation is manageable and Iloilo City is very peaceful,” said ICPO operations chief, Police Superintendent Jowel Saliba. “We have not recorded big crimes, especially [those] involving …
Four dead, one wounded in Moises Padilla family feud
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Four people, including a five-year-old, were killed following a bloody feud between two families in Barangay 1, Moises Padilla, which began Tuesday evening and went until yesterday morning. Police identified the fatalities as John Michael Mirano, the minor; Kerwin Royo; Barangay Kagawad Ernesto Royo; and James Lavega, all residents of …
Co-op faces sanctions if consumers are not subject to additional costs –Ceneco Cordova: No other option
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga During a press conference yesterday at the O Hotel in Bacolod City, Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) General Manager Sulpicio Lagarde, Jr. justified consumers footing the bill for the P232 million in “unnominated quantities,” saying the co-op would face sanctions otherwise. He claimed, with the order coming from the …
Acting Iloilo City Mayor orders more clean-up projects, improvements to city plazas
By Paulo Loreto Lim After earlier ordering the removal of illegal structures, which included kiosks selling ‘ukay-ukay,’ or second-hand clothing retailers, from Iloilo City’s Jaro Plaza, acting Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III issued a similar order for the city’s Mandurriao Plaza. According to the executive order, the clean-up specifically targets the area along Q. …