By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Jasper Quimanhan recently defeated Herman Santos, 261-220, to win the Tenpin Masters Challenge (TMC) Season Four Shoot-Out Finale for September at the East Bowling Center, located at the Lopue’s East Centre. Teody Chavoso came in third after beating Engr. Ariel Yelo, 213-190, in the consolation game. Those interested in …
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Royal Star Trading, Basecom notch wins
Fil-Sino Inter-Color Basketball Tournament By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Royal Star Trading recently defeated Sweet Crystals Sugar, 77-71, while Basecom beat the Huminova Tigers, 81-61, in the ongoing Fil-Sino Inter-Color Basketball Tournament at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School gym. Royal Star Trading opened the game with a big 21-6 lead in the first period, …
The personal debilitating effects of traffic
As much as some want to pretend the traffic situation in Bacolod City has been solved – claiming those who complain about traffic are just exaggerating (or are the ones at fault) or believing slapping on a slogan will fix everything – sometimes ignoring the issue all-together and finding a scapegoat; in the city’s case …
SJI participating in competition
Milo BEST-SBP Visayas Regionals By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The St. John’s Institute (SJI) is currently in Iloilo City, taking part in the Basketball Efficiency Scientific Training- Small Basketeers of the Philippines (BEST-SBP) Visayas Regional championship at the Iloilo Sports Complex. SJI qualified for the competition last month, defeating Bacolod Tay Tung High School, 79-43, …
Bad choices
There’d been talks about the fall of Duterte. There’d been probabilistic predictions that from now on, his administration will go down, piece by piece. His most recent SWS survey net satisfaction also reached a record low at +48 which is 18 points lower than his +66 in June of this year. This is also the …
Illegal structures ordered removed from Iloilo City’s Jaro Plaza
By Paulo Loreto Lim Acting Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III signed an executive order yesterday ordering the removal of illegal structures, which includes kiosks selling ‘ukay-ukay,’ or second-hand clothing retailers, from the city’s Jaro Plaza. The order cited violations to RA 4653, which prohibits the commercial importation of textile articles; and RA 7832, the …
Moises Padilla Mayor concerned over the next governor Peña: No problem with Benitez endorsement for Senate
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Moises Padilla Mayor Magdaleno Peña recently expressed concern over who will become the next governor of Negros Occidental, as incumbent Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. is currently in his third and final term. The mayor said he hopes the next governor will be aggressive against criminality and illegal drugs, claiming, had …
Acting Iloilo City Mayor mandates workplace drug testing
By Paulo Loreto Lim Acting Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III recently signed an executive order creating the “Drug-Free Workplace Policy,” which seeks to promote a drug-free work environment and mandates drug testing for employees. The city drug testing program requires employees be subject to random drug testing. If an official or employee chooses not …
NOPPO, BCPO formally revert back to PRO-6
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) and the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) were recently transferred back to Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6), based in Iloilo City, following the dissolution of Police Regional Office-18 (PRO-18). The transfer of the three police units, including the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NORPPO) …
Speaker: Liberal Party is blocking anti-criminality, anti-poverty campaigns
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga During the recent PDP-Laban mass oath-taking, which saw around 14,000 participants attend ceremonies in Victorias City and Bacolod City, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez called out the Liberal Party (LP), claiming they were preventing the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte from proceeding with its agenda. He said, the president vowed to …