By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga In light of social media posts reporting incidents of Bacolod City taxi drivers victimizing passengers with ‘taxi spray,’ when a noxious odor is sprayed inside the vehicle, leaving riders disoriented, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) yesterday urged the public to report such incidents to the police instead of posting …
Monthly Archives: November 2017
PRO-6 wanted previous BCPO director back following NPA volatility –Mayor Leonardia on current BCPO deployment: If it’s not broken, why fix it?
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, a new Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director was appointed after Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) director, Police Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, reassigned former BCPO acting director, Police Superintendent Roderick Minong, to the Regional Public Safety Battalion-Region VI (RPSB-6), following recent New People’s …
Former Negros Occidental Vice Governor to serve as Sugar Board Director
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former Negros Occidental Vice Governor Emilio Yulo III yesterday took an oath of office to serve as Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) sugar board director, where he will represent planters. In an interview yesterday, after taking his oath before Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, Yulo said he immediately attended a …
Comelec: Voter registration ends tomorrow
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Negros Occidental Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded the public that voter registration for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, which were moved from October 23, 2017 to May 14, 2018, will close tomorrow, November 30. According to Comelec-Negros Occidental election supervisor, Atty. Jessie Suarez, since registration re-opened earlier this month, around 12,000 …
Negros farmers anticipate ‘sugar crisis’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Sugarcane planters in Negros Occidental yesterday expressed fears of a potential sugar crisis, reporting a “substantial drop” in the price of sugar, quoting the current rate at P1,100 per bag. “Small producers like us will never survive the price level of P1,100,” said Sadrico Cornelio of the Negros Farmworkers and …
Ceres misses last opportunity to finish atop the league, loses to Global Cebu
By Paulo Loreto Lim Ceres-Negros FC missed their final opportunity to finish atop the league, after losing last night to Global Cebu FC, 2-0, in the final match of the 2017 Philippines Football League (PFL) at the Cebu City Sports Complex. The Negrense club finishes one point shy of first place, failing to overtake FC …
2017 D’League
SJI Dads beat POC By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. SJI Dads recently defeated POC, 64-57, in the ongoing 2017 D’League at the STI-West Negros University gym. SJI Dad led 15-8 in the opening quarter, which they held throughout the subsequent period, going into halftime up 26-16. The eventual winners led in the second half, …
CTFA International Tournament
Davao Aguilas players called up for international duty By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Philippine national football team, the Azkals, recently called up 11 members of Davao Aguilas FC ahead of the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) International Tournament, scheduled to begin on Friday, December 1, and run until December 5, at the Taipei Municipal Stadium. …
Bacolodnon taekwondo athletes capture UAAP silver for National University
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Marcus Hinojas and Keith Smart Docado, both from Bacolod City and students of the Hanah Taekwondo Gym, were part of the National University (NU) squad to win silver in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) junior men’s taekwondo competition, which recently took place at the Ateneo de …
Barangay Service Point Officer Congress opens in Pototan today
By Jezza A. Nepomoceno The Barangay Service Point Officer (BSPO) Congress 2017, an event organized by the Iloilo Provincial Population Office (PPO), is set to open at the Pototan Coliseum today, November 29. The BSPO is the community arm of the PPO, tasked with gathering demographic data from barangays. A total 2,634 BSPO volunteers, from …