By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Indian community of Bacolod City invited local residents to join their celebration of Diwali, an annual celebration in India, which is set to begin tomorrow, November 8, and run until November 12. Malkit Singh, president of the Punjabi Khalsa Diwan, a local Indian group, explained Diwali is known as …
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Bacolod City Indian community expressed satisfaction with police presence
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The local Indian community in Bacolod City expressed its satisfaction with the current police presence in the city, despite the rise of robbery incidents back in September of this year. In an interview yesterday at the Bacolod City Government Center, local Indian group Punjabi Khalsa Diwan President Malkit Singh said …
Ceres bus held-up in Manapla
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Three unidentified men held up a Ceres bus plying the Bacolod City-Escalante City route along the national highway in Bangga Ibus, Barangay Tortosa in Manapla, Sunday evening. Reports released by the Manapla Municipal Police Station said the bus driver, identified as 48-year-old Glecerio Gao, Jr., said he was traversing the …
Misunderstanding ends in hacking incident in Sagay City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A misunderstanding between friends ended in a hacking incident along South Road Street, Barangay Poblacion 1 in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, early Sunday morning. Police identified the victim as 24-year-old Emmanuel Manoloy, a resident of Purok 5 in the said barangay; while the suspect was identified as 21-year-old Ranie Bot-uy, …
Floodlights installed at Iloilo City plazas
By Paulo Loreto Lim After previously ordering the installation of more lighting units in Iloilo City’s Jaro Plaza, a total of 60 LED floodlights were installed at the Jaro Plaza, La Paz District Plaza, and Plaza Libertad, as directed by Mayor Jose Espinosa III. City Engineer Roberto Divinagracia previously projected Jaro Plaza improvements would be …
South East Asia Tchoukball Championships 2017 Philippines takes silver in men’s, women’s competitions
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The men’s and women’s Tchoukball Association of the Philippines (TAP) teams each took silver medals in the Southeast Asia Tchoukball Championships 2017, which ended last Sunday at Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok, Thailand. Singapore won gold in both divisions. “The long-term goal is to continuously expose these players to international tournaments …
2017 DFL Cadiz Rushkals-B wins the U17 Futsal Girls event
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Cadiz Rushkals-B recently won the U17 Futsal Girls event, part of the recently-concluded 2017 Dynamic Football League. Pontevedra-A finished in second place, while St. Scholastica’s Academy took third. Meanwhile, in other events, Bago City FC took the U16 Boys title, Don Bosco Technical Institute won the U13 Boys title, Himamaylan …
Local DENR-PENRO to air Sunday morning radio show
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR-PENRO) for Negros Occidental recently announced a radio program called EnviroSerye will begin airing on BOMBO Radyo-Bacolod 630 every first and third Sunday of the month from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The program seeks to keep the listening public abreast of purposeful …
Governor signs memorandum for Japanese scholarship grants
A memorandum of agreement was recently signed between Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. and Kyushu Japanese Language School President Manabu Taniguchi to provide scholarship grants for local scholars to study in Japan. Kris Jane Bandejas, Arnelie Mayo, and Ria Arlos, who were present for the signing at the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol, will study …
Talisay City inaugurates new Visitors Information Center
Talisay City Mayor Neil Lizares III recently led the ribbon-cutting for the new Visitors Information Center in the city. A Bottom-up Budgeting (BuB) project, the center cost around P1 million. Department of Tourism-Region 6 (DOT-6) director, Atty. Helen J. Katalbas, who joined the mayor during the ribbon-cutting, noted, Talisay City is the only locality in …