A fire in the Jaro district of Iloilo City razed at least 76 homes over the weekend. The local Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) received a call around 3:54 p.m. last Saturday, November 4, wherein all fire trucks and volunteer fire brigades were deployed. It took over two hours to put out the blaze. According to authorities, …
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Senior found dead inside Estefania home
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 72-year-old man was found dead inside his home at Phase 4 of the Celine Homes Subdivision in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City, Saturday afternoon. Police identified the fatality as Dionesio Bayotas, the husband of an overseas filipino worker (OFW). Police Station 4 (PS4) investigators said Bayotas’ remains were discovered by his children …
Two dead, one seriously injured following Vista Alegre road collision
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two people were confirmed dead, while another was seriously injured, after their tricycle collided with a delivery van along Abada Escay in Barangay Vista Alegre, Bacolod City, late Saturday evening. Police identified the fatalities as Joebert Ortiz, a resident of the said barangay; and Bernie Gerasmea, a resident of Barangay Granada. The …
Isabela mayor to institutionalize Tigkalalag festival
Isabela mayor to institutionalize Tigkalalag festival By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Isabela Mayor Joselito Malabor yesterday said the Isabela municipal government will institutionalize the Tigkalalag festival, after he declared a successful relaunch of the festival, which ended last Thursday. He said he will ask the Sangguniang Bayan to come up with an ordinance to make …
Bacolod City to host international mask conference in 2019
A memorandum of understanding was signed last week between Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia and International Mask Arts and Culture Organization (IMACO) President Kweon Young-sae naming Bacolod City the host of the 7th IMACO International Conference, scheduled for 2019. The signing took place during the 6th IMACO International Conference in Vientiane, Laos. Following the signing, …
Bago City boxer TKO’d in Tijuana bout
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The fight between reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia-Pacific bantamweight champion ‘King’ Arthur Villanueva of Bago City and undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) world bantamweight titlist Luis ‘Pantera’ Nery over the weekend in Tijuana, Mexico came to an end shortly into the sixth round after the WBC titlist was awarded …
Provincial sports meet begins next week
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Association of Negros Occidental Private Schools and School Administrators, Inc. (ANOPSSAI) will hold a qualifying meet from November 15 to 17 at the Murcia municipal gym. Competitors will be seeking spots in the 2017 Palarong Panlalawigan, which is set for December. The competition will focus on 16 sporting events, with …
2017 D’League: Orange-AA Electrical suffers first loss in the competition
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Orange-AA Electrical recently suffered their first loss in the ongoing 2017 D’League, falling to BAPRO, 86-81, at the STI-West Negros University. BAPRO took an 18-14 lead in the first period, which later became 30-16 in the second quarter. In the third period, the eventual winners widened their lead to …
Destabilizing a government too focused on ‘order’
“Remember, remember! The fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and plot; I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot!” Rarely do I open my writing with a passage. But this quote is one that I post almost as a tradition every fifth of November. It’s an excerpt from the poem …
Lessons about humility falling on deaf ears
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” –Matthew 23:12 Sunday’s Gospel stemmed from the Book of Matthew, where he discussed humility and the importance of maintaining modesty, in the religious sense, because one must always be respectful of God. From a secular perspective, one can also see upholding humility as …