By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The nationwide call for President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a revolutionary government is scheduled to take place on Thursday, November 30, with the local event to be led by Ricardo Noble, Sr., who runs small town lottery operation Southern Shores Gaming Corporation and chairs Launch Revolutionary Government-Region VI (RevGov-6). During a …
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Resolution requests CHED ‘fast track’ BCC accreditation
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed, during its regular session earlier this week, a resolution requesting the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ‘fast track’ accreditation for Bacolod City College (BCC). The legislation, penned by City Councilor Caesar Distrito, seeks accreditation after the passing of the Universal Access to Quality …
SP seeks an intensified family planning campaign
By Paulo Loreto Lim A resolution passed before the Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) earlier this week urged the Bacolod City Health Office and the City Population Office to conduct intensified family planning campaigns throughout the city, citing data from the Philippine Statistics Authority that found 11 percent of pregnancies were from teenage mothers. According …
Bacolod City to observe International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution during their regular session earlier this week recognizing the observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, or the International Day of Disabled Persons, which falls on December 3. The observance, which was declared by the United Nations (UN) in 1992, seeks to …
Bacolod City snatchers tracked down via stolen mobile phone
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two suspected snatchers were arrested by members of Police Station 4 (PS4) after the global positioning system (GPS) on the phone they stole provided their location, allowing authorities to capture them at Purok Mahimaya-on, Barangay Bata, Bacolod City, yesterday morning. Police identified the suspects as 21-year-old Danilo Vergara and 29-year-old …
Korean national drowns in Negros Oriental
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Korean national drowned while on holiday in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental, Thursday afternoon. Police identified the fatality only as “Mr. Kim,” who was 65 years old and temporarily residing in Dauin, Negros Oriental. Based on a report by Manjuyod municipal police yesterday morning, Kim, along with eight other Korean nationals, arrived around 11:00 …
City to provide assistance to victims of Felisa fire
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following last Thursday’s deadly fire in Barangay Felisa in Bacolod City, Mayor Evelio Leonardia got in contact with Barangay Felisa Captain Ramon Jardin and Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) Social Welfare Officer IV Sally Abelarde to have victims be provided with financial assistance. The mayor also met with …
Batang Pinoy 2017: Bacolod City-LOPTTA picks up gold, silver in table tennis event
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City-Lopue’s Table Tennis Association (Bacolod City-LOPTTA) team earned one gold and one silver medal last week during the 2017 Batang Pinoy-Visayas competition at the Negros Oriental Convention Center in Dumaguete City. Micah Tanate won gold in the junior cadet girls’ singles event, while Kylie Sophia Villanueva took home silver …
Ceres FC, Meralco Manila play to goalless draw in closed-door match
Final chance to finish atop the league on Tuesday against Global Cebu By Paulo Loreto Lim Ceres-Negros FC drew 0-0 in their closed-door Philippines Football League (PFL) match against FC Meralco Manila yesterday at the PFF National Training Centre in Carmona, Cavite. The match, pegged as a battle for the top of the PFL table, opened …
Escalante City-native to lead the Philippine contingent
ASEAN Age Group Open Chess Championships 2017 By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Dwyane Ermeo Pahaganas of Escalante City, a 10-year-old student of Escalante Central Elementary School, will lead the Philippine contingent at the ASEAN Age Group Open Chess Championships 2017, which begins today, November 25, at the Grand Darul Makmur Hotel in Kuantan, Malaysia. He previously …