The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Region VI (DSWD-6) will release nearly P3.5 million in pensions for low-income Iloilo City senior citizens starting tomorrow, January 23. 771 city seniors are expected to each receive P4,500 in social pensions. “If there are still indigent senior citizens who have not availed of the social pension and have no support …
Monthly Archives: January 2018
2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
Ceres FC meets Brisbane Roar tomorrow By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Ceres-Negros FC left for Brisbane, Australia over the weekend, where they will face A-League club Brisbane Roar tomorrow, January 23, in the second preliminary round of the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre. The Negrense club advanced to the …
Talisay City to host Jr. NBA Clinic next month
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr Talisay City will host a portion of the annual Jr. NBA Clinic, which is expected to take place from February 3 to 7. According to coordinator Tata Belangel, the event is open to boys and girls and will be held at the Talisay City gym from February 3 to 4, while …
Bacolodnon leads AdMU over FEU
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Bacolod City-based Sam Josef Belangel recently scored 20 points in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Juniors Basketball Tournament, leading Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) over Far Eastern University-Diliman, 68-65, at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan City. The win helped AdMU maintain their undefeated …
Second club drops out of PFL
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. After FC Meralco Manila announced they were dropping out of the Philippines Football League (PFL) earlier this month, Ilocos United FC revealed last week they also would not be competing in the upcoming season. “It has become financially prohibitive to continue participation in the PFL,” club CEO Tony Lazaro …
Bizarre Dinagyang crime stories
“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.” –Hunter S. Thompson After witnessing the cold-blooded murder of a plainclothes cop from Arevalo district during the 1990 Dinagyang Festival final night in Iloilo City in the Philippines, I became convinced …
Enforcing the anti-jaywalking ordinance, not just publicizing it
Back in April 2017, the Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) and the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) decided it was time to enforce the Anti-Jaywalking provisions of City Ordinance No. 338 (which was passed in 2003). That month, local newspapers were flooded with press releases from the government boasting about how many people were apprehended …
Colorum tricycle driver nabbed after eluding a checkpoint in Mansilingan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A colorum tricycle driver was arrested after attempting to elude a police checkpoint at the Hermilinda Homes Subdivision in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City, Thursday morning. Police identified the suspect as 43-year-old Philip Olac, a resident of the said subdivision. Officers from Police Station 7 (PS7) said they were conducting a routine checkpoint …
Stephen Speaks tours through Iloilo City
By Paulo Loreto Lim American singer-songwriter Rockwell Ryan Ripperger, better known as Stephen Speaks, is currently performing throughout Iloilo City as part of his ongoing “Alive To Fight” tour, which kicked off at SM City Iloilo on January 18. Following a concert at the University of San Agustin gym last night, he will be performing …
Child falls into EB Magalona well
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A one-year-old child was injured after accidentally falling into a wellin Barangay Alacaygan, EB Magalona, Negros Occidental. Authorities identified the victim as Carell James Comprado, a resident of the said barangay. In a radio interview with the victim’s mother, she said her son’s uncle called the child to come downstairs …