Travel agencies allegedly paying DFA to block dates, charging customers By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Amid complaints regarding the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) online appointment process, claiming all dates between January and March 2018 have already been booked, Bacolod City Administrator John Orola yesterday vowed to bring the matter before DFA Secretary Alan Peter …
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Antique DTI reminds businesses to provide exact change
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Antique Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in an effort to ensure businesses are in compliance with RA 10909, or the No Shortchanging Act of 2016, will assess fines on business found to be in violation. “We do not allow sales personnel, and even managers, to tell their customers that …
Barangay officials not taking part in ‘BOSS’ face administrative charges –City Official
By Neska Centina After it was found only 20 out of 61 Bacolod City barangays were participating in the ongoing Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS), which is taking place at the Bacolod City Government Center until January 20, City Executive Assistant Samuel Montoyo yesterday said officials not taking part will face administrative charges. The program, which seeks …
SP seeks price monitoring on commodities
By Paulo Loreto Lim In light of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law, which has reportedly seen prices on various goods increase due to implemented excise taxes, the Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution during their regular session yesterday calling for price monitoring on basic and prime commodities. According to …
PCOO denies promoting fake news, deploying ‘trolls’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Ana Marie Banaag yesterday denied allegations their office has been proliferating fake news and deploying ‘internet trolls’ in order to gather support for President Rodrigo Duterte. Banaag, who paid a courtesy call on Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. at the Provincial Capitol, …
NOPPO: No relief order for Moises Padilla Police Chief
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following reports claiming Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters issued a relief order for Moises Padilla municipal police chief, Police Chief Inspector Alan Reloj, Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) director, Police Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil, Jr., affirmed no such order has been received. Earlier, Castil said Reloj would be relieved …
Martin Diño formally assumes DILG Undersecretary post
Diño to barangay officials: Submit drug list or face sanctions By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairman Martin Diño formally assumed his post as Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) undersecretary for barangay affairs after President Rodrigo Duterte signed his appointment papers earlier this week. In an interview …
Wife stabbed to death by husband in La Castellana
By Neska Centina A wife was stabbed to death by her husband in La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Tuesday evening. The fatality was identified as 46-year-old Jenny Legaspi, a resident of Sitio Sambag, Barangay Kamandag of the said municipality. In a radio interview, Police Chief Inspector Irma Teoxon of the La Castellana Municipal Police Station, said the …
City urged to implement National Nutrition Council program
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution during their regular session yesterday calling on the city’s Urban Basic Services division to implement the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN), a program created by the National Nutrition Council (NNC). PPAN 2017-2022 is a program that seeks to end malnutrition. …
Resolution reiterates need to implement electronic business permit and licensing system
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution during their regular session yesterday urging Management Information Technology and Computer Services officer-in-charge Ramon C. De Los Reyes to implement the electronic business permit and licensing system (E-BPLS), reiterating a resolution passed last October pressing the Office of the Mayor to take …