By Paulo Loreto Lim The House of Representatives unanimously passed HB 7115 on its third reading earlier this week, which seeks to amend RA 6657, the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988, by banning the practice of converting irrigated and irrigable lands for non-agricultural purposes. The measure seeks to ensure food security in the country, …
Monthly Archives: February 2018
2018 WVRAA
Negros Occidental medals in arnis By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Negros Occidental recently picked up several medals in the arnis events of the ongoing 2018 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) meet at the Iloilo Sports Complex. The gold medal winners were in the single weapon competitions, including Christian James Magbanua in the elementary …
2018 WVRAA
Iloilo named overall champions in wushu By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Iloilo dominated the secondary boys and girls divisions of the wushu competition, recently being named overall champions in both events at the ongoing 2018 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) meet in Iloilo City. Jerson Parreno and Shun Karrin Barreta won gold in …
Enjoy the nightlife of Boracay
Many insist Boracay is an unbeatable attraction, firstly, because it has been tagged as the “biggest swimming pool in the world.” Next to that is the powdery sand, which has a polovoron-like texture, which is prevalent both on shore and under the water. Buy a polvoron and that is how pristine the sand is at …
Federalism is okay, but…
Certain conditions must be met. If not, the process of transitioning to a federal form of government will just be another national exercise in futility – at the expense of our nation’s poor majority, national integrity, and sovereignty. I am stressing this because, right now, the various initiatives being pushed in order to shift from …
The media’s fault again?
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.” –Henry Ford The municipality of Malay, Aklan in the Philippines could be barking at the wrong tree when it blamed the media for depicting a “very dirty” Boracay. In fact, the “bark” was unnecessary and misplaced, to say the least. In an official statement released through its website recently, …
Negrense OFW dies due to alleged abuse by Kuwaiti employers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from Murcia, Negros Occidental reportedly died earlier this month after returning home from working in Kuwait, with the family claiming the death was caused by abuse inflicted by her employers. 40-year-old Josie Perez Lloren, a single mother from the town’s Barangay Caliban, returned home …
Iloilo Provincial Board condemns death of local OFW
The Iloilo Provincial Board passed a resolution yesterday condemning the death of slain overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Joanna Daniela Demafelis, who was found dead inside a freezer while working abroad in Kuwait. The resolution, authored by Board Member Jeneda Salcedo-Orendain, also called on the national government to “exert diligent efforts to bring justice to the …
Dialogue conducted between DOLE, local farmers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 400 farmers from the National Federation of Sugarcane Workers (NFSW) conducted a dialogue with Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) officials yesterday morning. NFSW chairman Rolando Rillo said, during the dialogue, they conveyed several of their demands, including the clearing of labor cases that have been pending for …
Cebuano boat captain detained in connection to Apo Island scuba diver death
By Paulo Loreto Lim Following reports 54-year-old Chinese national Young Taihang was killed by a boat propeller while snorkeling off Apo Island, part of Dauin, Negros Oriental, local police recently arrested and detained the captain of the boat that fatally struck the tourist. Police identified the captain as 28-year-old Juvy Baat, a resident of …