By Paulo Loreto Lim Bureau of Internal Revenue-11 (BIR-11) Director Alberto S. Olasiman, who oversees matters across Iloilo City, recently reported a total seven business establishments were shut down in Iloilo City last year as a result of the BIR’s “Oplan Kandado” program. According to the bureau, the program suspends business establishments found to …
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Pedestrian injured after Tangub road collision
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A pedestrian was injured after he was hit by a van, which was subsequently struck by a passenger bus, along the national highway in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City, late Sunday evening. Police identified the injured as 45-year-old Richard Amar, a resident of Villa Esperanza in the said barangay. Based …
Robbery group leader’s live-in partner nabbed in Silay City drug bust
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The live-in partner of Alex ‘Rondoy’ Barredo, leader of the Rondoy robbery group, was arrested by the Silay City Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) in a buy-bust operation last Monday at the Antonio Luna interior in the city’s Barangay Mambulac. Police identified the suspect as 36-year-old Mary Anne Agustine, a …
SCUAA Meet 2018
Local accommodations, sporting venues undergoing inspections By Paulo Loreto Lim With this year’s National State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) meet scheduled to take place in Antique, beginning Sunday, February 18, and set to run until February 24, Antique Provincial Tourism officers are currently inspecting lodging facilities for athletes, along with sporting venues. Antique Provincial …
2018 Winter Olympics
Team Philippines begins competing on Friday By Paulo Loreto Lim The two athletes competing for the Philippines in the ongoing 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea will be competing in their respective competitions in a matter of days, Asa Miller in men’s alpine skiing and Michael Martinez in men’s figure skating. For Martinez, …
Over 900 participate in Children’s Games last weekend
The Iloilo City Sports Division, in partnership with the Philippine Sports Commission, hosted the Children’s Games at the La Paz Plaza last weekend, where 910 children between the ages of nine and 12 took part in various activities including basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton, arnis, taekwondo, palo sebo, and kadang-kadang. “Children must learn how to choose …
Congressman holds dialogue on Malogo River Irrigation Project
Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez held a consultation and dialogue in Talisay City last Monday regarding the Malogo River Irrigation Project, a development by the National Irrigation Administration. Speculators say the project will benefit 8,625 hectares of irrigable area in both Silay City and EB Magalona with a diversion dam to be built …
Tropical Storm Basyang
Pre-school classes suspended today Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia suspended all pre-school classes today, February 14, due to a Storm Signal No. 1 still issued over Negros Occidental. However, elementary and secondary schools will be in session. Classes were suspended across Negros yesterday due to the storm./WDJ
Silay City hosts training for daycare workers
A three-day training for around 50 Silay City daycare workers opened yesterday at the Nature’s Village Resort in Talisay City, where they will be provided guidance on providing mental stimulation, conducting wholesome recreation with a balanced program of supervised play, and group activities, all encompassed in the national government’s Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) …
91 expected to tie the knot in Iloilo City mass wedding today
The Iloilo City government, through the City Population Office and City Civil Registry Office, will marry 91 couples today, February 14, in a mass wedding at SM City Iloilo. According to event organizer Chytchymua Rejaba, the event was put together to address the number of illegitimate children in the city, along those whose parents were not …