Iloilo City Health Office holds dental event for children The dental division of the Iloilo City Health Office conducted their search for the Orally Fit Child 2018 last week at the Iloilo City Diamond Jubilee Hall as part of the ongoing National Oral Health Month observance. Juile Patanao and Jethro Mile Elan Balintaquio of …
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Iloilo City Mayor seeks to attract more investment
Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III recently issued an executive order creating the Iloilo City Trade and Investment Promotions Board (ICTIPB), as part of an effort to attract more investment into the city. “Iloilo City’s economy has been constantly in a rising momentum and there is a need to organize a group of investment and …
Rice shortage or common sense shortage?
“Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.” –Mitch Hedberg Unless it can show a scientific data, we don’t buy the National Food Authority (NFA)’s claim that there is a rice shortage in the Philippines. In the last quarter of 2017, for instance, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) …
Looking at the modernization of PUVs
Considering President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to modernize public utility vehicles (PUVS) is not subject to compromise, all the rallies planned in opposition will go to waste. This situation is a result of the previous administration’s neglect, never caring for clean air and the welfare of individuals who use public transportation. Even taxicab operations have been …
Ombudsman probing P8M budget provided for Bacolod City union event
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas has opened a fact-finding mission into the P8 million budget provided by the Bacolod City government for the Bacolod City Government Employees Union (BCGEU) to hold their year-end activity last December. The issue previously drew criticism from local anti-graft and corruption group watchdog Task Force …
Negros Occidental anti-drug units now equipped with body cameras
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Officers of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) and the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) each received two body cameras during a ceremony yesterday. Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) director, Police Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, who led the ceremony, …
Spillover of Boracay tourists to Sipalay City not likely –Provincial Official
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga In contrast to earlier statements made by Sipalay City Tourism Officer Riha Cabajosa, who said they are expecting an upsurge in tourists amid the ongoing pollution situation at resort destination Boracay, Provincial Tourism Office head Christine Mansinares refuted the claims noting differences between the two locales. “Boracay is known for …
Region at 100% rice sufficiency except Negros Occidental, Aklan –Agriculture Official
By Paulo Loreto Lim According to Department of Agriculture Regional Executive Director Remelyn Recoter, all provinces of the Western Visayas are at 100 percent rice sufficiency, except for Negros Occidental and Aklan, which are slightly behind at 90 percent. She noted, the region produced 2.2 million metric tons of the crop last year, which comprises …
CHR-Negros Occidental seeking witnesses of Calatrava shooting
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is calling for witnesses of the Bolbet Leyte shooting, allegedly committed by members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) in Barangay Laga-an, Calatrava earlier this month. Local CHR head Romeo Baldevarona said they are currently looking into the shooting of …
NBI ordered to summon Demafelis recruiters
By Paulo Loreto Lim Following the recent arrests of Lebanese-national Nader Essam Assaf and his Syrian wife, Mona Hassoun, the former employers of slain overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Joanna Daniela Demafelis and the prime suspects in her alleged murder, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the victim’s recruiters. Demafelis’ …