POC squeaks past Orange-AA Electrical in Game 3, takes the title By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. POC captured the 2017-2018 D’League title earlier this week after coming back from a double-digit deficit to defeat Orange-AA Electrical, 78-75, in Game 3 of the finals series at the STI-West Negros University gym. Orange-AA Electrical opened the …
Monthly Archives: February 2018
2018 AFC Cup
Ceres FC arrives home today By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Ceres-Negros FC is back in Bacolod City today following their exit from the 2018 AFC Champions League playoffs last month, where they lost 2-0 to Chinese Super League club Tianjin Quanjian FC, and ahead of their 2018 AFC Cup match against Cambodian League champions …
Antique Governor leads groundbreaking for concreting project
Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao recently led the groundbreaking for a concreting project in Sibalom for a 1.2 kilometer road that runs between Barangays Odiong and Catungan IV. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) concreting project comes at a cost of over P12.6 million, with a P4 million counterpart fund coming from the …
Rehabinasyon Roadshow and Town Hall today in Iloilo City
The Iloilo City government will be hosting a Rehabinasyon Roadshow and Town Hall today, February 9, a program launched by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) as a response to a directive by the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). Through the program, the PCOO brings ICAD member-agency officials to explain specific government programs in …
Nominations sought for Outstanding Women of Iloilo City
The Iloilo City Population Office is currently accepting nominations for the Outstanding Women of Iloilo City 2018, a designation that recognizes the role of women in society. Nominees must be of legal age and a member or officer of an organization, or a person who has made significant accomplishments in a particular field, that has …
When repetition means ‘impact’ and compiling a list makes for ‘compelling news’
Having worked as a general assignment reporter and a correspondent for newspapers and online websites in the past, have gotten very accustomed to evaluating work before and after editing; seeing the differences, reviewing the corrections, and getting an idea of the publication’s writing style. Yet again, now, as an editor, am encountering a culture that …
What has the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand done to deserve death?
“It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.” –Branch Rickey What have I done to deserve death? Did I humiliate the Ilonggos? Did I commit a heinous crime against humanity? Did I play host to scandalous and violent activities? Did I pose a threat to national security? …
BCPO Director denies receiving bribes from operators of illegal gambling
Ebreo: Those spreading rumors are also involved with illegal drugs By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director, Police Senior Superintendent Francisco Ebreo, recently denied allegations on social media claiming he and several other high-ranking police officers were receiving bribes, in the amount of P20,000 a month, from operators of illegal …
Lambunao Mayor faces disqualification over residency discrepancy
The Commission on Elections first division recently canceled the proclamation of Jason Gonzales, mayor of Lambunao, Iloilo, after questions of his residency were raised in a disqualification petition brought forward by former Lambunao Mayor Vicente Ramirez. According to Ramirez, who unsuccessfully ran for vice mayor in 2016, Gonzales did not satisfy the one-year residency required …
Former La Castellana Mayor claims politics is behind graft case
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former La Castellana Mayor Alberto A. Nicor, Jr. yesterday said the graft charges filed against him by the Office of the Ombudsman before the Sandiganbayan Third Division are driven by politics, claiming “political enemies,” whom he did not name, were trying to keep him from seeking a third term …