By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist yesterday said Himamaylan City and Pontevedra reported total crop losses of P2.4 million due to an infestation of rice grain bugs last month. Provincial Agriculturist, Atty. Japhet Masculino, noted Pontevedra took the brunt of the losses, reporting P2,053,760 in damages, impacting 33 farmers. …
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Leonardia: Accusations are a part of serving office
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the decision by the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the graft case filed against Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia and eight other city officials over the P50 million purchase of furniture and fixtures for the Bacolod City Government Center in 2008, the mayor said such charges are a part of …
2.4M registered for May elections –Provincial Comelec
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday reported a total 2,431,807 registered voters in the province are eligible to participate in the May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, which were earlier postponed by President Rodrigo Duterte. Provincial Comelec supervisor, Atty. Jessie Suarez, said 1,751,340 are regular …
P15K worth of shabu seized in Bacolod City bust
By Joland Jose Abraham, Intern Anti-drug operatives from Police Station 4 (PS4) captured a street-level target earlier this week at Purok Chereza 1 in Barangay 27, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspect as 35-year-old Guadalupe Pepino, a resident of the said barangay. PS4 commander, Police Chief Inspector Ritchie Gohee, said Pepino was an identified …
Police officer wounded by wanted murderer in Escalante City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A police officer was stabbed while trying to serve a warrant to a murder suspect on Tuesday morning at Sitio Amparo in Barangay Mabini, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. The Escalante City Police Office identified the wounded officer as Police Officer 3 (PO3) Teofisto Aburido, who was attempting to arrest …
Marañon rejects any settlement on ‘fake quarry coupon’ case
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. yesterday said any settlement with Kabankalan City quarry operator Melvin Ibañez would be rejected, noting the P45 million the operator owes in penalties after committing 3,049 tax ordinance violations. “Either he pays or he goes in prison,” the governor affirmed. He said the …
Five Lemery youths to attend Winter Olympics, international talks
By Paulo Loreto Lim The local chapter of the Saemaul Undong movement, a rural community development initiative based in South Korea, recently revealed five volunteers from Lemery, Iloilo were invited to take part in the ongoing 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Youth Experience and International Project Talks, which ends on Tuesday, February 13. The group …
CLMMRH performs second kidney transplant
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) recently revealed a second kidney transplant was successful conducted by hospital physicians earlier this week. The procedure to provide the 24-year-old male patient with a new kidney lasted four hours. Meanwhile, last August, a 39-year-old male patient was the recipient of the …
Bacolaodiat Festival 2018
Jose Mari Chan named honorary Bacolod City Mayor By Paulo Loreto Lim With Bacolod City preparing to celebrate the Bacolaodiat Festival, scheduled to take place next week, from February 15 to 18, singer-songwriter Jose Mari Chan was named honorary Bacolod City mayor during the celebration. “Chan is a Bacolod resident who has sustained and kept …
Latter-day Saints provide mobility devices for nearly 300 Iloilo seniors
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Latter-day Saints Charities, an arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, recently turned over wheelchairs and other mobility devices to 290 senior citizens at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol. According to Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) head Neneth Q. Pador, this was the …