By Paulo Loreto Lim With the Department of Justice (DOJ) filing a petition before the Manila City Regional Trial Court to have the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) formally classified as a terror organization, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) recently stressed the importance of the declaration. “Mahalaga na madeklarang …
Monthly Archives: February 2018
DOT proposes ‘heritage law’ to protect Boracay
By Paulo Loreto Lim Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo recently proposed a “heritage law” as a method of protecting resort destination Boracay, which has been under scrutiny lately after President Rodrigo Duterte referred to the locale as a “cesspool” and ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to get a …
Duterte on suspected Iloilo ‘narco-politicians’ joining PDP-Laban: I have to check
By Paulo Loreto Lim Following last month’s PDP-Laban oath-taking at the Pototan Astrodome, where around 4,000 local Iloilo officials joined the ruling party, President Rodrigo Duterte, who was in the province recently to attend the wake for slain overseas Filipino worker Joanna Daniela Demafelis, reacted to news that accused ‘narco-politicians’ were among those joining …
Suspects in Demafelis case arrested
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The two primary suspects in the suspected murder of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Joanna Daniela Demafelis were recently arrested by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol). In a statement released by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) last Friday, Lebanese-national Nader Essam Assaf and his Syrian wife, Mona Hassoun, …
‘High-value target’ eludes PDEA, police in Banago
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A high-value target drug personality managed to elude police last Saturday morning following raid by members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), the Regional Intelligence Unit-Region VI (RIU-6), the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU), and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) at Purok Sibucao in Barangay Banago, …
Engineer’s home burglarized in Himamaylan City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A house owned by an engineer was burglarized last Saturday at Purok Voungavilla in Barangay Su-ay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the victim as 51-year-old home owner Lowell Grye. Investigators from Himamaylan City Police Station said the suspects broke into Grye’s residence by destroying the cyclone fence at …
Resolution addresses the need for parking spaces in Bacolod City
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed during its regular session last week a resolution calling on the Office of the Building Official (OBO) to ensure parking spaces are available throughout the city, as a way of alleviating traffic. According to the legislation, penned by City Councilor Caesar Distrito, city …
P8.4M worth of crop damage attributed to recent storm
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to Provincial Agriculturist, Atty. Japhet Masculino, an estimated P8.4 million worth of crops were lost in Negros Occidental due to Tropical Storm Basyang, which struck the province earlier this month. He noted, San Carlos City reported the most losses, with an estimated P1,890,300 lost in rice crops and …
Duterte visits Negros Occidental to dine with the Yansons
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following his visit to Iloilo, President Rodrigo Duterte made a surprise stop in Negros Occidental last Thursday, where he dined with the Yanson family, owners of Vallacar Transit, Inc., the parent company of Ceres Bus Liner. The president’s helicopter reportedly touched down at Bacolod-Silay Airport at 7:00 p.m., where he …
Illegally retrieved lumber intercepted in La Castellana
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) officials, along with La Castellana Municipal Police Station operatives, intercepted a truck carrying illegally retrieved lumber, or ‘hot logs,’ last Thursday evening at Sitio Old Pabrica in Barangay Cabagnaan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Police identified the driver of the truck …