What started as a symbolic lights event in Sydney, Australia in 2007 has grown into the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment. The World Wide Fund’s (WWF) Earth Hour has come a long way since then, engaging individuals, businesses and organizations in over 7,000 cities and more than 170 countries and territories during the …
Monthly Archives: March 2018
NOPPO director calls for NPA rebels to surrender
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Ahead of the upcoming New People’s Army (NPA) founding anniversary, set to take place next week, March 29, Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) director, Police Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil, Jr., renewed his call for members of the rebel group to surrender. “You only live once, do it right,” …
BIR shuts down local business for failing to pay P4M in taxes
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Regional Office 12 shut down a Bacolod City business yesterday afternoon, after it was found the owners failed to pay P4 million in taxes. BIR Director Eduardo Pagulayan led the closure of Blyzer Trading, which has warehouses in Barangay 9, Libertad, and Barangay …
Rice black bug blamed for over P1.4M in crop losses in La Castellana
According to a recent report from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, a rice black bug infestation resulted in P1,445,862 in crop losses, across 30.12 hectares of land in La Castellana. The infestation spanned five municipal barangays. In response, the government agency has since provided metarhizium anisopliae, a type of fungus that grows in the …
Holy Week
NOPPO to go on ‘red alert’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) is scheduled to go on ‘red alert’ status starting on Palm Sunday, March 25, ahead of this year’s Holy Week observance. NOPPO director, Police Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil, Jr., said the police stations in the …
Panay taxis seeks gradual modernization
By Darlene Delgado Taxi operators in Panay Island are willing to modernize their units. They have, however, one request to the government: enforce the modernization gradually. An operator with many taxis would find it financially challenging to modernize his units all at the same time, said Perfecto Yap, president of the Association of Taxi …
One dead, one injured in La Castellana motorcycle collision
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A motorcycle driver was killed on the spot, while another was seriously injured, following a collision between two motorcycles in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, late Sunday evening. Police identified the fatality as 54-year-old Eduardo Hilogo, a resident of Hacienda Nahalinan in the said barangay; while the injured …
Man stabbed twice in Bata
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A man was seriously wounded after he was stabbed twice while drinking at Purok Masinadyahon in Barangay Bata, Bacolod City, late Sunday evening. Police identified the victim as 35-year-old Joemarie Batangas, a resident of Hacienda Gusa in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. According to Batangas’ statement to Police …
Holy Week
Coast Guard to inspect beach resorts across Negros Occidental By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is scheduled to visit and inspect various beach resorts across Negros Occidental as part of ongoing preparations for Holy Week, which runs from March 25 to March 31. PCG-Bacolod station commander, Lieutenant Senior Grade …
World War II veterans awarded
On the occasion of the 73rd Liberation of Panay, the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) awarded 13 veterans of World War II. According to PVAO Administrator Ernesto Carolina, awarded for their “honorable performance” are Geronimo Losaria Leal, Benjamin Quesada Arguelles, Antero Pan-Agua Armentia, Pablo Alcosaba Balsamo, Meliton Porfillo Calcaben, Narciso Lesarte Casaquite, Gaudisio Albeza Elizalde, …