By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Ceres-Negros FC will meet Myanmar National League champions Shan United FC today in the ongoing 2018 AFC Cup group stage at the Thuwunna Stadium in Myanmar. Today’s match will be the third meeting between the two clubs since January. Their first meeting ended with a victory on penalties for …
Monthly Archives: March 2018
Fil-Sino Athletic Club Asia Brewery Invitational Cup 2018
Summit wins in Class B By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Summit recorded its eighth straight win after beating Cobra, 96-79, in Class B of the ongoing Fil-Sino Athletic Club Asia Brewery Invitational Cup 2018 at Bacolod Tay Tung High School. The eventual winners led 52-41 at the half, which later extended to 78-62 …
2018 AFC Cup
Ceres FC meets Shan United today in Myanmar By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Ceres-Negros FC will meet Myanmar National League champions Shan United FC today in the ongoing 2018 AFC Cup group stage at the Thuwunna Stadium in Myanmar. Today’s match will be the third meeting between the two clubs since January. Their …
Senator backs funding for sugar industry mechanization
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara yesterday endorsed the request by Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol to provide more funding for the mechanization of the sugar industry. Angara, who served as keynote speaker for the Philippine Sugarcane Farming Mechanization Expo, which took place at the Sugar Regulatory Administration …
Piñol to farmers: Embrace technology, adapt
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol yesterday advised farmers to use available technology and adapt in order to increase productivity. Piñol, who was in Bacolod City yesterday, said some farmers are refusing to learn about new and improved farming methods, which would further increase harvests, along with their profits. …
NHA slammed for poor ‘Yolanda’ housing site
The National Housing Authority (NHA) is again under fire for the sub-standard housing project for “Yolanda” survivors in Concepcion, Iloilo province. Several residents of the NHA housing site in Brgy. Bacjawan Sur have been complaining since last year because of the very bad workmanship of Hercor Construction Corp., the contractor hired by the NHA. Residents …
PHO targets 95% measles immunization coverage
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office (PHO) head, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, said amid the ongoing outbreak in neighboring Negros Oriental, they are targeting 95 percent measles immunization coverage in the province. According to Tumimbang, the current immunization performance is currently at 69 percent, with Kabankalan City leading the list in …
Peña criticizes Marañon, Bacolod City government
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Moises Padilla Mayor Magdaleno Peña recently criticized Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr., claiming he failed in his political choices and in the ongoing campaigns against illegal drugs and insurgency in the province. He explained, the governor did not support President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016, but is now a …
1.4M drug users surrendered, undergoing rehabilitation –PCOO Official
By Paulo Loreto Lim During the Bacolod City launch of RehabiNasyon, a national campaign aimed at eliminating illegal drugs throughout the country by encouraging drug users to enter rehabilitation, which recently took place at the Bacolod City Government Center, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Ramon L. Cualoping III said there are currently …
New Jaro archbishop to be installed April 17
Most Reverend Jose Romeo O. Lazo will be installed on April 17, 2018 as the sixth archbishop of the Jaro Archdiocese in Iloilo. Fr. Joenick Territorio, Judicial Vicar of the Archdiocese of Jaro, disclosed this in a media briefing Monday afternoon. To recall, the 69-year-old Lazo was appointed by Pope Francis last month after the …