Following last Tuesday’s mass wedding in Barangay Calumpang, located in the Molo district of Iloilo City, where 14 couples were married, the community said they hope to marry 100 couples this year. Last year, a total 18 couples were married. “We have noticed there are a lot of couples in our barangay who are living …
Monthly Archives: March 2018
Iloilo City barangay among LTIA finalists
Barangay Calumpang, located in the Molo district of Iloilo City, will represent the Western Visayas in the highly urbanized city category of the 2018 National Search for Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Awards (LTIA), which recognizes barangay justice committees. “Calumpang will receive a plaque and P50,000 development fund,” Department of the Interior and Local Government-Region VI (DILG-6) …
Easter Party planned for the Iloilo Business Park
The Iloilo Business Park will celebrate Easter Sunday, April 1, with egg hunting, egg painting, and a pet fashion show, scheduled to begin that morning at 10:00 a.m. The Easter egg hunt offers prizes for kids who find the hidden golden eggs; awards will be distributed for those who create the most colorful and creative …
USLS to host Summer Playshop 2018
The University of St. La Salle (USLS) will host Artists’ Hub-Summer Playshop 2018, which provides workshops for young artists in music, dance, and visual arts, beginning on April 11 and running until May 10. This year, the featured workshops include a Shidokan karatedo clinic, hip hop dance, voice for kids and teens, basic painting and …
2018 DFL 1st Conference
UNO-R, DBTI, Bago FC rule competition By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R), the Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI), and Bago FC dominated the competition at the Dynamic Football League (DFL) 1st Conference at the Sta. Maria Field in Talisay City. UNO-R won the U9 boys’ category, defeating Villa …
Fil-Sino Athletic Club Asia Brewery Invitational Cup 2018
Creamy Delight takes title By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Creamy Delight recently won the Class B championship of the Fil-Sino Athletic Club Asia Brewery Invitational Cup 2018 at Bacolod Tay Tung High School, defeating Summit, 89-86. After taking Game 1, 86-82, the eventual winners were forced into a second game as Summit carried …
AFC Asian Cup qualification round
Tajikistan prepares for clash with the Azkals By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Tajikistan national football team is currently in Manila, where they are preparing for their upcoming 2019 AFC Asian Cup third qualification round match against the Philippine national football team, the Azkals, scheduled for tomorrow at the Rizal Memorial Football …
Vice governor calls for ‘necessary measures’
regarding newly-discovered fault lines By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday called on local government units in the province to take necessary measures regarding the discovery of new fault lines in Negros. Lacson lauded the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) for identifying the new fault …
Ceneco district elections today
Candidates running unopposed The Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) will be holding district elections today, March 24, between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at various precincts. The contested areas include District II, which includes barangays Taculing, Felisa, Handumanan, Cabug, Pahanocoy, Sum-ag, Punta Taytay, Tangub, and Alijis; District III, which covers barangays 17 through …
Espinosa encourages city residents to participate in Earth Hour
Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III recently issued a memorandum calling for all city residents to participate in Earth Hour, which takes place today, March 24, between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. “The entire world [has] become witness to the occurrence of horrifying calamities brought about by climate change,” he wrote. “[Earth Hour] is an …