Mayor urges rebels to stop the killings By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A man was killed on the spot, while another was seriously wounded, after they were gunned down late Saturday afternoon by riding-in-tandem suspects, believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA), at Bario Da-an in Barangay Guinpana-an, Moises Padilla, …
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Vulcanizing shop hit by cane truck in EB Magalona
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The owner of a vulcanizing shop, located along the highway at Hacienda Lolobcon in EB Magalona’s Barangay San Jose, suffered injuries, together with two other minors, when a ten-wheeler sugarcane truck lost control and fell on the said shop over the weekend. A report from the Negros Occidental Police …
Western Visayas ranks third for fastest economic growth in 2017
According to a release by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the Western Visayas region ranked third in the country in terms of the fastest economic growth in 2017, registering 8.4 percent. The survey found Cordillera Administrative Region topped the rest of the country with 12.1 percent, followed by the Davao region at 10.9 percent. PSA …
200 BCPO officers to be deployed for Inasal Festival
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Approximately 200 Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) police officers will be deployed for the Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival, set to take place on May 5. In a radio interview over the weekend, Festival chair, Bacolod City Councilor Cindy Rojas, said aside from security, the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) …
Congress working on simplifying adoptions
A technical working group, headed by Batangas sixth district Rep. Vilma Santos-Recto, is currently looking to consolidate various bills seeking to make the adoption process more efficient. The new policy is looking to address the issue of “unadoptable” children, or those found to be unfit for adoption due to current policies. One of the primary …
National Youth Commission lays out regulations for upcoming polls
The National Youth Commission recently reminded the public of certain regulations during the ongoing election period for the upcoming May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. In terms of security, along with the ongoing gun ban, candidates are also prohibited from utilizing bodyguards. The policy also bars coercing, threatening, intimidating, or terrorizing election officials …
Newly-identified drug personality arrested in Handumanan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A newly-identified drug personality was arrested over the weekend during a buy-bust operation at Purok Kawayanan in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspect as Ronald Montero, a resident of the said barangay. Police Station 10 (PS10) commander, Police Chief Inspector Charles Gever, said they received a report …
Over 200 participate in #SaveBoracay clean-up drive
Volunteers from the Department of Tourism (DOT), alongside participants from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Environmental Management Bureau, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), among other groups, recently took part in a clean-up drive on Boracay, following the island’s official closure, which began last Thursday, April 26. The event was …
DENR seeks to integrate Boracay with the rest of Aklan
With the Boracay rehabilitation underway as of last week, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) revealed they also plan to review the Boracay Master Plan and integrate it with their Northern Aklan Master Plan. The project would seek to boost tourism in both the areas near Boracay, along with the entirety of …
Mayor lauds police officers for neutralizing La Castellana robbers
Moises Padilla Mayor Magdaleno Peña praised two of the police officers involved in a botched robbery incident in La Castellana last week, which ended with two robbers dead, while another was wounded and captured. In an email sent by the mayor to various media outlets yesterday afternoon, he extended his congratulations to Police Officer 3 …