With the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections set to take place on Monday, May 14, two Iloilo City barangays, Libertad-Santa Isabel in the Jaro district and Timawa Tanza 1 in the City Proper district, are currently without candidates for SK chairperson. Despite lacking candidates, however, City Election Officer, Atty. Reiner Layson, affirmed the …
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Mayor urges candidates to exercise ‘maximum tolerance’
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday appealed to candidates in the upcoming May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls to exercise “maximum tolerance” as the campaign period heats up. Leonardia said he hopes there will be no “untoward incident” during the election period, adding he is confident the city is relatively peaceful during election …
8 Bacolod City barangays pending drug-free validation
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Eight Bacolod City barangays are presently being validated by the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) for classification as drug-free barangays. BCPO spokesperson, Police Senior Inspector Armilyn Vargas, said the barangays under consideration include Alangilan, Cabug, Felisa, Granada, Vista Alegre, 18, 17, and 4. Barangays 24, 41, and 5, which …
Namfrel, PPCRV accredited as citizens’ arms for barangay, SK elections 2018
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) accredited two election watchdogs as the citizens’ arms of the poll body for the May 14, 2018, barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. In an excerpt of the minutes of its April 23 special en banc meeting, Comelec adopted a memorandum of Commissioner Luie Tito Guia recommending that the poll …
Bacolodnon wins ‘swim for a cause’ challenge
Lance Jero Tacsagon, a 14-year-old Negros Occidental High School student, won the Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) ‘swim for a cause’ challenge yesterday, conquering a 2.5-kilometer course from Iloilo City to Jordan, Guimaras in 42 minutes. 18-year-old April Jane Eslabon of St. Paul University came in second place with 49 minutes. She was followed by 32-year-old …
City Councilor: Inasal Festival will become a ‘primary attraction’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following last weekend’s inaugural Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival, festival chair, Bacolod City Councilor Cindy Rojas, said they are planning to make the festival a “primary attraction of the city,” set to be observed on every first Saturday of May. Rojas said improvements are already being planned, noting she learned …
Mabalacat City to model city hall after BCGC
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Mabalacat City Vice Mayor Christian Halili, who is part of a delegation of city officials currently in Bacolod City as part of ongoing sisterhood relation obligations between Pampanga and Negros Occidental, said they are looking at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) as an example for the planned construction …
Nearly P500M released for Boracay road project
Aklan District Engineer Noel Fuentebella recently revealed P490 million in an augmentation fund is set to be released for the purpose of subsidizing road projects on shuttered resort destination Boracay. The request reportedly came from Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar in order to expedite the projects. Last week, during a …
More anti-divorce bill signatures gathered
Some 5,000 more signatures supporting the campaign against the divorce bill in the Philippines have been gathered from the different parishes of the Diocese of Dumaguete. This is in addition to the almost 6,000 signatures earlier submitted to Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, in protest of the proposed divorce bill, said William Ablong, president of …
Man hacked during Victorias City dance
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 20-year-old man was wounded after he was hacked by a teenager early Monday morning during a dance at Villa Miranda Elementary School in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the victim as Daniel Dugol-dugol, a resident of Barangay 6-A in the said city. Victorias City police said, around …