It is nice to hear about Negros as its own region, something that had been proposed years back. The idea was a brilliant one, but local residents are thinking again about how such a region can be accomplished. Three years have passed and it is still unimaginable having to travel to opposite sides of the …
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Negrense boxer retains OPBF belt
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) flyweight champion Jay-r Raquinel of Cauayan retained his title over the weekend after knocking out Shun Kosaka Japan in the fourth round of their bout in Wakayama, Japan. Raquinel managed to land a left hook to Kosaka’s jaw, sending him to the …
Negros Basketball Association President’s Cup
ESJ Fyre Fyter, Supreme ABF force semifinal deciders By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The ongoing Negros Basketball Association President’s Cup semifinals are going to deciders after ESJ Fyre Fyter and Supreme ABF-Silver Graces Construction defeated their opponents over the weekend at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School gym. ESJ Fyre Fyter defeated Red …
Charges filed against Sestoso killers
Suspects reportedly have NPA links By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Murder charges have been filed against the motorcycle-riding gunmen who shot and killed Dumaguete City-based radio broadcaster Edmund Sestoso last April 30. Lourdes Sestoso, wife of the slain 50-year-old broadcaster, appeared before the City Prosecutor’s Office last Friday to file charges against John and Peter …
Comelec reminds barangay/SK candidates to submit SOCEs
Capiz Commission on Elections (Comelec) election supervisor, Atty. Wil Arceño, reminded all candidates in the recent barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to file their statement of election contributions and expenditures (SOCE) before June 13. While both winning and losing candidates are required to submit the said document, winning candidates found to be out of compliance …
Family of slain Ilonggo OFW receives over P300K in assistance
With the remains of 34-year-old Angelo Camen Claveria of Cabatuan, Iloilo, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) whose body was found last month in a septic tank in Hwaseong City, South Korea, back home yesterday, May 27, various government agencies have since provided around P305,000 in financial assistance. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Region VI Director IV Albert …
Congress passes DSB township bill
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A bill proposing a township for Don Salvador Benedicto recently passed the House of Representatives on its third reading. According to Abang Lingkod Partylist Rep. Stephen Paduano, passage of the bill will “bring more development to the town.” The party-list legislator said he will ask Senator Cynthia Villar to adopt …
Faulty wiring blamed for Brgy. 16 fire
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least three homes were destroyed, while three others were damaged, after a fire broke out yesterday morning in a residential area of Purok Punay in Barangay 16, Bacolod City. Based on an official report released by the Bacolod City Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire call was made …
Pontevedra lightning strike caused by handheld radio
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Pontevedra Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) released initial results into last week’s deadly lightning strike over the weekend, which claimed the lives of four people and injured four others. In a radio interview, MDRRMO head Fairy Grace Andrico said the lightning strike was due to a handheld …
Three nabbed in separate Bacolod City busts
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Three suspected drug personalities were arrested in separate buy-bust operations over the weekend in Bacolod City. The arrested individuals were identified as 23-year-old Miguel Magbanua and 28-year-old Maricres Montaño, both residents of Purok Sigay in the city’s Barangay 2; along with Niko Inez, a resident of Barangay Sum-ag. The first …