Iloilo City National High School (ICNHS) received six 8×8 combat sports mats last week from the city government. “The equipment will be used for safety and conditioning of students who play combat sports,” said Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III. ICNHS faculty member Regina Escueta said the mats can be used for training in arnis, …
Monthly Archives: May 2018
ICNHS received new sports mats
Iloilo City National High School (ICNHS) received six 8×8 combat sports mats last week from the city government. “The equipment will be used for safety and conditioning of students who play combat sports,” said Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III. ICNHS faculty member Regina Escueta said the mats can be used for training in arnis, …
PDEA asset recounts Poja operation
Peña recommends reward for PS3 commander By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) asset surfaced before members of the media yesterday afternoon recounting the operation that led to the death of wanted Bacolod City drug lord Ramie Poja. In a press conference organized by PDEA consultant, Moises Padilla Mayor …
PRO-6 Chief commends BCPO following Poja operation
Disturbance management competition held in Iloilo City By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) director, Police Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, visited Bacolod City yesterday to personally commend Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) personnel for an operation that resulted in the neutralization of Bacolod City drug lord Ramie Poja, along with …
Pontevedra lightning strike kills four, injures four
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Four people are confirmed dead, while four others were sent to a hospital in Bacolod City, after they were reportedly struck by lightning yesterday afternoon at Hacienda Carmenchia in Barangay Don Salvador Benedicto, Pontevedra. Police identified the fatalities as Rubelyn Muedan, Glen Gatual, Marites Ganzon, and Renilda Villanueva; while …
Remains of Ilonggo OFW to return home this weekend
The remains of 34-year-old Angelo Camen Claveria of Cabatuan, Iloilo, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) whose body found last month in a septic tank in Hwaseong City, South Korea, are scheduled to return to Iloilo on Sunday, May 27. Following the discovery of his remains, Claveria’s mother called on the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Region VI …
DOJ ends Janet Napoles’ witness protection coverage
The Department of Justice on Friday said it terminated businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles’ provisional admission to its witness protection program. Secretary Menardo Guevarra issued a letter to Napoles through her counsel to give notice of the termination effective on Friday, a press statement from the DOJ read. “As there has been no further claim of …
Navy to conduct demonstration, operation activity in Sipalay City
demonstration and civil military operation activity along Poblacion Beach in Sipalay City from June 8 to 10. 81st Marine Battalion reservists, part of the Naval Reserve Center-Western Visayas, will conduct the demonstration; while civil military operation activities will include a mangrove planting; coastal clean-up; along with a medical and dental mission, circumcisions, a photo static …
P63M to upgrade sewerage treatment plant of Iloilo hospitals
A total of P63 million was earmarked for the upgrading of the sewerage treatment plant (STP) of 12 hospitals being managed by the provincial government of Iloilo. The Department of Health appropriated P45 million and the provincial government provided P18-million counterpart fund. While these health facilities are already equipped with STPs, there is a need …
Fire damages top P1M –BFP
According to Bacolod City Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) records, the cost of fire damages this year, based on data recorded between January and May 17, is P1.4 million. The costs come after the bureau recorded a total of 192 blazes in the said period. Most incidents originated from sugarcane or grass fires, totaling 134. …