Former Tagaytay City mayor and 2016 senatorial candidate Francis Tolentino, who currently serves as an advisor to President Rodrigo Duterte, will administer a mass oath-taking next week, June 16, for newly-elected Bacolod City barangay captains and kagawads at the SMX Convention Center at SM City Bacolod. “The mass oath-taking of our barangay officials is a …
Monthly Archives: June 2018
22 injured after bus slams into carabaos in Bago City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least 22 people were injured after a bus slammed into two carabaos Wednesday night in Barangay Pacol, Bago City. Bago City deputy police chief, Police Senior Inspector Hercules Trigue, said the bus unit driven by Allan Claudio and owned by bus company Road Star Lines was heading to …
Iloilo City government discourages littering in local waterways
Amid the ongoing Jaro River clean-up in Barangay Ingore, located in Iloilo City’s La Paz district, city officials discussed the importance of not littering in local waterways. “We don’t want to pollute and totally destroy our rivers,” said Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III. “We must prevent garbage from going into our rivers for this …
Ferrer considering 2019 gubernatorial run on a unity ticket
Escalante: Everybody is calling for a unified Negros camp By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga While already mentioned as a possible Negros Occidental gubernatorial candidate in 2019, 2016 vice gubernatorial candidate and former Negros Occidental fifth district Rep. Jeffrey Ferrer reportedly revealed he is more inclined to run for governor amid talks of a …
Bacolod City school buildings inaugurated, fire extinguishers distributed
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia recently led the inauguration of six new school buildings at Domingo Lacson National High School (DLNHS) and Sum-ag National High School (SNHS). P97 million funded the construction of two three-story classroom buildings and one four-story classroom building at DLNHS. Each three-story building provides 15 classrooms, while the four-story building contains …
Minor hangs self in Himamaylan City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 13-year-old minor reportedly committed suicide late Wednesday afternoon in Barangay Su-ay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Himamaylan City police refused to name the victim. Based on a statement provided by a witness, whom police have also not named, they entered the victim’s residence and saw the victim inside an …
Indigenous women urged to plan their pregnancy
During the recent “Hugpong sang mga Tumandok” event in Hinoba-an, which provided free medical consultations and dental services last month, officials also visited Barangay Damutan, located 30 kilometers from city proper, where local indigenous women were urged to plan for their pregnancy considering the far distance from the nearest medical facility. Hinoba-an municipal health officer, …
Senior pickpocketed in downtown Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 64-year-old woman visited Police Station 1 (PS1) Wednesday afternoon to report being pickpocketed in the downtown area of Bacolod City. Police identified the victim as Arlene Bravo, a resident of Barangay Handumanan of the said city. Based on Bravo’s statement, around 5:30 p.m., she was shopping along Luzuriaga …
SP urges June 18 declared a holiday in Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga During its regular session last Wednesday, the Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution requesting President Rodrigo Duterte to declare June 18 a special non-working holiday to mark the city’s charter day, which the administration of Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia is seeking moved from October 19 to …
Iloilo Business Park is PH’s ‘Best Township Development’
Megaworld continues to grow award-winning, world-class development in Visayas Iloilo is heading towards a progressive future with so many reasons to prove why the ‘City of Love’ is one of the country’s must-visit, must-experience destinations today. A huge part of this growing equity is rooted on real estate giant Megaworld’s efforts in redefining the …