By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Hacienda Rosalia Gaston won the Negros First 2nd Gov. Alfredo Marañon, Jr. Area 2 Inter-Hacienda Summer League, while Talisay City won the 1st Lourdes Soccorro Escalante Open Summer League, which both recently took place at the Hacienda Lourdes Ballpark in Manapla. Hacienda Rosalia Gaston narrowly defeated Cadiz Sluggers in …
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Fil-Sino Inter-Company Basketball Tournament
Sweet Crystals Sugar wins Class B title By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Sweet Crystals Sugar recently defeated Silver Dragon Transport, 83-52, to capture the Fil-Sino All Asian Countertrade, Inc. (AACI) Conference Inter-Company Basketball Tournament Class B title at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School gym. The eventual winners took a commanding 49-23 lead …
Pontevedra club wins national futsal title
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Calvary Pontevedra Futboleros Club recently won the Allianz National Futsal League U-16 girls division title, which took place in Santa Cruz, Laguna. The club defeated Cordillera Binnadang, 2-1, in the championship match. Sandy Matunding scored the two goals and was named MVP. In addition, Justine Marie Mamon and Melona …
Fil-Sino Inter-Company Basketball Tournament
Sweet Crystals Sugar wins Class B title By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Sweet Crystals Sugar recently defeated Silver Dragon Transport, 83-52, to capture the Fil-Sino All Asian Countertrade, Inc. (AACI) Conference Inter-Company Basketball Tournament Class B title at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School gym. The eventual winners took a commanding 49-23 lead …
Poja drug group member arrested in Brgy. 2 bust
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the neutralization of drug lord Ramy Poja last month, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region VI (PDEA-6) agents successfully arrested a suspected member of the drug lord’s group last Monday in Barangay 2, Bacolod City. PDEA agents identified the suspect as Wilmar Deopita, a resident of the said area. In …
Barangay Vista Alegre captain enters ABC race
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Last month, three Bacolod City barangay captains announced their candidacy in the upcoming Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) election. Most recently, Barangay Vista Alegre Captain Jose Maria Leandro Norberto de Leon threw his hat into the ring. It was earlier reported incumbent ABC President, Barangay Tangub Captain Noli Villarosa; …
Suspected mugger denies Villarete links
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga One of the suspects arrested following the death of notorious robbery group leader Johnnie Villarete denied being a member of the crime group, claiming he was only hired to do errands. In a radio interview following his arrest, Niño Albonales claimed, on the night of Villarete’s death, he was working …
Mayor questions authenticity of DILG discharge letter
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Moises Padilla Mayor Magdaleno Peña yesterday questioned the authenticity of a letter supposedly from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) discharging him of police power. The mayor’s camp, however, stated they have yet to personally receive a copy of the letter. Upon observation, he claimed the …
Bago City welcomes new CENRO
Bago City welcomed a new community environment and natural resources officer (CENRO) earlier this week as Engr. Joan Nathaniel Gerangaya took over for the outgoing Concordio Remoroza during a ceremony at the city’s CENRO at Bantayan Park. After serving the position for over a year, Remoroza was reassigned to the Negros Occidental Provincial Environment and …
10 farmers’ groups in Silay City get P2M from DA
Ten farmers’ associations in Silay City, Negros Occidental received P2.027-million worth of projects funded by the bottom-up budgeting program of the Department of Agriculture (DA). The projects were turned over by the city government on Monday as part of the opening of the nine-day Agri-Aqua Trade Fair, one of the events to celebrate Silay City’s …