By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Police Office-City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) operatives recovered a total P240,000 worth of suspected shabu after raiding a suspected drug personality yesterday morning at JR Torres in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspect as 40-year-old Aminola Cabugatan, a resident of the said area. CDEU assistant …
Monthly Archives: June 2018
GSIS, PhilPost team up anew to visit pensioners aged 80 up
State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) have partnered once again in conducting home visits to validate the status of all GSIS old-age and survivorship pensioners who are 80 years old and above. “We are reminding our pensioners who are at least 80 years old that they are …
CDRRMO: No drownings reported following St. John the Baptist feast day
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) announced they have not recorded any incidents of drownings during the St. John the Baptist feast day observance, which took place over the weekend. CDRRMO cluster head, Executive Assistant Joemarie Vargas, said celebrations at beaches and resorts throughout the city …
Bacolod City receives new fire truck
The Bacolod City Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), during an event at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds earlier this week, presented Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia with a new P17.5-million fire truck, which was delivered to the city last week. BFP firefighters demonstrated the capabilities of the Man-Rosenbauer model truck, which has a water …
Nearly half of Aklan municipalities have anti-smoking ordinances
According to the Aklan Tobacco Control Network (ATCN), eight of the total 17 municipalities in Aklan currently have anti-smoking ordinances, in line with the goal to make Aklan smoke-free by 2020. ATCN coordinator J-Lorenz Dionisio said the towns with active ordinances are Buruanga, Ibajay, Kalibo, Altavas, Tangalan, Malinao, Makato, and Numancia. The agency noted, other …
Altercation leads to stabbing in Talisay City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following a video that went viral on social media earlier this week, a jeepney barker operating in Barangay Zone 12 in Talisay City, Negros Occidental was arrested after he allegedly stabbed a jeepney driver to death over the weekend. Police identified the fatality as 58-year-old Camilo Malan, a resident …
Tricycle operator stabbed at the Reclamation area
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A tricycle operator was wounded after he was reportedly stabbed by another tricycle operator following an argument yesterday morning at the Reclamation area in Bacolod City. Police identified the victim as 38-year-old Ricky Gutib, a resident of Barangay Alegria in Murcia, Negros Occidental. Based on Gutib’s statement to Police Station …
8 ‘illegal gambling financiers’ in Iloilo identified
Eight alleged illegal gambling financiers are operating in Iloilo province, according to the provincial police. Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO), disclosed this during the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan yesterday, where he was invited to explain the resurgence of illegal gambling in the province during the question …
Traffic is understandable
Motorists passing through Bacolod City must understand the digging projects are intended to control flooding – kudos to Bacolod lone district Rep. Greg Gasataya for the effort. The construction will be complete soon and drivers will be happier not having to deal with flooding anymore. However, many have observed, despite nearly four hundred traffic enforcers …
Quo vadis, Iloilo politicians?
“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.” –Will Rogers If self-confessed womanizer Pantaleon ‘Bebot’ Alvarez is ousted as speaker before the 2019 congressional elections, many Ilonggo politicians who entrusted him with their political future will be in real big trouble. There are strong whispers around House …