By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A suspected drug personality was arrested after he was caught dealing drugs yesterday morning at Purok Mainawaon in Barangay 19, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspect as 42-year-old Rhujie Bello, a resident of Barangay 27 in the said city. Police Station 4 (PS4) anti-drug operatives said they arrested Bello …
Monthly Archives: July 2018
Negrenses take ‘save acacia trees’ campaign to cyberspace
Concerned Negrenses are taking to the cyberspace the fight to save more than a hundred decades-old acacia trees on the roadside of Barangay Abuanan in Bago City, Negros Occidental. An online petition has been launched on change.org and a Facebook page was set up to protest the cutting of the trees for the two-kilometer Sum-ag-Abuanan …
Man shot dead after attempting to assault police in Sagay City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A man was shot dead late Sunday evening at Purok San Juan in Barangay Fabrica, Sagay City after allegedly attempting to assault police officers and barangay tanods, who were responding to reports he was being disorderly. Police identified the fatality as 30-year-old Ruel Luneta, a resident of the said …
‘Forbidden issues can become highly-charged’
According to an online article culled from Business Harmonizer, “the natural mingling of personal and business interactions and decision-making in a family-owned business adds emotional complexity to every stage of the family-business life cycle. The communication and relationship dynamics between family members who are also co-workers or co-owners can result in unconscious or unspoken, often …
A plea to the government: Recognize the spiritual angle of flooding
“…Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock…” –Matthew …
WBA king Pacquiao is an ‘eyesore’
“Once you stop benefiting their interest, you become an eyesore.” –Chayan Tain Among the four reigning world welterweight champions of the primary governing bodies for boxing, newly-crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) champion Manny Pacquiao is the most divergent – if not antipodal, or opposite. At 39 years old, with a record of 60 wins …
Negrense wins silver in Indonesian boxing competition
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Rogen Ladon of Bago City won silver in the Kapolri Cup, an international boxing tournament that took place in Manado City, Indonesia earlier this month. The Negrense boxer lost to Ryuseu Baba of Japan in the finals of the men’s flyweight division. Last month, Ladon also won silver at …
ASEAN School Games
SJI athletes competing in badminton By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Mia Manguilimotan and Ellana Tan of St. John’s Institute will be competing in badminton at the upcoming ASEAN School Games, scheduled to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from July 19 to 23. The two are currently in Manila preparing for the competition. …
Liga elections begin today
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A total of 540 barangay captains from across Negros Occidental will be electing officers for their respective Liga ng mga Barangay (Liga) chapters today. Those elected president will sit as ex-officio members, who will then elect a provincial Liga president on July 30. The selected individual then has the …
Benitez remains third-richest in the House of Representatives
Based on data provided by members of congress on their respective 2017 Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worths (SALNs), Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez was revealed to be the third-richest legislator in the House of Representatives, reporting a net worth of around P1.004 billion. The Negrense congressman also came in third on …