With the Bacolod City government’s ongoing school bag distribution throughout the city, six more schools are expected to benefit from the program with three events scheduled today, July 2. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, alongside various city officials, will lead distributions for C. L. Montelibano Elementary School and Alfredo Montelibano Elementary School students at …
Monthly Archives: July 2018
Centralized weighing scale proposed for Bacolod City markets
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) resolution is proposing barangay captains provide a centralized weighing scale for their respective markets. Based on the copy of the resolution forwarded to members of the media, the request seeks to protect consumers from deceptive and unfair sales practices at local markets. The …
TFK celebrates nine years tomorrow in Roxas City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Task Force Kasanag (TFK) will be marking its ninth anniversary tomorrow in Roxas City, where Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go and Presidential adviser on political affairs and former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority head Francis Tolentino are expected to attend. TFK National Commander John Chiong said …
Lacson urges San Carlos City police to resolve Barellano murder
TFK head to meet with PRO-6 director regarding the matter By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Lacson urged San Carlos City police to immediately resolve the case involving last week’s murder of sugarcane workers’ group leader and radio personality Julius Broce Barellano. He said, despite not being personally acquainted …
Small town lottery firm hosts ‘Hampangan’ at Hinigaran school
Small town lottery firm Super Lucky Beagler, Inc. (SLBI) recently hosted their Traveling Hampangan, an event featuring a mobile playground, for over 500 Macario G. Natividad Memorial Elementary School students in Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran. Lucky the Super Beagler, the Hampangan mascot, paid a visit and entertained the children alongside inflatable giant slides, colorful punching bags, …
DENR-6 lawyers defend colleague over Boracay mess
The pool of lawyers of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Western Visayas is preparing their legal move in response to the charges filed against the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) of Aklan. DENR-6 has rebuffed the inclusion of Aklan PENRO Valentin Talabero among the 17 respondents to the administrative …
Capiz farmers to receive P12M in delayed disaster aid
A total of P12 million is expected to be distributed to farmers in Capiz as disaster aid in response to Tropical Depression “Agaton,” which affected the province back in January. According to a Philippine Information Agency release, Office of the Provincial Agriculturist head Sylvia dela Cruz admitted there were delays in the distribution process. Following …
Minor apprehended for selling marijuana in Granada
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 17-year-old girl was apprehended by Police Station 5 (PS5) after she allegedly sold marijuana to an undercover cop Friday afternoon in Barangay Granada, Bacolod City. Police have refused to disclose the suspect’s identity but confirmed she is a resident of the Charito Heights Subdivision, located in the said …
DAR distributes school supplies in Murcia
The Department of Agrarian Reform recently distributed school supplies for 75 children of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Barangays San Miguel and Minoyan in Murcia. Bags, school supplies, raincoats, caps, umbrellas, among other items were distributed to students of San Miguel Elementary School, Minoyan Elementary School, and San Miguel High School. The program is part of …
P100K worth of shabu recovered in Brgy. 8
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An estimated P100,000 worth of suspected shabu was recovered in a buy-bust operation yesterday at Purok Nara Baybay in Barangay 8, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspect as Bonifacio Lagunday, a newly-identified drug personality and resident of the said barangay. Police Station 2 (PS2) commander, Police Senior Inspector Leo …