The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently reaffirmed their requirement for establishments on currently-shuttered resort destination Boracay to set up sewage treatment plants. In a press release, DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu spoke on the need to improve water quality on the island. “The concentration of e-coliform in the water samples that were put …
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Panaad Park pool closed due to lack of chlorine
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The swimming pool located at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City was temporarily closed by the Negros Occidental provincial government. Acting Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator, Dr. Lucille Gelvolea, said the closure came about due to the facility running out of chlorine, a necessity in …
Passport on Wheels
Capitol: 80% of registrants are encoded By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental provincial government’s public affairs section (PAS) yesterday confirmed 80 percent of registrants for the upcoming “Passport on Wheels” program, scheduled for September 6 at the SM City Bacolod mall atrium, have been encoded. PAS officer-in-charge Lisa Coronel said in …
2018 National Science and Technology Week
Regional event underway at Robinsons Place Roxas The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) opened a Regional Science and Technology Week event yesterday at Robinsons Place Roxas in Roxas City, Capiz, which runs until tomorrow, August 31. Among the activities and events participants can look forward to include a technology forum; exhibits featuring the …
Another 129 OFWs repatriated from UAE via amnesty program
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday welcomed 129 returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as part of the ongoing amnesty program the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is offering for those who have overstayed their visa or are in the country illegally. According to a release by the agency, this latest batch of OFWs will be …
Pedicab operator, son injured in Himamaylan City hit-and-run
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 70-year-old pedicab operator and his 14-year-old son were injured after they were reportedly hit by a speeding van late Tuesday night in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the operator as Rodolfo Lampes, Sr. and his son, Rodnel Lampes, both residents of Barangay Su-ay in the said city. …
Barangay tanod charged in beating of minor in Brgy. 16
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A barangay tanod allegedly involved in the recent beating of a 16-year-old boy in Barangay 16, Bacolod City has been formally charged. The suspect, identified as Michael Rosales, has been brought to the Bacolod City Hall of Justice for inquest proceedings and currently faces assault charges. Police are also …
Dirty barangays
Driving around Bacolod City, motorists can see the differences between clean and dirty barangays from the road. They also wonder why barangay officials are not reprimanded and ordered to make their areas look decent. During a chat, an engineer expressed confusion over why roads continue to be used for the disposal of trash. “When …
Senator Ralph Recto on overcapacity at NAIA
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is near, if not past, peak capacity that government has no choice but build a new main gateway to the country, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. Recto said NAIA’s passenger volume had doubled from 20.4 million in 2007 to 42 million last year. “If it is increasing its …
Trapped
“The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.” –Lucretius It remains unclear what happened just before dawn last August 15, when the Antique Provincial Mobile Force, San Jose de Buenavista municipal police, and the Philippine Army 301st Infantry Brigade and 61st Infantry Battalion converged upon …