In a recent press statement, Bacolod City Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr., who chairs the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on History, Culture, and Arts, said he respects the wisdom of the Senate in their decision on the Bacolod City Charter Day issue. The city official called the matter “highly political” and, while he left the decision up …
Monthly Archives: September 2018
2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara
Ceres picks up first win By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. After opening their 2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara campaign with two consecutive losses, Philippines Football League champions Ceres-Negros FC earned their first win after beating Stallion Laguna FC, 2-1, earlier this week at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Stallion midfielder Fitch Arboleda opened scoring with …
Batang Pinoy National Finals
Sagay City futsal finishes in second place By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Sagay City futsal team took second place in the Batang Pinoy National Finals. After playing to a draw with Mandaluyong City earlier in the competition, the Negrense side eventually fell 2-1 to the same team in the finals. Meanwhile, the …
Club Marriott launched
The Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo held its Club Marriott membership kickoff, where General Manager Cleofe Albiso welcomed guests in airline pilot attire. The program offers privileges for members when staying at Marriott properties around the world. Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo Communications Officer Nico Velasquez also offered a welcome to social media personalities and travel …
Bacolod City Legal Officer may face illegal detention charges
Bayatan: I do not fear everything By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two construction material suppliers said they plan on filing illegal detention or arbitrary detention charges against Bacolod City Legal Officer Joselito Bayatan after they were previously jailed on libel charges. Perfecto Señeres and Mark Anthony Diaz held a press conference recently, pointing …
Fifth earthquake recorded in Hinoba-an since last month
A 2.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded just west of Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental yesterday morning. The tremor is the fifth to strike the area since last month. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, no damage was reported following the earthquake and no aftershocks were anticipated. The area has been experiencing several minor quakes …
Former lawmaker’s kin transfers registration to Isabela
Mayor: Arroyo-Lesaca wants to continue her brother’s legacy By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Isabela Mayor Joselito Malabor yesterday confirmed Marilou Arroyo-Lesaca, sister of former Negros Occidental fifth district Rep. Ignacio ‘Iggy’ Arroyo, Jr., who passed away in 2012, transferred her voter registration last week from Binalbagan to Isabela, both towns are located within …
Typhoon ‘Mangkhut’
Nearly P5M in crop damage reported in Negros Occidental By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An estimated P4.9 million worth of crop damage was recorded in Negros Occidental following Typhoon “Mangkhut,” locally named “Ompong,” which struck the country last week. Based on an official report by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, around P4.8 …
Typhoon ‘Mangkhut’
Diocese appeals for relief goods, financial donations By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Diocese of Bacolod Social Action Center (SAC) recently appealed for the Roman Catholic faithful to donate relief goods in order to assist the typhoon victims in northern Luzon. Last week, Typhoon “Mangkhut,” locally named “Ompong,” ripped through the northern portion …
Board member clarifies comments about Lacson regarding drugs
Escalante: Our talk that time was all joke By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Provincial Board Member Salvador Escalante, Jr. denied claims he called Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson a “drug user” during a conversation with Moises Padilla Mayor Magdaleno Peña. “I deny that I implicated and categorically said that …