September is National Peace Consciousness Month, which serves to remind the public of the constant need for a comprehensive peace process. The observance was introduced through Presidential Proclamation 675, signed in 2004 by then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. “There is a need to instill greater consciousness and understanding among the Filipino people on the comprehensive peace process,” …
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Over 600 illegal firearms seized in Capiz
Capiz Police Provincial Office officer-in-charge, Police Senior Superintendent Canelo Fuentes, recently revealed 621 illegal firearms were recovered throughout the province as part of the ongoing “Tokhang for illegal firearms,” which was implemented nationwide last July. He noted, police officials will keep possession of the firearms while eligible owners apply for license renewals. The municipality of …
CLMMRH hosts life support training
The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital recently held a basic life support training for Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines personnel at the Bacolod-Silay Airport conference room. Among the skills reviewed included cardiopulmonary resuscitation, using an automated external defibrillator, and dislodging a foreign body airway obstruction. Formal certifications were provided for those who passed …
National Peace Consciousness Month underway
September is National Peace Consciousness Month, which serves to remind the public of the constant need for a comprehensive peace process. The observance was introduced through Presidential Proclamation 675, signed in 2004 by then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. “There is a need to instill greater consciousness and understanding among the Filipino people on the comprehensive peace process,” …
Inmate stabbed by fellow inmate
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An inmate of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Bacolod City District Jail in Barangay Taculing was wounded late Sunday evening after being stabbed by a fellow inmate. Jail officials identified the victim as 33-year-old Jonathan Wison, a resident of Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City. BJMP, meanwhile, refused to name …
My wish for family businesses is to have a real board
Leadership and competence will ensure the survival and continuity of the business in the next generation. And a real board must be the platform to enable future successors to embrace the concept of corporate governance and integrity. Having a real working board should be in every business owner’s to-do-list before any transition happens. I do …
Roque displays leadership capability during ‘Ompong’
…Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father…” –John 16:25 If anybody “profited” from Typhoon Mangkhut, locally named Ompong, which recently ravaged northern Luzon, it would have to be Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr., …
Plastic is not the issue, its discipline
Plastic is everywhere. Public markets, grocery stores, sari-sari stores, among a myriad of other places all offer various sizes of plastic bags. Who will stop the use of plastic bags when they are used to carry cuts of raw pork and chicken? What is the alternative for pouring soft drinks into plastic bags, which, incidentally, …
IBF Youth Leadership Cup
Philippines wins U-18 tournament By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Philippine Under-18 basketball team won the International Basketball Federation (IBF) Youth Leadership Cup mixed 3×3 tournament, which took place earlier this month in Bali, Indonesia. The team was led by Kent Jane Pastrana of Silay City, who currently plays for National University (NU). …
Bacolod Tchoukball Open
Ikthus teams win By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Ikthus won both the men and women’s divisions of the Bacolod Tchoukball Open, which was recently held at the Nazareth Activity Hub in the city’s Barangay Mansilingan. Mansilingan First Baptist Church took second place in the men’s tournament, while Gracelife finished runner-up in the women’s …