The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded five earthquakes across southern Negros yesterday, with all but one striking Negros Oriental. All of yesterday’s tremors struck in the morning, with the first recorded west of Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental around 2:37 a.m. The 2.4-magnitude quake is the third to hit the area in recent weeks. …
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Sugar industry officials oppose importation
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga During a press conference yesterday, various officials within the sugar industry expressed their opposition to a proposal to begin importing sugar, with Jose Maria Montinola of the Victorias Planters Association saying there is “no need to import sugar.” “The milling season has just started,” he explained. “There will be …
Typhoon ‘Mangkhut’
PDRRMO on alert By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) was placed on alert yesterday as Typhoon “Mangkhut” nears the country. In a weather bulletin issued to PDRRMO by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the typhoon is expected to enter the …
Provincial government leases lot to Dynamic Builders
Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. and Dynamic Builders and Construction Company Inc. President Ricardo Yanson, Jr. signed a lease agreement for a lot, located along Aguinaldo Street in Bacolod City, earlier this week. The construction company official also turned over a symbolic check worth over P26 million, the value of the security deposit and …
Misunderstanding leads to stabbing in Brgy. 12
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A misunderstanding over a mobile phone transaction led to a stabbing incident late Monday evening at the corner of Luzuriaga and Bonifacio Streets in Barangay 12, Bacolod City. Police identified the victim as 30-year-old Rey Buenafe, a resident of Purok Kingfisher in Barangay 16 of the said city. Police …
Bill seeking Negros Occidental CHED office passes Congress
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga HB 8140, which seeks to open a Commission on Higher Education (CHED) provincial office in Negros Occidental, recently passed the House of Representatives unanimously on its third and final reading. “It’s turning out to be a good week for me,” said Bacolod City lone district Rep. Greg Gasataya, who …
BCPO officer tests positive for drugs
Cop has since gone AWOL By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) director, Police Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao, yesterday confirmed one member of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) tested positive for illegal drugs. Bulalacao, who was in Bacolod City yesterday, said he was personally saddened by the result, identifying the …
Bacolod City Charter Day (Part 2)
One of the legal anchors in the argument of Bacolod City Councilor Wilson Gamboa, Jr. on retaining Bacolod City Charter Day as October 19 lies within Section 15 of the Tydings-McDuffie Act, or the Philippine Independence Act. The act adopted a constitution and formed a Philippine government. Approved by the United States Congress on March …
Blame your speed, not the brakes!
There have been so many road mishaps reported across the country lately, involving everything from cargo trucks to so-called “wing vans” and automobiles to motorcycles; motorcyclists, those riding smaller-powered bikes, are particularly reckless. Most are not unaware of defensive driving and do not care about traffic regulations – even if it means ensuring their safety. …
Confronting a jeepney ‘driver’
This column has often gone on rants about the reckless ways in which jeepneys and tricycles operate throughout the city, along with how officials choose to look the other way and make other excuses for the poor traffic conditions. Jeepney and tricycle operators (operators because they know how to operate their vehicles but they do …