BTTHS to meet USLS in the semifinals By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. After Bacolod Tay Tung High School (BTTHS) swept Group A of the Rebisco Volleyball League-Western Visayas leg Girls’ 18-and-Under competition, they are set to meet the University of St. La Salle in the semifinals of the Rebisco Volleyball League-Western Visayas leg Girls’ 18-and-Under …
Monthly Archives: September 2018
NOPSSCEA: Season 38
LCC basketball manager: The team is more competitive By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The team manager for the La Consolacion College-Bacolod basketball team said they are ready for the upcoming Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports, Cultural and Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) meet, now in its 38th season, which is scheduled to open next week. Team manager, …
Megaworld’s Club Access Card
The Megaworld Corporation will be launching their club access card tomorrow, August 7, which offers membership privileges, including free accommodations for 50 nights, unlimited food and beverages, among other discounts. Members can use the card at any Megaworld hotel across the country, including the Richmonde Hotel Iloilo, where the unveiling will take place. *** …
Azkals call up nine Ceres FC players
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Ahead of their match against Bahrain at the Bahrain National Stadium tonight, the Philippine men’s national football team, the Azkals, named nine Ceres-Negros FC players to their roster, including midfielder Stephan Schröck, who has not been called up for international duty in years. Alongside Schröck, the Negrense club …
General flood advisory up in Western Visayas
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued a general flood advisory yesterday morning for the entire Western Visayas due to the presence of a low pressure area. Based on weather bureau data, around 3:00 a.m., a low pressure area was spotted 1,240 kilometers east of Basco, …
Resolution wants Iloilo City rabies vaccination purchases fast-tracked
In response to a committee report that declared Iloilo City under a “rabies outbreak/emergency,” a resolution recently passed the Iloilo City Sangguniang Panlungsod calling for the city’s Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) to fast-track rabies vaccination purchasing. “There is already a rabies outbreak/emergency,” affirmed City Councilor Candice Tupas, who chairs the Committee on Health, Sanitation, …
Love Negros to announce 2019 plans by the end of September
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said he, alongside third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez, will make a joint announcement regarding plans for local political coalition Love Negros in the upcoming 2019 midterm elections. In a radio interview, Lacson revealed he spoke with Benitez Tuesday night and both …
Arrests made for ‘libelous letters’ about the Bacolod City government
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Station 4 (PS4) arrested two men yesterday morning at the Bacolod City Government Center for distributing, what are being described as, “libelous letters” about the Bacolod City government. Police arrested 60-year-old Perfecto Senyeres and 39-year-old Mark Anthony Diaz, both residents of the city’s Barangay Villamonte. The recovered documents …
Wanted vice mayor, husband will surrender soon –DILG official
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Martin Diño yesterday confirmed Moises Padilla Vice Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo and her husband, Felix Mathias Segundo Yulo, are expected to surrender within the next few days. The couple are currently wanted on illegal possession of explosives and firearms charges. In …
Arrests made for ‘libelous letters’ about the Bacolod City government
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Station 4 (PS4) arrested two men yesterday morning at the Bacolod City Government Center for distributing, what are being described as, “libelous letters” about the Bacolod City government. Police arrested 60-year-old Perfecto Senyeres and 39-year-old Mark Anthony Diaz, both residents of the city’s Barangay Villamonte. The recovered documents …