Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones spoke during the recent inauguration and turnover of a building at Bayawan National High School in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. According to the department, the secretary said it is “essential” to develop students to be “critical problem solvers.” She also encouraged those gathered to have ambition when it …
Monthly Archives: September 2018
DOT reveals 25 compliant Boracay lodging establishment
The Department of Tourism (DOT) recent released a list of 25 lodging establishments on shuttered resort destination Boracay that are in compliance with the Department of the Interior and Local Government and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Prior to reopening, businesses are required to comply by agency standards or they will not be …
Minor quake shakes La Libertad
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a minor earthquake last Sunday, with an epicenter located just west of La Libertad, Negros Oriental. The 2.2-magnitude tremor marks the tenth minor quake to shake the island since mid-August, when a 2.0-magnitude earthquake struck the vicinity of Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental. The earthquake registered just after …
Responding cop shot dead in Victorias City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An off-duty police officer responding to a call was killed late Sunday afternoon, while a civilian was wounded, after reportedly being shot at a relocation site in Barangay 21, Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the fatality as 43-year-old Senior Police Officer 2 Antonio Broce, a resident of the …
Labor group alarmed over inflation
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A local labor group yesterday expressed alarm over the country’s current inflation rate. General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA) Secretary-General Wennie Sancho said the high inflation rates has caused an “unabated increase” in the price of primary commodities and basic goods. He pointed out, rates have worsened the economic …
Woman nabbed for selling drugs in Brgy. 8
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 23-year-old woman was arrested Sunday evening by Police Station 2 (PS2) anti-drug operatives following a buy-bust operation at Purok Narra Baybay in Barangay 8, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspect as 23-year-old Erika Narvasa, a resident of the said area. PS2 commander, Police Senior Inspector Leo Estopa, …
Looking to the old Boracay
There are rumblings suggesting establishments on Boracay are set to open to the public by mid-October – six month from the day President Rodrigo Duterte closed the island for rehabilitation after suffering neglect from local and national environmental authorities. Island residents are clamoring, upon reopening, that the same environmental officials previously dispatched by the government …
Table tennis player Lariba succumbs to leukemia
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Table tennis player Ian Lariba, who competed for the Philippines at the 2016 Summer Olympics Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, recently passed away after years of battling leukemia. According to Philippine Table Tennis Federation (PTTF) President Ting Ledesma, she was arguably the greatest player in her field. “From …
Milo Little Olympics
BTTHS cleans up in track and field By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Bacolod Tay Tung High School (BTTHS) elementary girls’ track and field team recently came out big winners after picking up 11 gold, one silver, and five bronze medals at the Milo Little Olympics, which took place in Cebu City. Shalthea …
Milo Little Olympics
BTTHS cleans up in track and field By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Bacolod Tay Tung High School (BTTHS) elementary girls’ track and field team recently came out big winners after picking up 11 gold, one silver, and five bronze medals at the Milo Little Olympics, which took place in Cebu City. Shalthea …