The creative and talented kitchen team of Richmonde Hotel Iloilo bagged this year’s championship award of the recently concluded “Funlasang Pinoy Elite Chef Challenge 2018” by the Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) in Iloilo City. With an “Innovative Pinoy Ulam” theme, Richmonde Iloilo’s Chefs de Partie Rey Parreño II and Jorwen Botea, assisted by Commis 1 …
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Local NHA proceeding with plans for new resettlement site in Murcia
Bacolod City National Housing Authority (NHA) representatives sat down with various officials last week to proceed with plans for a resettlement site in Murcia, Negros Occidental. The development would accommodate for informal settlers under the agency’s District Housing Program. Engr. Liezl Mequit and Mary Grace Catalan of NHA-Bacolod met with Murcia Vice Mayor Gerry Rojas, …
Pancho Villa’s ‘grandson’ threatened to break my skull
“Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence. Art and literature are antidotes to that.” –Susan Vreeland A man claiming to be …
Weak leadership means a weak nation
How was the Philippines under past presidential administrations? Observers believe the country under Presidents Corazon Aquino, Fidel V. Ramos, Joseph Estrada, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and Benigno S. Aquino III was “just fine.” What is the meaning of “fine?” A group of retirees tackled the issue over coffee recently and they believe past leadership was “very passive.” …
2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara: Ceres FC loses to Davao in opener
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Ceres-Negros FC opened their 2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara campaign with a 3-1 loss to Davao Aguilas FC over the weekend at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Davao took a 2-0 lead after the first half, with midfielder Matthew Hartmann scoring in the 38th minute and striker Phil Younghusband doubling the lead …
2018 Asian Games: Negrense boxer wins silver
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Rogen Ladon of Bago City won silver in the 2018 Asian Games men’s light flyweight boxing competition over the weekend, falling to Uzbekistan’s Jasurbek Latipov after the referee stopped the fight. The stoppage came after Ladon suffered a cut to his left eye, which required the ring doctor to examine …
Kadamay informal settlers ordered to vacate
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After occupying government housing units intended for active members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) earlier this week at Purok Guanzon, J.J. Gonzaga in Barangay Felisa, Bacolod City, the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) informal settlers were ordered to vacate the area …
NPA reportedly gunned down Manjuyod barangay captain
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The New People’s Army (NPA) is believed to be behind Thursday’s shooting death of a barangay captain in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental. Police identified the fatality as Barangay Panciao Captain Mario Gonzales. Manjuyod municipal police said Gonzales was in front of his home when three gunmen, who reportedly introduced themselves …
Negros Oriental mayor sentenced to 10 years in jail
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga San Jose Mayor Nelson Ruiz, who was elected to the post in 2016 after previously holding the position from 2007 to 2010, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division in violation of RA 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. The Negros Oriental …
House passes bill regulating market weighing scales
The House of Representatives recently passed HR 7857, or the Consumer Act of the Philippines, on its third and final reading, which will regulate weighing scales at markets and impose punishments for those who tamper with such devices. Principally authored by House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and sponsored by Camiguin lone district Rep. Xavier Jesus …