“I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.” –Lee H. Hamilton With no offspring of former Justice Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez, Sr. being considered by leading political parties to run in the upcoming 2019 …
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Fil-Sino Inter-Company Basketball Tournament
AACI Transport, Sweet Crystals Sugar win By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. AACI Transport recently beat Basecom, 90-75, while Sweet Crystals Sugar defeated Organic Solutions, 74-64, in the ongoing Fil-Sino All Asian Countertrade, Inc. (AACI) Inter-Company Basketball Tournament game at the St. John’s Institute Msgr. John Liu Activity Center. AACI Transport led 49-40 at …
Fil-Sino Inter-Company Basketball Tournament
AACI Transport, Sweet Crystals Sugar win By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. AACI Transport recently beat Basecom, 90-75, while Sweet Crystals Sugar defeated Organic Solutions, 74-64, in the ongoing Fil-Sino All Asian Countertrade, Inc. (AACI) Inter-Company Basketball Tournament game at the St. John’s Institute Msgr. John Liu Activity Center. AACI Transport led 49-40 at …
At 90 years old, she has made a million rosaries
90-year-old Gregoria ‘Nene’ Javellana-Tupas of Bago City is still in good health. She has lived just south of Bacolod City and went north to pursue a master’s degree in piano at Philippine Women’s University. She is a very rare personality who would master something without earning anything from it. Javellana and her husband Inocentes Tupas …
The best candidate for Bacolod City’s top post
Rumors have been spreading like wildfire claiming former Bacolod City councilor, Atty. Lyndon Caña, plans to run in the upcoming elections for Bacolod City mayor. Different groups are reportedly urging him to run as many are fed up with the current political situation in the city. Let us join hands and pray he will heed …
Institutionalizing an oligarchy in Negros Occidental
Oligarchy (noun): (Government by) a small group of powerful people –Cambridge Dictionary The word “oligarchy” has been tossed around the Filipino vernacular for decades, pointing to how the country has been ruled in the past (and, in many cases, today) by a small group of people. The current administration of President Rodrigo Duterte vowed …
NOPSSCEA: Season 38
USLS, SSA, VMA rule table tennis competition By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The University of St. La Salle (USLS), St. Scholastica’s Academy (SSA), and Visayan Maritime Academy (VMA) Global College recently captured titles in the table tennis competition of the 38th Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports, Cultural and Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) season, which …
Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. Inter-LGUs Taekwondo Tournament
Hanah Taekwondo wins 17 gold medals By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Hanah Taekwondo, representing Murcia, won a total of 17 gold, six silver, and five bronze medals at the recent Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. Inter-LGUs Taekwondo Tournament, which took place at the Panaad Park and Stadium. The gold medal winners included Joshua Emmanuel …
Tan withdraws from Bacolod City mayor’s race
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Councilor Ricardo Tan backed out on plans to run for Bacolod City mayor in the upcoming 2019 midterm elections. During a press conference yesterday afternoon, the city official said he is setting aside his plans as the time for his “crusade for good governance” has not yet come. …
NBI complaint filed surrounding suspected San Carlos City cartel
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A complaint has been filed with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) surrounding a suspected San Carlos City drug cartel, which points to a Negros Occidental provincial government official, San Carlos City official, and several businessmen. In a press conference yesterday, the complainants. identified as Alfredo Hulleza, Cipriano Jimez, Cheryl …