The Iloilo City government, alongside the Department of Health-Region VI (DOH-6), began conducting door-to-door immunizations around the city last Monday, treating children between six months and 59 months with immunizations for measles-rubella, and polio. The ongoing project will run until November 23, with subsequent phases beginning towards the start of 2019. DOH-6 Family Health and …
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Labor leader demands the dismantling of haciendas be expedited
De Guzman: Farmers are not liable for trespassing By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the recent shooting in Sagay City that claimed the lives of nine National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) farmers, senatorial candidate, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) chair Leody de Guzman, called on the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to …
Weather cancels Duterte’s visit to Sagay City
Families to receive government assistance By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Due to inclement weather, President Rodrigo Duterte was forced to cancel his visit to the wake for the nine slain National Federation of Sugar Workers farmers in Sagay City last Tuesday night. Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones affirmed the president did …
Mayor creates task force to oversee Halloween observance
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia recently released a memorandum ordering the formation of a task force ahead this year’s Halloween observance, which begins next week, including All Saints’ Day on November 1 and All Souls’ Day on November 2. Task Force All Saints Day 2018 will be led …
Iloilo City tourism officer recognized
Iloilo City Tourism and Development Office head Junel Ann Divinagracia was recently named Most Outstanding Tourism Officer of the Philippines by the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines during their national convention in Cagayan De Oro City. “I am happy for my team and for Iloilo City because the national office has seen and …
Suspect in Himamaylan City taxi driver murder arrested
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The primary suspect in the murder of a taxi driver last week in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental was recently caught by police. Himamaylan City police chief, Police Chief Inspector Antonio Benitez, Jr., said they arrested 24-year-old John Robert Lauriano, a resident of Barangay Bagroy, Binalbagan. In a radio interview …
Drug suspect arrested in Pontevedra anti-drug operation
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An suspected drug personality was arrested last Tuesday afternoon following a buy-bust operation at Sitio Hunob in Barangay Gomez, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental. Police identified the suspect as 42-year-old Kenneth Lago, a resident of Purok Bougainvillea in Barangay Antipolo, located in the said town. Pontevedra municipal police chief, Police Senior …
No to coal
A Group of Environmental Socialist (GOES) press release lauded Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. and the Diocese of San Carlos Social Action Center for opposing the proposed construction of a 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in San Carlos City. The group called coal the “dirtiest source of energy,” which is why they were against the …
Taxis and public rides are needed at Banago Port
It is unimaginable for Bacolod City to not exert effort in provided decent public transportation at the old Banago Port, which was once the focal point of sea travel in both the city and Negros Occidental until Sammy Palanca advanced the city by creating the reclamation area. During those days, Banago Port, despite its narrow …
A massacre in the age of forensics
“As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace’ for as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.” –Pythagoras Did the perpetrators behind the Sagay City massacre think it was still the age of Neanderthals, where crimes can easily …