By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) over the weekend welcomed the decision by President Rodrigo Duterte to deploy additional troops and police officers to Negros. In a radio interview, BCPO director, Police Senior Superintendent Francisco Ebreo, said the additional deployments will be a big help in ensuring peace and …
Monthly Archives: November 2018
Over P500K worth of shabu confiscated in Banago
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Station 3 (PS3) anti-drug operatives confiscated over P500,000 worth of suspected shabu during an early Friday morning buy-bust operation at Purok Rosas Pandan in Sitio Sibucao, Barangay Banago, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspect as 21-year-old Christian Villar Poja, a resident of the said area. PS3 commander, Police …
Hotel owner’s daughter files complaint against father, two others
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the Metro Inn takeover last week, the hotel owner’s daughter, an 11-year-old minor, reportedly filed child abuse complaints against her aunt, father, and father’s attorney. The complaint claimed the minor’s father Francis Rey Cabuga, aunt Patchy Cabuga, and Atty. Erfie Del Castillo violated RA 7160, or the Special …
Suspect in La Carlota City murder surrenders
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The suspect in last week’s brutal murder of a woman in Barangay Ayungon, La Carlota City surrendered to police after several days in hiding. The suspect, identified as Abelardo ‘Third’ Historiador III, a resident of Purok 10, Barangay 1 of the said city, admitted to killing 26-year-old Merlyn Villamar, …
DPWH completes feasibility study for third Bacolod City flyover
Gasataya: Third flyover will ‘significantly help’ decongest traffic By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City lone district Rep. Greg Gasataya over the weekend revealed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed their feasibility study for the city’s third flyover project. According to Gasataya, the study is currently awaiting submission to the …
Bacolod City SP calls for DPWH to construct a diversion road
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) last week passed a resolution calling on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to construct a diversion road linking Barangay Taloc, Bago City to the Bacolod Economic Highway. According to the resolution’s author, City Councilor Wilson Gamboa, Jr., the road …
Ilonggo blogger among 15 chosen for Japanese exchange program
Ilonggo blogger Raymart Escopel was recently named as one of 15 Filipino youth delegates chosen to participate in the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youth (JENESYS) Youth Exchange Program for Media Industry. The program is scheduled to begin tomorrow, November 27, in Tokyo, Japan and will run until December 4. “This is …
A US veteran prognosticates on a t-shirt
Did you pick out your best T-shirt at the mall? There was an array of T-shirts for sale, and yours is to select the one with the printed message of your desire. It could be one that tugs at the heart. Your choice could even be a reflection of your personality –your likes and dislikes, …
Frozen in Manhattan
“Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.” –Amy Grant Arriving at Herald Square in midtown Manhattan just before 9:00 a.m. last Thursday, Thanksgiving Day in the United States, I felt both excitement and fear of the chilly 27°F weather. From the 34th Street-Herald Square subway …
Tiger Black Brawl to take place in Bacolod City
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Mixed martial arts event, the Tiger Black Brawl, is scheduled to take place at the SMX Convention Center at SM City Bacolod next year, January 19, where the Philippines will face Brazil. Miguel Mosquera of Bacolod City is scheduled to meet Brazilian Afonso ‘Cego’ Celso, Jr. in the lightweight …