By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is scheduled to arrive at Bacolod-Silay Airport this morning, where she will then travel to the Bredco Port and board a roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel to the Dumangas Port in Iloilo in order to revisit the Nautical Highway System, a project implemented during her tenure …
Monthly Archives: January 2019
2019 AFC Asian Cup
Azkals eliminated By Adrian Stewart Co After falling 3-1 to Kyrgyzstan last Wednesday in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup group stage at the Rashid Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Philippine men’s national football team, the Azkals, were eliminated from the competition. With Vitalij Lux delivering a hat trick for Kyrgyzstan, the …
Phoenix narrowly beats Meralco
By Adrien Stewart Co Calvin Abueva offered some heroics in Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters’ narrow 93-92 win over the Meralco Bolts in the 2019 PBA Philippine Cup last Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Trailing 92-91 after a three-pointer by Meralco’s Chris Newsome, Abueva was at the right place at the right time and …
Pacquiao vs. Broner
Four Filipinos boxers to feature in undercard By Adrian Stewart Co Four Filipinos are scheduled to feature in the undercard fights ahead of Manny Pacquiao’s World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title defense against Adrien Broner on Sunday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States. Among the fighters include …
2019 PBA Developmental League
Bacolodnon signs with AMA By Adrian Stewart Co Bacolodnon guard Kib Montalbo recently signed a contract with the AMA Online Education Titans ahead of the 2019 PBA Developmental League season, which starts on February 14. The former De La Salle University player inked the deal last Wednesday after being selected as a second …
Dinagyang Festival 2019
Casa De Emperador to host Miss Iloilo Dinagyang This year’s Miss Iloilo Dinagyang coronation night will be held at the Casa de Emperador, located along Megaworld Boulevard and within the Iloilo Business Park, next week, January 25, at 6:00 p.m. “This year’s Miss Dinagyang is a vision of bringing back the grandeur of Iloilo’s …
Familiaran appointed acting mayor
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran was formally appointed acting Bacolod City mayor and City Councilor Caesar Distrito as acting vice mayor while Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia is in Las Vegas for the World Boxing Association welterweight bout between Senator Manny Pacquiao and American fighter Adrien Broner. …
Two high-value drug targets nabbed in Bacolod City buy-bust
Primary subject in the operation was a minor By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two high-value drug targets, including a minor, were arrested late Wednesday afternoon after Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 6 (PDEA-6) agents conducted a buy-bust operation at Purok Cagaycay in Bacolod City’s Barangay 2. Police identified the arrested as 22-year-old Wendul Satur, …
Bacolod City Treasurer’s Officer: P1.4B in tax collection for 2018
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Treasurer’s Office reported a total of P1,444,728,501 collected in real property taxes and other non-tax revenue in 2018. City Treasurer Giovanni Balalilhe, in his report to Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, said the 2018 collection target set by the Department of Finance-Bureau of Local Government Finance …
For a better Bacolod City
I feel the need to share a portion of a statement by Bacolod City mayoral candidate, former Bacolod City Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, with regard to the endorsement she received from Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. last month during the Christmas party held for provincial government employees. “I feel blessed to receive this wonderful …