The Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) will be conducting service improvements, which will cause a temporary water supply interruption and/or turbid water in some portions of the service area. Activity: Purok Mars pipeline interconnection to existing pipe along Magsaysay Street Schedule: Today (January 9), from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Affected Areas: Barangays Singcang-Airport …
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Dinagyang Festival 2019
Opening events begin Friday The Iloilo Dinagyang Festival 2019 will be holding opening events on Friday, January 11, at the new Freedom Grandstand, located along Muelle Loney Street, which will feature the eight tribes participating in this year’s Ati tribes competition, scheduled to take place on January 27. The groups representing Panayanon of Iloilo …
ICPO reports 14% decline in crime
The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) recently revealed the city saw a 14.53 percent decline in the crime rate in 2018 as compared to the previous year. A total of 8,556 criminal acts were reported last year, down from the 10,010 cases reported in 2017. “Our officers are continuously doing their best to maintain the …
DOH: Over 300 reported cases of fireworks-related injuries nationwide
Region VI comprised 15% of cases The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday revealed, between December 21 and January 5, there were a total of 340 reported fireworks-related injuries across the country, comprising a 34 percent drop in cases. While most of the cases resulted in burns, 25 percent of patients suffered eye injuries. “We …
1.7B loan
Bacolod City Councilors Wilson Gamboa, Jr. and Claudio Jesus ‘Kalaw’ Puentevella called a press conference last week to express their opposition to the manner and process in which a P1.7 billion Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) loan was obtained by the city government. According to the two minority city legislators, the matter has already …
Is the Western Visayas now the country’s biggest cemetery?
“Never use a cannon to kill a fly.” –Confucius With the growing list of people being murdered by riding-in-tandem suspects in the Western Visayas, particularly in Iloilo and Negros Occidental, along with the resulting massacres from “encounters” and police raids, it appears the region is becoming the biggest cemetery in the Philippines. The latest …
New NOPPO chief sworn in
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga formally Police Senior Superintendent Romeo Baleros was formally sworn in yesterday as the new Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) officer-in-charge during a ceremony the NOPPO headquarters at Camp Alfredo Montelibano in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City. Baleros replaces outgoing NOPPO director, Police Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil, Jr., who was …
Suspects in Talisay City girl’s death face rape, homicide charges
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The suspects in last week’s death of a 10-year-old girl in Talisay City, Negros Occidental were formally charged yesterday morning. In a radio report, charges of rape with homicide were filed against the suspects, identified as Almer John Duron and a 17-year-old minor who was arrested during a follow-up …
18 Bacolod City barangays not set up at ‘Business One-Stop Shop’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The ongoing Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS), which is designed to provide faster and convenient business permit registration and renewal, at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) is still without the participation of 18 local barangays. Executive Assistant Samuel Montoyo, Sr. earlier explained barangays must set up at the event …
Explosive device thrown at teenager in Bago City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An 18 year old was wounded yesterday morning after a pair of teenagers allegedly threw an explosive device called a ‘pillbox’ at him and his friends along General Luna Street in Barangay Poblacion, Bago City. Police identified the victim as Rommel Rosareal, a resident of the said area. Based …