DBM: Province has exceeded personnel cap since 2015 By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga In response to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) disallowing an over P500 million 2018 budget allocation, claiming the Negros Occidental provincial government exceeded their limit for personnel services, acting Provincial Administrator, Dr. Lucille Gelvolea, yesterday insisted the creation …
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Bacolod City Comelec official prepared for reshuffling
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With the Commission on Elections (Comelec) set to commence a routine reshuffling of personnel between this month and March, Bacolod City-Comelec elections supervisor, Atty. Mavil Majarucon-Sia, said she is prepared if required to move elsewhere. She said reshuffling is temporary and after the election period, which runs from January …
Two Negros Occidental police chiefs reshuffled
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Outgoing Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) director, Police Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil, Jr., reshuffled the police chiefs of La Castellana and Calatrava. The NOPPO chief noted, La Castellana municipal police chief, Police Chief Inspector Irma Teoxon, is being reassigned as NOPPO Police-Community Relations deputy in order to process …
P45M grandstand ready for Dinagyang
The new freedom grandstand will be completed before the highlight of the Dinagyang Festival slated from January 25 to 27 this year. This was the assurance made by Engineer Roberto Divinagracia yesterday, noting the P45-million structure is now 95 percent finished. He said the façade will be completed by January 11 in time for the …
DA 6 eyes improved personnel capability, facilities
The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas is eyeing the improvement of the capability of its personnel and is investing on additional equipment as mandated in its five-year corporate plan starting this year. DA-6 Regional Executive Director Remelyn Recoter, in a phone interview yesterday, said the corporate plan that was launched December 17 last …
Dumaguete City mass wedding scheduled for February 15
Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo recently announced the city would host a mass wedding on February 15, the day after Valentine’s Day. The event is set to take place at the City Quadrangle, with the ceremony targeting cohabiting unmarried couples and those without legitimate unions. Last year, the mayor hosted the city’s first mass …
Governor plans to keep Panaad Festival booths open year-round
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. said he plans to make Panaad sa Negros Festival booths open year-round. Traditionally, booths are only open during the annual celebration. He said a formal proposal is planned for this year’s festival, which is set to take place from April 9 to 15. …
From hero to zero: Carlos Ghosn’s remarkable fall
This hero to zero chapter in Carlos Ghosn’s life reminds all of us to reflect and learn from a very important teaching taught by the Bible: “the spiritual descent of Lucifer into Satan is one of the most famous examples of hubris.” REMARKABLE FALL FROM GRACE This is the case of legendary Nissan, Renault …
The Nava murder was an extreme act of irrationality
“It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.” –Thomas Paine, “The Age of Reason” Iloilo Press Club President Rommel Ynion is offering a P100,000 reward for anybody who can assist police in identifying the gunmen and mastermind behind …
Out of this world real estate or real estate in outer space?
Do you want to be an owner of an acre of the moon? Perhaps you want to buy a piece of land on Mars and relocate there? The idea may sound absurd but, believe it or not, there are some companies selling land on the planets around us and the moon. It may be uncommon …