By Robert Sumugat The Metro Department Store at the Ayala Capitol Central Mall in Bacolod City was inaugurated yesterday. The department store is the company’s 54th establishment. Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. COO and President Manuel Luis Alberto addressed those gathered and said the store “enhances and provides positive impact to the local economy …
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Jail guard ambushed outside Bredco Port
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A jail guard was wounded yesterday afternoon after he was ambushed by riding-in-tandem suspects outside Bacolod City’s Bredco Port. Police identified the victim as Jail Officer 1 Jayvee Jason Vargas, who is assigned as a jail guard at the Metro Bacolod District Jail in the city’s Barangay Handumanan. Based …
Two earthquakes recorded in Negros Oriental
Two early morning earthquakes were recorded in Negros Oriental yesterday. Around 2:43 a.m. a 2.6-magnitude quake struck west of Valencia and, just under a half hour later, Basay was shook by a 2.3-magnitude earthquake are 3:11 a.m. According to subsequent Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology bulletins, no damages were reported nor were there aftershocks …
About a third of Iloilo City barangays have fire brigades –Local BFP
Q1 fire damages surpass P5 million, up from 2018 After Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III called on all city barangays to maintain proper fire brigades last month, the local Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) found 67 out of the city’s total 180 barangays have organized a fire brigade. “The barangay fire brigade is …
BFP-6 blames ‘dry spell’ for increased fire incidents
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bureau of Fire Protection in the Western Visayas (BFP-6) reported fire incidents are up in the first quarter of 2019. Based on records from January to March, a total of 628 fire incidents were reported this year, an increase from the 349 recorded during the same period last …
Holy Week 2019
BCPO advises public to secure homes before leaving for vacation By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Ahead of the Holy Week observance, which begins on Palm Sunday, April 14, and ends on Easter Sunday, April 21, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) yesterday advised the public to secure their homes before leaving for vacation. …
Sagay City high school selected for ‘Safe School Zone’ program
Sagay National High School was recently chosen as one of 21 schools across Asia to participate as a pilot model school for the Safe School Zone Assessment Program, an initiative by Project CARES (Community Activities Reaching to Everyone through Services). “This program is a big help for the school to advocate safe school zone,” …
Workers’ group investigates Negros Oriental killings
CHR-7 identifies ‘common patterns’ with deaths By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) has begun, what they are calling, a national fact-finding and solidarity mission into the killing of 14 individuals following police operations in Negros Oriental. UMA chairperson Antonio Flores said their investigation aims to document …
2019 Midterm Elections
Philippine Red Cross advises candidates not to distribute relief goods By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The local Philippine Red Cross (PRC) recently advised local candidates to not distribute relief goods during the ongoing campaign period. In a letter signed by PRC-Negros Occidental Chapter Administrator Rita Benita Mirasol, under the Omnibus Election Code Article …
Santa Barbara hosts first Baye-Baye Festival
The first Baye-Baye Festival took place last month in Santa Barbara, Iloilo, which promoted the local delicacy made from rice, coconut, and sugar. According to the Department of Tourism-Region VI, which recently released a press statement indicating their support for the event, the town’s Barangay Cabugao Sur has been the country’s “top Baye-Baye makers for …