Mayor-elect claims many town employees are not locals By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After winning the race for Moises Padilla mayor, Mayor-elect Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo announced her first order of business will be to tear down the wall surrounding the town’s Municipal Hall, which was constructed by her predecessor, outgoing Mayor Magdaleno Peña. …
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Complaints against former Moises Padilla police chief endorsed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After a complaint was filed against former Moises Padilla town police chief, Police Captain Allan Reloj, last year in connection to the arrest of then-Moises Padilla Vice Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo, who was elected mayor in last week’s midterm elections, the National Police Commission-Region 6 (Napolcom-6) has since endorsed …
Royal Gem opens at Ayala Capitol Central Mall Story and photos by Robert Sumugat
One of the country’s leading jewelry retailers, Royal Gem, opened its 35th branch last Friday at the Ayala Capitol Central Mall in Bacolod City. According to Royal Gem marketing manager Carmina Agnes Racaza, the Bacolod City branch will showcase a wide array of jewelry collections. “We have a good mix of diamonds, south sea pearls, …
2019 PRISAA National Games
The Western Visayas Private Schools Athletic Association (WVPRISAA) girls’ volleyball team, which is represented by Bacolod Tay Tung High School, opened their 2019 PRISAA National Games campaign with a 25-6, 25-18 victory over Region XII yesterday at the University Of Mindanao-Matina in Davao City. “It was a good team effort and we are also fortunate …
PSL Challenge Cup
Negrense wins Pangasinan tournament By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense Bernadeth Pons, alongside Floremel Rodriguez, led Petron XCS to its third consecutive Philippine Super Liga (PSL) championship after recently winning the PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup at the Capitol Beach Front in Lingayen, Pangasinan. The pair retained the title with a 21-10, 21-14 sweep …
2019 PBA Commissioner’s Cup
Alaska beats the Dyip By Adrian Stewart Co The Alaska Aces leaned on a strong second half to score a 111-98 victory over the Columbian Dyip in the 2019 PBA Commissioner’s Cup last Sunday night at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Reinforcement Robert Daniels, Chris Banchero, and Simon Enciso …
2019 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup
DLSU hangs on to top CEU By Adrian Stewart Co De La Salle University (DLSU) hung on to pull off a 71-67 victory over Centro Escolar University (CEU) recently in the 2019 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup at the San Juan Arena. Encho Serrano spearheaded the win with 18 points, four rebounds, …
AFF U15 Girls’ Championship 2019
Philippines falls to Laos in the semis By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine girls’ U-15 national team was eliminated from the AFF U15 Girls’ Championship 2019 following their 3-1 loss to Laos last Sunday at the Institute of Physical Education Chonburi Campus Stadium in Thailand. “Each tournament is a challenge,” said Philippines coach …
Depression after electoral defeat
“People who have never dealt with depression think it’s just being sad or being in a bad mood. That’s not what depression is for me; it’s falling into a state of grayness and numbness.” –Dan Reynolds A certain politician, who was unsuccessful in their 2019 electoral bid, blamed God for “allowing the glitter of …
Law enforcement, military to assess threat level in Moises Padilla
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After Moises Padilla was placed under control of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) during last week’s midterm elections following a series of shooting incidents that claimed the lives of two councilors running for reelection, along with a former town official, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National …