Transition team formed in Iloilo City Ahead of next week’s midterm elections, which take place on May 13, Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III earlier issued an executive order creating the Local Governance Transition Team as a means of ensuring a smooth transition of either new or re-elected officials. The team will be responsible …
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Arts workshop underway in Sagay City
The “Kinaadman” performing and visual arts workshop, which has gathered around 700 participants, is currently taking place at the Sagay City Government Center. “I am proud to say that these children have been performing for audiences during city and provincial activities—even to foreign visitors—to Sagay City,” said Sagay City Mayor Alfredo Marañon III during the …
Buildings in Bacolod City to be checked for earthquake resistance
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following a series of strong earthquakes striking the country last month, Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) officer-in-charge Dondon Parandas said they will be checking buildings in Bacolod City for quake resistance. He said inspections will be conducted after the 2019 midterm elections and will focus on …
Fajardo named ‘Best Player of the Conference’
By Adrian Stewart Co San Miguel Beermen center June Mar Fajardo was named this year’s Honda PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference. The award is his sixth ‘Best Player’ designation in a row and eighth overall, which makes him the PBA player with the most conference citations. Also among those in consideration …
BVR on Tour 2019
Negrense wins Lingayen Open By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense Bea Tan, along with her partner Dij Rodriguez, recently captured the 2019 Beach Volleyball Republic on Tour Lingayen Open, which took place last week at the Capitol Beachfront in Lingayen, Pangasinan. After defeating NU-Boysen 1, comprised of Kly Orillaneda and Roma Joy Doromal, an …
Go for Gold-Benilde beats AMA in the D-League
By Adrian Stewart Co The Go for Gold Scratchers-Benilde Blazers continued its winning streak with their recent 109-91 win over the AMA Online Education Titans in the 2019 PBA D-League earlier this week at the JCSGO Gym in Cubao, Quezon City. Roosevelt Adams led the win with 21 points, 17 rebounds, and five assists; …
Bacolod City school finishes third in Bingawan volleyball tournament
By Adrian Stewart Co Bacolod City’s Living Stones International School (LSIS) recently finished in third place at the 14th Victor C. Plagata Cup, a secondary girls’ volleyball tournament held at the Bingawan Civic Center in Bingawan, Iloilo. LSIS defeated Colegio de la Purisima Concepción of Roxas City in the consolation match. In terms of …
Negrense takes bronze in international boxing competition
By Adrian Stewart Co Ian Clark Bautista of Himamaylan City recently finished with a bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the Asian Boxing Confederation Asian Boxing Championships, which took place last month at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand. The Negrense boxer lost via split decision in the semifinals to Nodirjon Mirzakhmedov …
Iloilo City Summer Wellness
Program underway The Iloilo City Summer Wellness Program, an event designed for city government employees, officially kicked off earlier this week at the city’s Plaza Libertad. “We encourage [city employees] to engage in sports to prevent diseases because of unhealthy lifestyle,” said City Sports Division officer-in-charge Moises Salomon, Jr. Among the events to be …
Communism without calling it communism
“The theory of the Communists may be summed up in a single sentence: Abolition of private property.” –The Communist Manifesto With the public being inundated with political ads, beyond the streets being littered with endless posters and billboards but every other commercial on television is literally hawking some candidate or partylist organization, there is no …