By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The wife of the Banago man who stabbed his two children, aged two and three years old, while under the influence of illegal drugs said she will file charges against him, changing course from her initial statement, where she said she did not plan on pressing charges and insisted he …
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Animal bite cases in Bacolod City down
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) Animal Bites and Treatment Center recorded a seven percent reduction in the number animal bite cases in the city. CHO Rabies Coordinator Gloria Parreño said, based on records from January to May 31 of this year, they have recorded a total of 3,723 animal …
Paduano working on redistricting legislation
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Abang Lingkod partylist Rep. Stephen Paduano revealed he is currently working with Iloilo lone district Representative-elect Julienne Baronda and Iloilo City Mayor-elect Jerry Treñas on legislation to redistrict both Iloilo City and Bacolod City. Prior to being elected mayor, Treñas was Iloilo City’s representative in Congress. According to Paduano, Bacolod …
Negrense boxer fights for WBC belt next month
By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense boxer Arthur Villanueva will be challenging World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight champion Nordine Oubaali of France next month, July 6, at the Barys Arena in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. “I learned a lot from my previous fights,” Villanueva said in an interview with Boxing Scene. “Even though I wasn’t successful in winning …
Meralco beats Phoenix in the Commissioner’s Cup
By Adrian Stewart Co The Meralco Bolts need a second half push in their 101-95 victory last night over the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters in the 2019 Honda PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Gani Lawal top-scored for Meralco with 28 points and 26 rebounds, Baser Amer chipped in 20 markers, Chris Newsome …
Ravena leads Cignal HD- Ateneo into the D-League finals
By Adrian Stewart Co Cignal HD-Ateneo Blue Eagles forward Ferdinand ‘Thirdy’ Ravena III scored 19 points in their 100-73 win last Thursday over the Valencia City Bukidnon-San Sebastian Stags at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City, which qualified the team for the 2019 PBA D-League finals. Ravena also contributed five rebounds, five assists, two …
Iloilo United continues to build its roster
By Adrian Stewart Co The Iloilo United Royals, the newest Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) team, continues to build up its roster ahead of the upcoming season, which begins on June 12 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Two former Far Eastern University standouts recently joined the squad. The team confirmed …
Tay Tung elevates three volleyball players
By Adrian Stewart Co Bacolod Tay Tung High School elevated three players to their secondary girls’ volleyball team. Tay Tung assistant coach Biboy Calamba confirmed to Watchmen Daily Journal that libero Gwen Banas, middle blocker Nicolei Galvan, and hitter Kathleen Tan will be joining the squad. With hitter Erika Deloria, middle blocker Dya Mejos, and …
Without communication, all else fails!
In my more than a decade of coaching family owned businesses in Asia, the failure to communicate is probably the biggest stumbling block family businesses face. Business leaders not only callously ignore but tend not to equate communications directly with risk management. We all know that business involves a plethora of risks. While most major …
10-hour power interruption this weekend –NGCP
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced a 10-hour power interruption will impact portions of Negros Occidental this Sunday, June 9. The power outage is expected to run throughout the day, from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., and will affect Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and Negros Occidental …