By Adrian Stewart Co Bacolod Master Sardines lost 107-100 in overtime to the Bacoor Strikers last Tuesday in the ongoing Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League Lakan Cup at the Strike Gymnasium in Bacoor City, Cavite. After a triple from Bacolod’s Jopher Custodio forced the game into overtime, he kept pushing the team ahead until they were …
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Vallacar offices ransacked
Documentation, titles missing By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Atty. Norman Golez, legal counsel for Leo Rey Yanson, revealed Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) headquarters in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mansilingan were found to be ransacked. According to the attorney, Yanson is still considered VTI president and CEO until the court decides on the matter, Following an initial …
Ceneco blames weather anew for recent power interruptions
Following intermittent power interruptions reported across Bacolod City since August 2, the Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. (Ceneco) blamed the incidents on bad weather conditions brought about by Tropical Storm Hanna Last week, the utility co-op put out a release blaming power interruptions on poor weather and down tree branches. Ceneco noted, the Bacolod-Reclamation, Bacolod-Silay, …
Suspected mugger shot dead by security guard in Singcang-Airport
Police: The neighborhood is a ‘hot bed’ for robberies By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A suspected mugger was shot dead yesterday morning by a security guard after victimizing a college student at the corner of Araneta Avenue and Alijis Road in Bacolod City’s Barangay Singcang-Airport. Police identified the fatality as 39-year-old Arnold Genevera, a resident …
NOPPO assures safety for Negros-based media practitioners
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) director, Police Colonel Romeo Baleros, assured safety for all Negros-based media practitioners. Following reports surrounding the Bacolod chapter chairperson of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) reportedly being tailed by an unidentified man aboard a motorcycle earlier this month in Negros …
Members warned not to use TFK for ‘personal purposes’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Task Force Kasanag (TFK) National Commander John Chiong warned members to not use the organization for “personal purposes,” noting, those who do will be “dealt with accordingly.” “They will be expelled from the organization,” he added. The call was made after reports claiming TFK members across Negros Occidental have been …
Bacolod City schools encouraged to conduct anti-dengue activities
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution calling on all public and private schools in the city, along with barangays and city government offices, to conduct anti-dengue activities, particularly the “Sabayang 4-O’clock habit.” According to City Councilor Cindy Rojas, “This is in pursuant to the Department of Health (DOH) …
Nearly P75K worth of fish killed from blast fishing confiscated in Cadiz City
Escalante: There have been reports of dynamite fishing in the area By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Nearly P75,000 worth of sardines, locally referred to as ‘tuloy,’ believed to have been culled as a result of blast fishing, or dynamite fishing, were recovered over the weekend in Cadiz City. According to authorities, the seizure resulted in …
Former PRO-6 directors, deputy director awarded by Duterte
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two former Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) directors and a deputy director were given special awards by President Rodrigo Duterte during the recent 118th Police Service Anniversary at Camp Crame in Metro Manila. Former directors, Police Major General Cesar Hawthorne Binag and retired Police Brigadier General John Bulalacao, and former deputy …
Four Lopez Mendy goals propel Ceres past Mendiola, 5-2
By Adrian Stewart Co After giving up the first goal in their match against Mendiola FC over the weekend in the 2019 Philippines Football League, Ceres-Negros FC pulled off a 5-2 win at the Aboitiz Pitch in Lipa City, Batangas with recent-signing Robert Lopez Mendy scoring four goals. Mendiola midfielder Ricardo Sendra scored in the …