By Adrian Stewart Co The San Miguel Beermen tied up their 2019 Honda PBA Commissioner’s Cup best-of-seven finals series against TNT KaTropa with a narrow 127-125 win in Game 2 earlier this week at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. After squandering a 17-point lead in the first half, the Beermen gained control late in the second …
Monthly Archives: August 2019
San Carlos City boxer vies for IBO title
By Adrian Stewart Co Carlo Caesar Peñalosa of San Carlos City will be fighting for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) world flyweight championship later this month, August 25, against Mexican boxer Maximino Flores at the TV5 Studio in Quezon City. The fight is the Negrense boxer’s first opportunity at a world title belt after …
San Carlos City boxer vies for IBO title
By Adrian Stewart Co Carlo Caesar Peñalosa of San Carlos City will be fighting for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) world flyweight championship later this month, August 25, against Mexican boxer Maximino Flores at the TV5 Studio in Quezon City. The fight is the Negrense boxer’s first opportunity at a world title belt after …
Arroyo urges probe into dengue prevention programs
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III declared a nationwide dengue outbreak, Negros Occidental fifth district Rep. Ma. Lourdes Arroyo, who was recently named vice chair for the House Committee on Health, called for an inquiry into dengue prevention programs. She recently filed HR 205 as a means …
Swine birthing, lab center inaugurated in Cadiz City
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led yesterday’s inauguration of the Swine Artificial Insemination and Laboratory Center at the slaughterhouse compound in Cadiz City’s Barangay Tinampa-an. The facility, which cost P1.045 million seeks to improve the province’s livestock industry. The center includes a trinocular microscope, sterilizing/drier cabinet, water bath, among other features. The governor said …
‘Cultural Hub of Negros Occidental’ launches this weekend
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts will be launching their P5 million Cultural Hub of Negros Occidental at the Negros Museum in Bacolod City this weekend, August 10. The venue seeks to provide a platform to initiate and sustain local culture through the arts. Negros Cultural Foundation Inc. (NCF) President Lyn Gamboa said …
Japanese firms propose organic crop production project in Negros Occidental
Japanese firms Mitsunobu Nouen Co. Ltd., Atgreen Co. Ltd., and Tominaga, L. Nature Inc. recently presented their “Baby Leaf Project” to Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson at the Provincial Capitol. The project seeks to develop organic high-value commercial crop production in the province, starting with the production of baby leaf. The potential investors affirmed …
Thousands of commuters affected by bus service interruption
Ousted Vallacar chief takes over Bacolod South Terminal By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Thousands traveling between Bacolod City and southern Negros were affected after Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI), parent company of the Ceres bus liner, halted operations at the Bacolod South Terminal. Service was suspended after acting Philippine National Police-Supervisory Office for Security and Investigation …
Nearly a third of those killed in the Iloilo Strait were from Guimaras
According to a recent report released by the Joint Iloilo City-Guimaras Incident Command Post, of the 31 confirmed fatalities from last weekend’s tragedy in the Iloilo Strait, 10 were from Guimaras, the most of any area. While those originating from Guimaras comprised nearly two-thirds of the total individuals, the report also found, of the total …
NOPPO: Police, AFP control Negros Oriental
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the recent series of violent events in Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) director, Police Colonel Romeo Baleros, yesterday affirmed police and military forces are in full control of the province. According to the NOPPO chief, they have already taken the necessary steps to prevent violence in …