Hontiveros calls for probe into anti-NPA group By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, which is chaired by Senator Ronald dela Rosa, held a public hearing yesterday on the series of murders and violence recently recorded in Negros. The hearing was organized after Senator Risa Hontiveros filed a …
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Yanson reconciliation talks may begin next week
According to Roy Yanson, reconciliation talks among their clan, which runs Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI), parent company of the Ceres bus liner, may begin next week, September 4. He said he had earlier visited his mother, Olivia Yanson, at her home, where they spoke for two hours. “We want our mother to know our feelings,” …
Negros dioceses sign memorandum with military, police
Diocese official: Military is not the solution to the insurgency problem Negros church leaders recently entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) by forming the Church-Military-Police (CMP) Forum. The assembly will serve as an institutional platform for dialogue on the island. The …
Consumer lawyer recommends PPP for Baciwa
Atty. Enrique Tabino, a lawyer who represents Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) consumer, said it is “high time” the local utility firm enter into a public-private partnership (PPP). He cited financial limitations as a reason for the proposal. “The finances of Baciwa [are] limited in so far as operation is concerned,” he explained. Tabino added, …
Central Visayas police chief wants 2,000 more cops for Negros Oriental
The recruitment of 2,000 cops solely for Negros Oriental may help “partially” address the spate of killings and violence in that province, Central Visayas’ top cop told a Senate panel yesterday. Police Regional Office 7 (PRO7) chief Brigadier General Debold Sinas made the suggestion at the Senate inquiry into the Negros killings of the Senate …
Foreign national arrested after Villamonte bar brawl
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Norwegian-national was arrested last Sunday after he allegedly struck another foreign national with a beer bottle inside a bar in Bacolod City’s Barangay Villamonte. Police identified the arrested suspect as 50-year-old Harold Harrison Green, a resident of Helvetia Heights in the said barangay. Based on investigations by Police Station …
Gasataya to call on DPWH to look into drainage problem
Following a visit to Sum-ag National High School last week, Bacolod City lone district Rep. Greg Gasataya said he will call upon the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to look into a drainage problem that has caused flooding and resulted in stagnant water collecting around the campus. “I will request the Department of …
UNO-R mass communication alumni take their oaths of office
University president: We are here to evangelize Newly-elected officers of the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) Mass Communication Alumni Association recently took their oaths of office at the UNO-R Mass Communication studio over the weekend. Glazyl Masculino, a reporter for Iloilo City-based newspaper, the Daily Guardian, was sworn-in as president. “This is the first-ever alumni …
Iloilo small town lottery firm may close down
Red Subay Gaming Corporation, an authorized small town lottery firm operating throughout Iloilo, may be forced to shut down due to an inability to comply with terms set by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). After President Rodrigo Duterte halted all small town lottery operations last month due to PCSO corruption allegations, operations were cleared …
PDEA hauls P2M worth of shabu in Dumaguete City bust
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Oriental Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) hauled an estimated P2 million worth of shabu late Monday night following a buy-bust operation in Dumaguete City’s Barangay Cadawinonan. Police identified the arrested suspect as 25-year-old Jerick Calugcugan, a high-value drug target and resident of the said area. Based on information …