Pag-IBIG Fund members saved P36.95 billion during the first nine months of 2019, growing 26 percent year-on-year and setting a new record for the highest amount saved by members for any January to September period. “We are happy that more Filipino workers are saving with the Pag-IBIG Fund. The trust and confidence in our savings …
Monthly Archives: November 2019
Cebu Pacific welcomes second batch of cadet pilots
Search for next batch of Cebu Pacific Cadet Pilots opens A second batch of cadet pilots from Cebu Pacific successfully completed 56 weeks of rigorous and complex training at the prestigious Flight Training Adelaide (FTA) in Australia and are set to join the pilot corps of the Philippines’ leading carrier. The second batch of …
Bank linked with the Capitol Lagoon ‘willing to transfer’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After the Negros Occidental Provincial Board previously approved a resolution ejecting the Negros Cooperative Bank from an agreement pertaining to the Capitol Park and Lagoon, the financial insitutiton announced they would be “willing to transfer” but need time. According to bank manager Phoebe Tongson, in response to Negros Occidental Governor …
Bago City Invitational Fancy Drill competition takes place today
As part of Bago City’s annual Cinco de Noviembre observance, which begins today, the 11th Bago City Invitational Fancy Drill competition is set to take place throughout the day. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and Citizen Army Training units from eight local schools are scheduled to participate with a street competition in the morning and an …
Pork siomai confiscated at Iloilo Terminal Market
Local Economic Enterprise Office (LEEO) head Ariel Castañeda recently revealed 11 packs of pork siomai were confiscated from Iloilo Terminal Market after they were found to have originated from Antipolo City. The city is located in Rizal, where an African swine fever outbreak has been declared. An earlier executive order by Iloilo City Mayor Jerry …
Motorcyclist injured after losing control of vehicle in Toboso
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A motorcyclist was injured Sunday afternoon after he lost control of his vehicle and crashed in Toboso’s Barangay Tabun-ac. Police identified the operator as 32-year-old Melbert Mata, a resident of Barangay Daga in Cadiz City. Based on investigation by Toboso municipal police, Mata was heading towards San Carlos City when …
63 kg of ‘hot meat’ confiscated in Banago
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A total of 63 kilograms worth of ‘hot meat,’ which refers to meat that was illegally slaughtered, was seized by members of Bacolod City’s Task Force Botagoy following two separate operations in the city’s Barangay Banago. Task Force head Edward Martin Pinaga said the operations commenced after receiving a complaint …
Two drug offenders nabbed in Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two street-level drug suspects were arrested late Sunday night following a buy-bust operation at Purok 5 in Bacolod City’s Barangay Singcang-Airport. Police identified the arrested suspects as 47-year-old Wilson Alparito and 37-year-old Ian Moreno, both residents of the said area. Police Station 8 (PS8) commander, Police Major Charles Gever, said …
Cinco de Noviembre is a special non-working holiday in Negros Occidental
The annual Cinco de Noviembre observance, which is celebrated today in Negros Occidental and commemorates the 1898 Negros Revolution, is a special non-working holiday according to RA 6709, which signed into law in 1989 by then-President Corazon Aquino. The special non-working holiday designation comes with adjusted pay schedules. Those working are entitled to 30 percent …
USLS alumni donate solar-powered lanterns to La Carlota City communities
Two University of St. La Salle (USLS) alumni groups donated 61 solar-powered lanterns to Sitos Nanilab and Tininawan in La Carlota City last week. The USLS Graduate School Class of 1964 and USLS High School Class of 1968 took part in the turnover at the Barangay Ara-al gym. Barangay Kagawad Jose Garfil, Jr. welcomed the …