Leonardia: Police are supposed to be on guard After Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, in response to requests from local vendors associations, issued an executive order allowing vendors to set up at the Bacolod Public Plaza despite street vendors across the city earlier being cleared as part of a nationwide order from President Rodrigo Duterte, …
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Report: Remittances outpace local monthly incomes
19% of households report regularly running out of money Based on a recently-released report by international money transfer processing company UniTeller, monthly remittances are reportedly outpacing the monthly income of low-income families in the Philippines by 2.5 times. According to the report, the monthly remittance amount being sent back to the Philippines intended for low-income …
BSP warns Ilonggos vs. fake bills this holiday season
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in Iloilo reminded the public yesterday to be vigilant against counterfeit bank notes that might be introduced into circulation this holiday season. Lowen Andrew Ligad, bank officer II of BSP-Iloilo, said in an interview that although there is no recorded case of fake bills in Iloilo this month, the …
Bill lowering gov’t retirement age gets final House nod
The House of Representatives yesterday overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading a measure lowering the optional retirement age of government employees from 60 to 56. With 192 affirmative votes, zero negative votes, and no abstention, the chamber passed House Bill 5509, which seeks to amend Section 13-A of Republic Act 8291, otherwise known as …
Local amusement park offers work program
Magikland, the first outdoor theme park in the Visayas, recently welcomed nine Efegenio Lizares National High School senior high school students as the first batch in the attraction’s work exposure program. The program came about following the signing of an agreement between Magikland owner, Aton Land and Leisure Inc., and the school. Negros Occidental third …
Extra bonus for government employees to be revealed today
Negros Occidental provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, yesterday revealed the provincial government has amassed a total savings of P323 million from personnel services, which will fund an additional bonus for 3,197 regular and contractual government employees. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is expected to announce the amount during the workers’ Christmas party, which takes place today …
BCPO director: Tan was killed by ‘professional gunmen’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director, Police Colonel Henry Biñas, said the assassins who gunned down the elder brother of former Bacolod City Councilor Ricardo Tan, businessman Roberto ‘Kaishek’ Tan, were “professional gunmen.” He noted, based on the investigator’s report, the gunshots on the car’s window were close to each …
Calatrava town local shot dead
A resident of Barangay Mina-utok in Calatrava town was shot dead by three suspects, 12:30 a.m. on Sunday at Sitio Perssons of the said barangay. OIC police chief, Police Major Rocky Desear, identified the victim as Amado Granton Sabanal, 62, and resident of the place. The suspects were also identified as Macky Tapang, 22; Johnny Patok, …
Lacson administration unveils 2020 priorities
The administration of Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson will prioritize three major areas next year. According to provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, the governor revealed during the recent Provincial Development Council meeting that he will focus on repairs to the Panaad Stadium, promoting disaster preparedness, and improving road networks. The Panaad is set to …
Drug suspect arrested in Cadiz City buy-bust op
A resident of Barangay Tinampaan in Cadiz City was arrested around 7:05 in the evening Sunday at the city’s public market. Marjun Siaton Lucente, 24, single and a resident of Purok Cubay Narra, yielded five elongated sachets of suspected shabu including a buy-bust item worth P10, 000. The suspect is detained at Cadiz City PNP …