The Alaska Aces have sent guard Simon Enciso to the TNT KaTropa, the PBA announced yesterday afternoon. In exchange, Alaska acquired the rights to Mike Digregorio along with TNT’s second round pick in 2023. Enciso, a second round draft pick in 2015, had stints in NLEX and Phoenix before arriving in Alaska in 2017. He …
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Tsitsipas whips Zverev as top names crash at ATP Cup
SYDNEY, Australia – Stefanos Tsitsipas whipped an error-strewn Alexander Zverev to win the battle of the big guns at the ATP Cup on Sunday, inflicting a second successive defeat on the German in his warm-up for the Australian Open. On day three of the inaugural 24-nation team event in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, world number …
Outreach program held for child laborers in Capiz
The Department of Labor and Employment-Capiz (DOLE-Capiz) field office, in coordination with the Public Employment Service Office-Panay and Barangay Navitas of Panay, Capiz, conducted an outreach program last month for 50 child laborers in the municipality. The program, dubbed Project Angel Tree, discourages the practice of child labor and seeks involvement from parents and the …
Iloilo City planning housing development for city employees
The Iloilo City government revealed they are planning to construct condominium housing for city employees. According to Mayor Jerry P. Treñas, a 120-unit development will be built this year in the Jaro district’s Barangay San Isidro. Initial estimates for the development are projected to be P88 million. “We have the property and we also have …
Live-in partners nabbed in Silay City buy-bust op
A couple was nabbed following a drug buy-bust operation around 2:15 p.m. on Sunday at Bonbon Newsite in Silay City’s Barangay E. Lopez. Police Major Rollie Pondevilla, Silay City OIC police chief, said they recovered eight sachets of suspected shabu using a P4,000 buy-bust money from the suspects identified as Ceasar Parreno, 62, and Ma. …
10 injured in Iloilo’s truck-jeep collision
Ten passengers were injured when a jeepney with Igbaras-Iloilo route was bumped by a delivery truck around 8:40 a.m. yesterday in Barangay Nanga in Iloilo’s Guimbal town. Confined at the town’s district hospital for minor injuries were Jerson Torrato; Lovely Jocel Tuvilla; Rojelso Revilles; Girlie Caguia; Salvador Evalle; Carl Lester Duran; Noel Erasvelo; Arlene Duran; …
Brothers killed in Cauayan road mishap
Two tricycle riders were killed after a collision with a van around 6:00 p.m. on Sunday in Cauayan town’s Barangay Caliling. Police identified the victims as Romar, 38, widower, and his brother Remenie Coriento Olpenda, 27, single, both residents of the town’s Barangay Guijulngan. The two were rushed to the town’s district hospital for medical …
‘State-of-the-art’ command center planned for Negros Occidental
Following yesterday’s flag-raising ceremony at the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson announced plans for a P25 million “state-of-the-art” command center for the province. He noted, the facility will be located at the Panaad Stadium and that the P25 million is intended to fund the 911 emergency communication network. The …
Panaad sa Negros Festival 2020
Grandstand will not be available for events Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday announced the Panaad Grandstand will not be available for use in this year’s Panaad sa Negros Festival due to impending renovations of the Panaad Park and Stadium. He explained, while the grandstand will be the first area to undergo repairs, other …
Lacson admits ‘frustration’ over delayed infrastructure projects
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday admitted he is “frustrated” over the continued delay of major infrastructure projects. “We verbally informed them to hasten the completion of projects contracted to private contractors which, until now, have not been turned over to the provincial government,” the governor said. Lacson added, …