“An arrogant person considers himself perfect; this is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person’s main task in life—becoming a better person.” –Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy This topic has been discussed several times in the past, the way in which public utility vehicle operators, particularly tricycle drivers, are two-faced. They cry in …
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Two injured following crash in Leon
Two people were injured after the motorcycle they were riding crashed into a canal over the weekend in Leon’s Barangay Bucari. The two victims, 18-year-old Jason Candiolada and 19-year-old Jerson Cabelas, both town residents, are currently confined at the Western Visayas Medical Center. According to a police report, the motorcycle, which was being operated by …
Cauayan man stabbed to death by nephew
A man was stabbed to death by his 18-year-old nephew last Sunday at Purok 10 in Cauayan’s Barangay Poblacion. Authorities identified the fatality as 50-year-old Bernard Cabato Zamora of the said neighborhood. According to Cauayan Police Station officer-in-charge, Police Major Lowell Garinganao, the victim suffered stab wounds to the left thigh and succumbed to excessive …
Minor struck and killed by SUV in Valladolid
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A three-year-old boy was killed after he was struck by a sport utility vehicle over the weekend in Valladolid’s Barangay Poblacion. Police have requested anonymity for the victim, who was a resident of the said area. Valladolid Municipal Police Station traffic investigators said the vehicle, which was driven by 43-year-old …
Sugar Industry Foundation awards P20K in story writing contest
The Sugar Industry Foundation Inc. (SIFI) recently awarded Rene P. Sellado P20,000 for winning a story writing competition, which recognizes a former SIFI scholar from the Asociacion de Hacenderos de Silay-Saravia Inc. whose parents were laborers in the sugar industry. Judges reviewed a total 23 entries. Sellado’s story, “Mamumugon,” recounted his life from a sugar …
Dinagyang Festival 2020
ICPO: Festivities were peaceful Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) director, Police Colonel Martin Defensor, said this year’s Dinagyang Festival was peaceful. “We achieved our goal, which was to record zero major criminal incidents throughout the entire Dinagyang Festival,” he stated. In terms of other incidents, ICPO reports three cases of physical injury, which is lower …
UNO-R groups to hold Media Expo 2020
The University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) Mass Communication Society and Mass Comm Alumni Association will hold Media Expo 2020 next month, February 28, at the UNO-R campus. The event will include an “advocacy challenge;” along with news writing, radio broadcasting, and spoken word poetry contests. At least 10 scholarships are up for grabs. Schools across …
Guanzon: Beware of fake partylist groups
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, who was in Cadiz City over the weekend for the Dinagsa Festival, warned voters of “fake partylist groups.” The elections official affirmed she would not hesitate to deny applications from such groups when seeking accreditation. “If somebody files a petition on the grounds that it is not really …
Comelec official lobbies for ‘advanced voting’
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, who attended the Dinagsa Festival in Cadiz City over the weekend, recently advocated for “advanced voting” for marginalized communities, along with the use of a mobile app for overseas voters. The elections official said she would make the “advanced voting” proposal before the Comelec En Banc, which would …
303IB commander visits 62IB troops in Isabela
Philippine Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (303IB) commander, Army Colonel Inocencio Pasaporte, visited troops of the 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) in Isabela’s Barangay Libas over the weekend. He was welcomed with the traditional military honors and received by 62IB commander, Lt. Colonel Egberto Dacoscos, together with his battalion staff. Pasaporte assumed the post of brigade commander …