A resident of Bago City’s Barangay Abuanan was arrested Monday afternoon following a buy-bust at Purok Sampaguita, located in the said neighborhood. Authorities identified the arrested suspect as 35-year-old Ryan Llanes, who serves as a carpenter for the barangay. The bust was led by Bago City Police Station chief, Police Major John Joel Batusbatusan, and …
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Sugar Industry Foundation assists typhoon victims in Capiz
The Sugar Industry Foundation Inc. (SIFI) held a medical-dental mission in President Roxas, Capiz last week for locals whose homes were damaged by Typhoon “Ursula,” which struck the area last December. “The services rendered by all parties involved contributed greatly to the success of the mission, benefitting mostly those whose homes were severely affected by …
Barangay carpenter arrested in Bago City bust
A resident of Bago City’s Barangay Abuanan was arrested Monday afternoon following a buy-bust at Purok Sampaguita, located in the said neighborhood. Authorities identified the arrested suspect as 35-year-old Ryan Llanes, who serves as a carpenter for the barangay. The bust was led by Bago City Police Station chief, Police Major John Joel Batusbatusan, and …
Silay City drug offender arrested
A Silay City drug offender was arrested Monday afternoon at Purok Ipil-Ipil in the city’s Barangay Mambulac. Authorities identified the suspect as 42-year-old John Alba Villa (alias ‘Barkley’), a resident of the said neighborhood. Silay City Police Station officer-in-charge, Police Major Rollie Pondevilla, said law enforcement officers confiscated 11 sachets of suspected shabu, weighing around …
Bacolodnon killed after truck falls from cliff in Bayawan City
Police: Accident caused by faulty brakes A native of Bacolod City died last Monday afternoon after the truck they were riding plunged off a cliff at Sitio Balaobalaoan in Bayawan City’s Barangay Nangka. Authorities identified the fatality as 19-year-old Jake Osyal Librando. According to police, the truck operated by 28-year-old Jemar Araneta Jison, which was …
Community support program held in San Carlos City
The Western Visayas for Serbisyo Negrosanon-Retooled Community Support Program, a joint effort by the Negros Occidental Provincial Government, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine National Police, and Philippine Army to look into insurgency-related problems, visited San Carlos City earlier this week. San Carlos City Mayor Renato Gustilo led the event, which saw …
‘One-stop shop’ sought for Baciwa, Bacolod Housing Authority
The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting the Bacolod Housing Authority and Bacolod City Water District organize a “one-stop shop” in the city’s Barangay Vista Alegre from February 12 to 14 in order to expedite water service connection applications for residents of the Abada Escay relocation site. “The onsite one-stop shop will save time, money, …
Provincial gov’t initiates preparations for nCoV
The Negros Occidental provincial government initiated preparations to combat the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) with the Provincial Infectious Disease Action and Control Council, led by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, convening yesterday. During the meeting, the governor issued an executive order activating the Barangay Health Emergency Response Team and creating an nCoV task force in order …
Sanctions proposed against NegOcc hospitals that refuse nCoV patients
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Board plans to impose sanctions against private hospitals in the province that refuse suspected 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) patients. According to Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, who presides of the local legislative body, “We will formulate a provincial ordinance by next week based on a …
Local sugar industry is at a ‘crossroads’ –former NegOcc governor
Coscolluela: Either ‘accept the reality of competition’ or protectionism Former Negros Occidental Governor Rafael Coscolluela said the local sugar industry is currently at a “crossroads” and it must decide to either “accept the reality of competition” or “continue to insist on protectionism.” In an exclusive interview with Watchmen Daily Journal, the former governor pointed out, …