After a truck carrying law enforcement personnel crashed last weekend in Alimodian’s Barangay Ginomoy, killing four police officers and leaving another 31 injured, Police Lt. Colonel Leo Batiles, who served as Police Regional Office 6 (PR0-6) Regional Mobile Force Battalion commander, was relieved from his post on Sunday. PRO-6 director, Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan, …
Monthly Archives: March 2020
3ID commander slams NPA for ‘hampering’ drive for peace
Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) commander, Army Major General Eric Vinoya, slammed New People’s Army (NPA) Apolinario Gatmaitan Command spokesperson Ka Juanito Magbanua for criticizing the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict in Negros Occidental and rejecting localized peace talks. According to the military official, Magbanua needs to enlighten himself on the …
Tay Tung remains undefeated in Silay City volleyball tournament
Bacolod Tay Tung High School, which is competing for the JGM Dreams Foundation, remains undefeated in the ongoing Negros Volleyball Federation Age-Group Volleyball Tournament in Silay City. They won their second straight win last Sunday with a 25-21, 21-25, 25-23 win over the Trinity Christian School in the 17-and-Under category. “It was a total team …
82nd UAAP women’s volleyball season
12 Western Visayas players to suit up A total of 12 volleyball players from the Western Visayas are expected to suit up for the 82nd UAAP women’s volleyball season, which kicks off today at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Aduke Ogunsaya of Dumangas, Bacolodnon player Michelle Cobb, and Silay City …
SJI wins Antique 3×3 league
The St. John’s Institute (SJI) won the Antique leg of the MDC Sports Inc. 3×3 League over the weekend at the Binirayan Sports Complex in San Jose de Buenavista. The SJI squad of Simon Limsiaco, Lance Soberano, Christopher Thomas Ong, and Luke Kumar won the 10-and-Under division; while Tabby Aldwyn Espartero, Ryton Celis, Carlos Miguel …
Brazilian-style football academy to host modules in Talisay City
By Adrian Stewart Co Dolphins FC Football Academy owner John Carmona, a former national team player, recently announced they would be partnering with Singapore-based Brazilian Jericho Soccer Academy (BJSA) in an effort to develop football in Negros Occidental. According to their website, BJSA was created with the intention of teaching Brazilian-style soccer to …
PECO’s body, More Power’s soul
“The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.” －Charles Horton Cooley The More Electric and Power Corporation (More Power) is a soul without a body; in order for it to exist …
Be always on guard
That’s simply because our life will always be in some warfare. And it is not so much in the outside or the visible world as in the inside or the invisible aspects of our life. Our war will be more in our mind, heart and soul, in our thoughts, desires, intentions, memory, imagination, feelings and …
The ‘Rape of Manila’ remembered
The battle to re-take Manila from Japanese hands (Feb. 3 to Feb. 29, 1945) was raging. On the eighth day, “a squad of Japanese soldiers entered the Red Cross Building and proceeded to shoot and bayonet everyone in the building, including staff doctors, patients and young babies, nurses and refugees. Nurses pleaded for the lives …
Liver, cancer, bad teeth
People with poor oral health may be at higher risk of liver cancer. A study conducted at the Queen’s University Belfast shows that poor oral health increases the risk of liver cancer by 75 percent. “Poor oral health has been associated with the risk of several chronic diseases, such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes,” …