A female teacher was found dead inside her room in Purok 10, Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City on Wednesday. Police identified the fatality as 55-year-old Cecelia Adorador, a teacher at Aguisan Elementary School. Himamaylan City police disclosed that the witness, Joseph Villaflor, revealed that he found the victim lying on her bed inside her room, full …
Monthly Archives: August 2020
NegOcc PCG on ‘red alert’ following Jolo bombings
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Negros Occidental has been placed on “red alert” status following last Monday’s deadly twin bombings in Jolo, Sulu which killed at least 15 people and wounded over 75 others. PCG-Negros Occidental chief, Lt. Commander Jansen Benjamin, said the heightened alert was being enforced since …
Negrense Nonoy, Abando, Cuajao not leaving UST
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense guard Mark Nonoy, Rhenz Abando and Vince Deo Cuajao have no plans to leave the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers despite being pirated by several UAAP and NCAA-based schools. Jax Chua of Phenom Sports Management, who handles the careers of the said players, said they are not entertaining …
First unified Hiligaynon morning show ‘GMA Regional TV Early Edition’ to brighten mornings starting Aug 31
Two years after it launched the pioneering unified Hiligaynon newscast “One Western Visayas,” GMA Regional TV (RTV) blazes a trail anew as it brings Kapuso viewers in Western Visayas the first-ever unified Hiligaynon TV morning show “GMA Regional TV Early Edition.” Airing weekdays at 8:00 a.m. beginning August 31 via GMA Iloilo and GMA Bacolod, …
NegOcc seeks travel ban anew on OFW trips
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Hotels, inns in Bacolod ‘overwhelmed’ over influx of repatriates Hotels and inns in Bacolod City are “overwhelmed” by the influx of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the province forcing the provincial government to ask for another moratorium. Dr. Zeaphard Gerhart Caelian, Provincial Incidence Management Team head, said that Negros …
CLMMRH chief raises doubts over Covid-19 mass testing
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The head of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) has raised questions over the proposed “time-out weekend” scheduled to begin on Friday to give way to the mass testing of 10,000 symptomatic individualsfor coronavirus disease 2019, or Covid-19, in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental. CLMMRH head Dr. Julius …
DOLE chief supports bill on OFW Sovereign Fund
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through Secretary Silvestre Bello III conveyed its support to House Bill No. 530, or An Act Creating the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Sovereign Fund, authored by Representative Joseph Stephen “Caraps” Paduano of Abang Lingkod Party-list. Bello relayed DOLE’s support to the bill in …
PDEA seizes P374K ‘shabu’in Bacolod
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An estimated P374,000 worth of suspected shabu was confiscated in a buy-bust operation at Purok Mahilum in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mansilingan on Monday. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency VI (PDEA-6) identified the arrested drug suspects as Joebern Hermosura and Fernando Tandoy. Both were identified as high-value drug targets. PDEA agents recovered …
Negros Occidental crime rate continues to drop
The crime rate in Negros Occidental has decreased by 38.56% during the August 17 to 23, 2020 period compared to the August 10 to 16 period. According to Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO), there were only eight incidents during the recent week compared to 13 in the previous week. Records also show that NOPPO …
556 Negrense LSIs return from Cebu
Around 556 locally stranded individuals (LSIs) originating from the town of Tabuelan in Cebu have arrived at the Danao Port in Escalante City, Negros Occidental late Monday night. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Negros Occidental chief, Lt. Commander Jansen Benjamin, said 42 service vehicles from different local government units in Negros Occidental, as well as the …