A man who was believed to be drowned was found dead at Sitio Pangahuyan 2, located in Escalante City’s Barangay Washington. Escalante City police said the victim identified as 33-year-old Loville Ramos Liboon of the said city was found floating in the sea last Friday morning. According to investigators, the man was said to be …
Monthly Archives: September 2020
Pag-IBIG Fund grants grace period and offers special loan restructuring to aid borrowers
Pag-IBIG Fund’s top officials announced on Friday, September 25, that the agency has granted a 60-day grace period on all loan payments and is offering a special loan restructuring program for home loan borrowers in its efforts to provide members financial relief amid the pandemic. Secretary Eduardo D. del Rosario, Chairman of the Department of …
Salary loan applications via SSS Mobile App re-enabled
The Social Security System (SSS) announced that its salary loan application with mandatory bank disbursement through the SSS Mobile App is made available again after a new version of the application was released recently. The new version of the said app also re-enabled the downloading of the PDF file of Payment Reference Numbers (PRN) after …
Bago City ‘drive-thru’ Covid-19 testing underway
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bago City government is now operating its “drive-thru” swab testing as part of the city’s campaign against Covid-19. The first of its kind among local government units in the province, the testing station is located at the front yard of the ABAP Gym and was able to swab 21 …
NegOcc 3rd district requests 18,000 test kits
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The office of Negros Occidental 3rd district Congressman Francisco “Kiko” Benitez has requested 18,000 Covid-19 test kits in order to boost the district’s supplies as part of the opening of the Metro 3rd Emergency Operations Center. The said test kits are expected to arrive this week. Negros Occidental Board Member …
Charcoal maker stabbed to death in San Carlos
A 30-year-old charcoal maker was stabbed dead last Tuesday night, September 22, at Sitio Bale, located in San Carlos City’s Barangay Palampas. Based on a report by San Carlos City police, victim Manuelito Rizaldo of Greenville Bato in the city’s Barangay Rizal sustained multiple stabbed wounds in the body. Police said Rizaldo was sleeping at …
2 killed in Sagay motorcycle collision
A motorcycle driver and his back rider were killed after they collided with another motorcycle around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23, at Purok San Jose 2 in Sagay City’s Barangay Poblacion. Police identified the victims as Adan Pesanon of Barangay Bunga in Don Salvador Benedicto town and Jerson Delagao of Barangay Poblacion 2. Sagay …
Slain police chief’s gun recovered from NPA leader
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) said the Glock 9mm pistol they recovered from one of the suspected leaders of the New People’s Army (NPA) who were arrested earlier this week was the service firearm of slain Police Lt. Colonel Arnel Arpon. Arpon, a resident of Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, was …
Lacson bucks proposal for gradual lifting of restrictions, lockdowns
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said that this is “not the right time to relax.” Lacson’s statement is in reaction to the statement of a group of doctors and businessmen recommending for preventive healthcare and the gradual lifting of Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns in the country. The Concerned Doctors …