By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An additional 10,000 testing kits for the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) molecular laboratory in Silay City, Negros Occidental will arrive today. Mel Feliciano, Inter-Agency Task Force-Visayas chief deputy implementer, announced this during a meeting with provincial government officials and representatives of local government units in the 3rd district …
Monthly Archives: October 2020
DBP signs multi-billion credit deal with Compostela Steel, Inc.
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has signed a P5.7-billion long-term loan agreement with Compostela Steel Inc. (CSI), for the construction of its biggest steel-making facility located in Compostela, Cebu, a top official said. DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel G. Herbosa said the bank’s credit support to CSI, a subsidiary of Steel …
4 NPA insurgents arrested in Negros
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Four alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested last week in a checkpoint manned by elements of the 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) of the Philippine Army and police at Sitio Proper in Moises Padilla town’s Barangay Montilla. 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) spokesperson, Army Major Cenon Pancito III, …
San Enrique man arrested for drugs
A man was arrested following a buy-bust operation last Monday afternoon at Aguirre Street, located in San Enrique town’s Barangay Poblacion. Police identified the suspect as 32-year-old Gloven Jiloma, a resident of the said village’s Sitio Ubos. San Enrique OIC police chief, Police Captain Renante Salgado, said they confiscated six small heat-sealed sachets of suspected …
Huge drug hauls originated from Mindanao – NOPPO
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Intelligence Division of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) said the high-value drug seizures last month in the province’s San Carlos City, Sibulan town in Negros Oriental and Cebu City have all originated from Mindanao. Based on police investigation, the illegal drugs, placed in tea bags, were owned …
Bullet wounds found on remains of slain drug lord’s wife
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The La Carlota City police yesterday released their initial post mortem findings on the remains of Juliet Mercader, showing she had a total of four bullet wounds on her head. La Carlota City police chief, Police Lt. Colonel Joenel Guadalupe, said they believe two of the wounds are exit wounds, …
DOLE urged to probe forced Chinese labor
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA), a local labor rights group, is calling on the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to investigate a recent report of Chinese forced laborers being sent into the Philippines. GAWA Secretary-general Wennie Sancho said the allegations must be seriously probed by the Bureau …
Bacolodnons Chua, Montalbo in PBA virtual 3-pt shootout semis
By Adrian Stewart Co Bacolodnons Justin Chua of Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters and Kib Montalbo of TNT Tropang Giga moved on to the semifinals round of the PBA Three-point Shootout Charity Virtual Tournament following their quarterfinals win. Chua reached the next round of the competition after a 245-205 victory over Rain or Shine Elasto …
Bacolod-Iloilo fast craft trips still suspended
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Despite the recent downgrade of both Bacolod City and Iloilo City to general community quarantine (GCQ), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Negros Occidental said fast craft trips between the two cities remain suspended. PCG-Negros Occidental chief, Lt. Commander Jansen Benjamin, said they have not received any notice from …
Negros Occidental mourns death of ex-guv Marañon
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The province of Negros Occidental is mourning the demise of former Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. In a statement issued by Anna Marie Marañon-McConchie on behalf of the family, she said that her father passed away at 11:38 p.m. on October 1. He would have been 85 on December 21. “Due …