By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Eight sugar migrant workers or “sacadas” have now contracted the coronavirus disease 2019, or Covid-19. Provincial Incident Management Team head Zeaphard Caelian said they recorded two new infected sacadas on Thursday. The latest cases were immediately placed in isolation. According to Caelian the number of sacadas who have arrived in …
Monthly Archives: October 2020
Bacolod’s BacTrac system studied by NegOcc gov’t
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The provincial government of Negros Occidental is currently studying a proposal to implement a system similar to Bacolod City’s BacTrac system as part of the ongoing efforts to address the Covid-19 cases in the province. Provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, said they need to study the system first as …
Prepare for the worst scenario
If we are truly smart and clever, which is what Christ himself told us when he said, “Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves,” (Mt 10, 16) we would be preparing for the worst scenario every time we plan or launch a project, a business, an enterprise. This is simply because despite our best …
‘Hell hath no fury like a woman solon scorned’
“You just gotta keep going and fighting for everything, and one day you’ll get to where you want.” – Naomi Osaka Not all partylist representatives in the Philippines are given the chance to shine, much less catapult in the limelight by making it in the banner story of reputable media outlets—unless their names already …
Culture as an Economic Resource
The Senate’s Finance Committee recently had a hearing on the 2021 budgets of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and its attached agencies. There, I encouraged the NCCA to coordinate with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on an ongoing project to paint murals on the walls and banks along the Pasig …
Ex-brgy kagawad shot dead
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A former barangay kagawad of Barangay Malasibog in Escalante City was shot dead by unidentified suspects at the national highway of Sitio Tanquinto in the city’s Barangay Mabini, Thursday evening. Police identified the fatality as 60-year-old Ernesto Valiente, a resident of Sitio Balok in Barangay Malasibog. Escalante City police …
Hog raiser shot dead by neighbor in Isabela
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A hog raiser was killed after he was shot by his neighbor around late Thursday afternoon at Sitio Proper in Isabela town’s Barangay San Agustin Police identified the fatality as 59-year-old Jesus Fabillar, a resident of the said place. Isabela town police said Fabillar was feeding their pigs at …
2 Antique murder suspects arrested in Murcia
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two murder suspects from Antique were arrested by police in two separate places in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town last Thursday. Police identified the suspects as 65-year-old Ramon Nario and 55-year-old Romeo Pantaleon, all of Sitio Calawgan Centro Sur in Tibiao town in Antique. Judge Mario Andres, Jr. of the …
2 arrested in Cadiz City buy-bust
Two men were arrested following a buy-bust operation around 5:42 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, at Cabahug Street in Cadiz City’s Barangay Zone 2. Police identified the suspects as 38-year-old Pepito Prizaldo alias “Eting” of East Proper in Barangay Zone 1 and 34-year-old Joel Diez of Purok Mainuswagon, Barangay Zone 2 Personnel of Cadiz City …
Over 2,000 tourism-related workers displaced in NegOcc
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A total of 2,222 tourism-related workers were displaced in Negros Occidental due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Data from the Provincial Tourism Office showed that of the total number, majority of those displaced are working in accommodation facilities pegged at 954 workers. Also incurring big job losses are workers from …