By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Although the issue of bonuses for the employees of the provincial government of Negros Occidental is still facing some uncertainty, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz announced that the provincial capitol employees will receive a hike in their salary next year. According to Diaz, the funds for the Salary Standardization Law …
Monthly Archives: November 2020
NOPPO records 5 active COVID cases
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) confirmed that they currently have five active coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, cases among their ranks. NOPPO public information officer, Police Lt. Abegael Donasco, said the active cases consisted of four police officers and one non-uniformed personnel. Donasco did not reveal any further …
Manapla’s No. 8 most wanted person nabbed
Negros Occidental’s Manapla town’s No. 8 most wanted person was arrested Friday afternoon, November 13, at Sitio Locdo in the town’s Barangay 1-A. Manapla Police Station chief, Police Captain Jaynick Bermudez, identified the suspect as 35-year-old Robert Along, a resident of the said village. Along’s apprehension was staged on the strength of an arrest warrant …
Woman caught selling ‘drugs’
Silay City police arrested a woman in a buy-bust operation at Sitio Guaan in the city’s Barangay Balaring on Friday, November 13. Silay City police chief, Police Major Rollie Pondevilla, said the suspect, 33-year-old Geralyn Aguas, is a “street-level” drug target. Police confiscated 11 heat-sealed sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P20,400. The suspect …
NegOcc farmers association receive P22M worth of equipment
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson turned over a total of P22.32 million worth of farm machineries and equipment to the members of the Federation of Irrigators’ Association Central Negros – Bago River Irrigation System (FIACN-BRIS) on Friday, November 13, at the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in Bago City. The …
Digital payments
The Next Normal will no doubt require a radical rethinking of how we approach interactions services, including how we make and receive payments. Digital payment systems offer the best approach for streamlining financial transactions, and will make it easier for us to keep a safe distance from others. In the World Bank’s 2020 Philippines Digital …
Knowing and loving God
Many people often ask about how they would be able to know and love God. The question is understandable, since God is and will always be a mystery to us. No matter how much we try, we can never know and love him fully or enough. And yet it is actually easy also to know …
Is there evidence against de Lima?
Senator Leila de Lima has been in detention for drug charges longer than she was able to physically comply with her mandate, a position she won in 2016. What has stretched the trial for so long is the array of prosecution witnesses, around 20 of them, who are being presented to prove the government’s case …
Phoenix vs TNT in PBA PH Cup semis
By Adrian Stewart Co Matthew Wright drained a go-ahead triple as Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters escaped with an 89-88 victory over Magnolia Hotshots in the 2020 PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals on Saturday at the AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center in Pampanga. Trailing 86-88 following a two-pointer by Hotshots’ Ian Sangalang, Wright beat the …
Starlite Ferries starts twice weekly services between Batangas, Bacolod via Iloilo
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Starlite Ferries started over the weekend its twice weekly services from Batangas City going to Bacolod City via Iloilo City. The M/V Starlite Venus is a brand new roll-on/roll-off passenger vessel and was assigned for the twice weekly route. Built in the Kegoya Dockyards in Japan, the P900-million vessel was …