By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An estimated P150,000 worth of damage was recorded following a residential fire along Galo-Lopez Jaena Street in Bacolod City’s Barangay 20 yesterday morning. Based on information released by arson investigators from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) – Bacolod City, the fire started past 9:00 a.m. and may have started …
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Leonardia leads LCP fund-raising campaign for typhoon-hit cities
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia is leading the “aggressive fund-raising campaign” of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) to help member-cities badly hit by super typhoon “Rolly” and typhoons “Quinta” and “Ulysses.” As the of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), “The key is in the campaign,” said LCP national president …
Ilongga Hermosura: Bacolod Tay Tung transfer a career move
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Ilongga volleyball standout Ana Hermosura has no regrets with her move to the Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts even if it means her being away from her family. The 14-year-old Hermosura said that it was not an easy decision to transfer to Thunderbolts from Sto. Niño Sur Elementary School but …
Meralco’s Hugnatan denies accusing refs of game rigging
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolodnon center Reynel Hugnatan of Meralco Bolts denied he was the one who accused referees of game rigging in their 91-84 defeat to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings in Game 3 of the 2020 PBA Philippine Cup semifinals on Sunday night. In an interview with Spin.ph, the Bacolod City-native center said …
Morris shuns Clippers, re-signs with Lakers
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Markieff Morris will remain with defending champions Los Angeles Lakers after agreeing to a one-year veteran minimum deal on Monday (Tuesday in the Philippines). According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Morris opted to remain with the Lakers despite also being offered a deal by the Los Angeles Clippers for a …
110 Years For the Filipino: Lessons of hope, courage, and overcoming the pandemic
Eleven decades and one would think, you’ve seen them all. But each of these periods is unique unto themselves; they are different from each other with their own distinctive highlights. What is certain is that Insular Life (InLife) has been for the Filipino all these 110 years. And these past 11 decades presented interesting experiences …
Himamaylan City Hall on lockdown
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Himamaylan City Hall was placed on lockdown yesterday, as two of its employees underwent reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for possible coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, infection. Himamaylan City Mayor Raymund Tongson said in a Facebook post that the two employees are assigned at the City Mayor’s …
NegOcc set to approve P4.4B 2021 budget today
The Bacolod City government distributed 9,800 face shields to the vendors at the Burgos, Central and Libertad public markets; flower market; Manokan Country; and to the public utility jeepneys, tricycle and trisikad drivers. The face shields came from the city disaster risk reduction and management office. The Sangguniang Panlungsod recently passed City Ordinance 944 that …
Loving God by loving others
We sometimes wonder how we can truly know and love God who is so supernatural and mysterious as to make us doubt whether we can have that possibility. We should wonder no more, because no matter how hard and apparently impossible that endeavor may be, all we have to do is to know and love …
Toboso man nabbed for attempted, frustrated murder
A “habal-habal” driver from Toboso town in Negros Occidental was arrested for attempted and frustrated murder charges at Bangga 9 in Bacolod City’s Barangay Sum-ag around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 22. Police identified the suspect as 29-year-old Mariano Baylosis, Jr. alias “Sadam,” a resident of Sitio Kanagka-an in Barangay General Luna, Toboso. Joint operatives …