Bago City in Negros Occidental is Department of Agriculture’s top rice-producing city in Western Visayas for 2019. This was revealed by Bago City agriculturist Carlito Indencia to Mayor Nicholas Yulo after the announcement came out earlier this week. This is the third straight year (2017, 2018 and 2019) that the “Rice Granary of Negros Occidental” …
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Farm worker killed in Binalbagan
Suspect sells shovel for his fare as he flees By Shiela G. Gelera A farm worker was killed in their barracks at a hacienda in Barangay San Jose in Negros Occidental’s Binalbagan town around 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Rescuers found Bryan Lanojan lying on the floor bathed in his own blood, police said. Binalbagan Police …
NegOcc still in ‘good shape’ despite COVID-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental is still in “good shape” despite OCTA Research’s recent classification of the province as an area of concern, assured provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz yesterday. According to Diaz, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has made the recommendation to retain Negros Occidental’s modified general community quarantine …
We are not just ‘dust in the wind’
It was the ‘70s. I was still in my early professional life and in the middle of some gripping spiritual discovery. At that time, I was battling in the area of humility. When in your growing years you are often regarded as very special by the family, relatives and friends, you cannot help but get …
Drug offender nabbed in Bago City
A laborer was arrested following a drug buy-bust operation around 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday at Araneta Street, located in Bago City’s Barangay Poblacion. Police identified the suspect as 49-year-old Roger Villanueva alias “Bonjing” of Purok Ilang-Ilang of the said village. Bago City police confiscated four heat-sealed sachets of suspected shabu including a buy-bust item, P300 in …
Pa, 2 sons arrested for guns, ammos
A father and his two sons were arrested for possessing unlicensed firearms and ammunition in Barangay Pulo Maestra Vita, Oton, Iloilo around 8:30 a.m. yesterday. Armed with search warrants, Oton police arrested 68-year-old Rolando Condag, Sr. and his sons 31-year-old Rolando Jr. and 43-year-old Francis, all residents of the said place. Officers of the Oton Police …
So’s win over Carlsen eclipses Rockefeller’s $3-M donation
“In life, as in chess, forethought wins.” – Charles Buxton Before Filipino-American Grandmaster Wesley So’s (2741) head-turning victory over world chess champion Magnus Carlsen (2881) in the blitz playoff Champions Chess Tour Skilling Open in Cyber Monday (November 30), the world chess community was agog over John D. Rockefeller V’s $3 million donation to the …
Construction worker shot dead in Talisay City
By Shiela G. Gelera A construction worker was gunned down in a “sari-sari” store near the entrance of Campuestohan Highland Resort in Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City in Negros Occidental, around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. Police identified the victim as 57-year-old Julieto Rosalem Sr., a native of Negros Occidental’s Binalbagan town and temporarily residing at a farm …
Iloilo City SP OKs P2.6B 2021 budget
The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has approved the proposed P2.608 billion budget for 2021 of Iloilo City. After series of committee hearings, city councilor Rommel Duron said the legislative body approved the proposed budget of P2.608 for 2021, which is 3.47 percent lower than this year’s P2.7 billion budget. Earlier, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas …
Lacson to LSIs: Return home early for holidays
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday advised the locally stranded individuals (LSIs) who are planning to go home for the holidays to return home early. According to Lacson, LSIs who are planning to spend Christmas day in the province are advised to return home not later than December 20, …