Insular Life launches Basic Assure 10, a new life insurance product with guaranteed regular payouts and coverage for 20 years. Basic Assure 10 is payable for 10 years but provides insurance protection for 20 years. On the sixth year of the policy, the death benefit increases to 200 percent of the sum insured until the …
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Treñas warns to shut hotels violating quarantine protocols
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas issued a warning against hotels and inns in the city that allow private parties and serve alcoholic drinks and drugs. The said activities are in violation of the general guidelines for modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status of the city stipulated under Treñas’ Executive Order No. 01-2021. The city mayor …
Tricycle driver shot dead in Bacolod
A tricycle driver was shot to death by riding-in-tandem suspects along circumferential road in Bacolod City’s Barangay Pahanocoy around 7:30 a.m. yesterday. Bacolod City Police Station 8 identified the victim as 54-year old Noel Peraren, a resident of Purok Bantud of the said barangay. Peraren sustained multiple gunshot wounds on the body resulting to his …
P27.4M illegal drugs seized in NegOcc
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) released data yesterday showing they have seized a total of P27,400,701 in illegal drugs in 2020. NOCPPO spokesperson Police Lt. Abegael Donasco said they have conducted a total of 656 drug operations in the province last year which resulted in the arrest of …
W. Visayas records 42 firecracker injuries
Forty two persons were injured in firecracker blasts in Western Visayas between December 21, 2020 to January 5, 2021, according to the Department of Health 6 (DOH-6). DOH-6 noted this total of firecracker-related injuries was lower than the 122 recorded in the same period last year. “Sang last year sa aton sentinel site may ara …
Making dentistry fun
Take note of this: $37 million. That’s what a new dentistry startup has raised to make a visit to the dental clinic fun. Fun means choosing the Netflix movies to watch and the scent that permeates the atmosphere while the patient is in the dental chair. Or choosing what flavor of toothpaste the dentist will …
BACIWA’s redundancy issue
The Board of Directors of Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA) clarified and explained during a January 5 press conference their position relative to the issue of declaring the 60 employees redundant on the last working days of 2020. Atty. Lorendo K. Dilag reiterated that the process of declaring them redundant is legal and due process …
Zeal and triumphalism
We need to distinguish between the two, since they usually go together and yet while to be zealous is good, to be triumphalistic is not. Yes, we should try our best to be zealous in everything we do, putting passion into them. We have to be bent in achieving the goal of any undertaking. Somehow …
Ravena to miss Japan B.League All-Star due to injury
By Adrian Stewart Co Ilonggo Ferdinand “Thirdy” Ravena III of San-En NeoPhoenix will miss the opportunity to compete in the Japan B.League All-Star Game later this month due to a finger injury. The former Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles standout sustained a right fourth finger metacarpal oblique fracture over the weekend in NeoPhoenix’s match …
Irving leads Durant-less Brooklyn past Utah
By Adrian Stewart Co A change in the starting lineup was all the Brooklyn Nets needed to get back on the winning track following a 130-96 win over Utah Jazz in the 2020-2021 NBA Season on Tuesday night (Wednesday in the Philippines) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. After starting the match with …