By Adrian Stewart Co Iloilo Kisela Knights and Negros Kingsmen had solid debuts in the first conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) over the weekend. The professional chess club based in Iloilo City leaned on the heroics of their newly-drafted chess players to dismantle the all-female Palawan Queen’s Gambit, 15-6. Iloilo …
Monthly Archives: January 2021
KD trey powers Nets past Bucks
By Adrian Stewart Co Kevin Durant drained a go-ahead triple as Brooklyn Nets pulled off a 125-123 escape over Milwaukee Bucks in the 2020-2021 NBA Season on Monday night (Tuesday in the Philippines) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Trailing 122-123, Durant converted a triple from top of the key from a pass by …
Homicide suspect nabbed in Ilog
Charged with homicide, a 31-year-old man was arrested 6:30 a.m. yesterday in Negros Occidental’s Ilog town. Police identified the suspect as Anthony Ubay, Jr. of the town’s Barangay Dancalan. According to Ilog police, Ubay was wanted for the crime of homicide he committed on April 14, 2018. Police report said that Ubay was drunk as …
Bacolod to join regionwide launching of MR OP vaccination
The Bacolod City, spearheaded by the City Health Office (CHO), is one with Western Visayas in the regionwide launching of Measles-Rubella Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR OPV SIA) Campaign on February 1. The simultaneous kickoff activity will start at 9:30 a.m. in the respective city and provincial health offices, which will feature a …
PENRO: No illegal logging activities inside NNNP
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) assured the public that there are no illegal logging activities inside the North Negros Natural Park (NNNP), especially in the areas belonging to the third district. In a radio interview yesterday morning, PENRO head Eduardo Rostata said the claims …
Pag-IBIG Fund members save record-high P13.3B in MP2 amid pandemic, up 11% in 2020
Despite the uncertainties caused by Covid-19 last year, Pag-IBIG Fund members turned to the agency’s MP2 Savings and collectively saved over P13 billion, setting a new record for the amount saved voluntarily by members under the program in a single year. “We are happy to report that despite the impact of the pandemic to our …
NegOcc bans pork products from Region 8
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday released a memorandum ordering a ban on the entry of pork products coming from Region 8. This comes after the municipality of Abuyog in Leyte province reported their first case of African swine fever (ASF). According to Lacson, such incidence of ASF poses …
NBI-Bacolod shuts down for 5 days: 5 staff infected with COVID-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Field Office in Bacolod City was closed down for five days beginning yesterday morning after five of its staff tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. NBI-Bacolod chief, Atty. Renoir Baldovino, said the five employees are members of the administrative and …
5 nabbed for illegal gambling
Five individuals were arrested for illegal gambling at Barangay Jelicuon Montinola in Iloilo province’s Cabatuan town around 11:30 a.m. yesterday. Cabatuan police identified the five as Cleofe Camba, 54; Rovie dela Pena, 23; Elizabeth Ducasi, 49; Emily Yniego, 31; and Elvira Ducasi, 71, all residents of the said village. Police said they were arrested through …
2 DPWH employees survive assassination try
Two personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) survived the assassination attempt by riding-in-tandem gunmen in Barangay Bolong Oeste, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo 7:40 a.m. yesterday. Fifty four-year-old Engr. Eva Bedonia of Pavia, Iloilo, chief of 4th District Engineering Office’s Quality Assurance Section, and Administrative Aide 3 Rogelio Serilo, 38, of New Lucena, …