By Adrian Stewart Co Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles guard Samjosef Belangel got a chance of a lifetime after getting invited to join the Gilas Pilipinas training pool preparing for international competitions later this year. The Bacolod City-native Belangel was among the new faces tapped by Gilas Pilipinas program director Thomas “Tab” Baldwin to …
Monthly Archives: March 2021
Bucks survive Wizards rally, grab 4th straight win
By Adrian Stewart Co Milwaukee Bucks got its acts together at the right time to pull off a 133-122 win over Washington Wizards in the 2020-2021 NBA Season on Monday (Tuesday in the Philippines) at the Capital One Arena in Washington. Holding to a 105-89 lead, the Bucks suddenly saw its advantage trimmed to 110-115 …
Citizens’ participation vital –Leonardia
Citizens play a crucial part in local governance, stressed League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) national president Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia during the People’s Council for Change (PCC) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Bantay Korapsyon (BK) Program Assembly at the Silay City gym recently. “It is very, very important to …
NPA insurgent killed in NegOr encounter
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An alleged New People’s Army (NPA) insurgent was killed following a skirmish at Barangay Bagtic in La Libertad, Negros Oriental on Monday morning. Authorities have yet to establish the identity of the suspected insurgent, who was believed to be aged around 30 years old. Based on information released by the …
NPA insurgent killed in NegOr encounter
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An alleged New People’s Army (NPA) insurgent was killed following a skirmish at Barangay Bagtic in La Libertad, Negros Oriental on Monday morning. Authorities have yet to establish the identity of the suspected insurgent, who was believed to be aged around 30 years old. Based on information released by the …
Hinoba-an town keeps border control rules
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental had already opened its borders last Monday but Hinoba-an Mayor Ernesto Estrao revealed that the town’s border control point located in between the town’s Barangay Sangke and Barangay Bongalonan in Basay, Negros Oriental remained in operation. In a phone patch interview with members of the local media, Estrao …
Dolphin found dead in Bago City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead last Sunday, March 14, off the coast of Barangay Taloc in Bago City, Negros Occidental. According to Lumba Project, a local marine conservation group, the dolphin was identified as N-08, who was nicknamed by researchers as “Fuji.” The group said fishermen in the area …
Drug ‘pusher’ yields P34K ‘shabu’ in San Carlos
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A suspected drug pusher was arrested following a buy-bust operation conducted by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Negros Occidental and San Carlos City Police Station at Ylaga Ext. in San Carlos City’s Barangay 5 on Sunday, March 14. PDEA agents identified the arrested as Erlinda “Inday” Escobar …
NegOcc hotels, resorts fully booked for Holy Week
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) yesterday revealed a lot of Negros Occidental’s hotels, resorts and other accommodation establishments are now fully booked for the Holy Week, which takes place on the first week of April. In an interview with RMN DYHB-Bacolod yesterday, PTO head, Dr. Jennylind Cordero, said accommodation establishments, …
Boy, 6, found floating in river
A six-year-old boy was found floating dead in Jalaur River in Barangay Moroboro, Dingle, Iloilo. The body of a Grade 1 pupil whom police identified as certain Amer, a resident of Barangay Man-it, Passi City, Iloilo, was found at around 3:15 p.m. on Sunday by fisherman Anthony Daborbor. Dingle police investigation showed that the victim …