By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Sagay City Mayor Alfredo Marañon III has issued an executive order banning the entry of tourists in the city’s Barangay Vito starting April 30 to May 2. This came as the coastal barangay is set to celebrate the feast day of their patron saint, San Vicente Ferrer, from May 1 …
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Moises Padilla brgy locked down | 9 residents positive for COVID-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Barangay Montilla in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental has been placed on lockdown after nine residents tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. Based on an executive order signed by Moises Padilla Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo dated April 26, the granular lockdown in the area will last until May 10, …
Man arrested for raping a minor
A man facing four counts of rape charges was arrested around 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, at Purok San Antonio, Barangay Tinampa-an in Negros Occidental’s Cadiz City. Authorities identified the suspect as Nonie Silpao, a resident of Barelia 2 in the city’s Barangay Zone 2. Joint operatives of the Cadiz City Police Station and …
Street-level ‘pusher’ nabbed in Passi City
A street-level drug suspect was arrested following a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sablogon, Passi City, Iloilo. Thirty five-year-old Steward Somos, a resident of Barangay Simon Ledesma St. in Iloilo City’s Jaro district was caught around 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday for selling a sachet of suspected shabu worth P500. Passi City police also confiscated four more …
Life’s unavoidable dirt
Yes, nowadays we have to contend with formidable, almost irresistible moral dirt, since we have to grapple not only with clearly evil things but also with the many confusing elements that mix good and evil. We cannot deny that no matter how much we try to keep ourselves clean, not only physically but also morally …
Bataan – a tale of two heroes
There, Calugas organized a volunteer squad which placed the gun back in commission and fired effectively against the enemy. When the fighting stopped, Calugas, seemingly unmindful of what he had just done, simply went back to kitchen duty. Sergeant Jose Calugas, a native of Iloilo, was a member of the Philippine Scout. Although Calugas had …
PILIPINAS VISMIN SUPER CUP | Talisay City drubs Dumaguete, punches semis seat
By Adrian Stewart Co MJAS Zenith-Talisay City Aquastars zoomed to its ninth straight win in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup after a 77-66 trampling of Dumaguete Warriors on Tuesday night at the Alcantara Civic Center in Cebu. Jaymar Gimpayan tallied a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds to go along with three assists, …
Milwaukee escapes Charlotte’s late surge
By Adrian Stewart Co Milwaukee Bucks showed that they were the steadier team in the endgame as they eked out a 114-104 win over Charlotte Hornets in the 2020-2021 NBA Season on Tuesday night (Wednesday in the Philippines) at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. After seeing its once double-digit edge trimmed to 103-99, the …
Pacquiao to face Mikey Garcia next
By Adrian Stewart Co Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao is finally breaking his close to two years of boxing inactivity as he is set to face American fighter Mikey Garcia later this year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While there was still no formal announcement on the bout, it was Pacquiao’s business manager Arnold Vegafria …
Nat’l ID registration in San Carlos City continues
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is still working on the national ID registration at the city auditorium of San Carlos City. At least 25,000 individuals have been registered since they started last March 17 which targets completion in December of this year. Erwin Reyes, officer-in-charge of the city auditorium, said the PSA inked a three-month …