By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A social media poser was arrested in an entrapment operation at Crossing Gaston, Barangay Punta Mesa in Negros Occidental’s Manapla town on Tuesday night. Police identified the arrested as 27-year-old Alvin Amandog, a resident of Hacienda Bayabas in the town’s Barangay Tortosa. Police Major Joevito Bose, officer-in-charge of the Manapla …
Monthly Archives: April 2021
E.B. Magalona police probes torching of heavy equipment
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The ongoing investigation over the torching of three backhoes on Tuesday has been handed over to the E.B. Magalona police. Police Lt. Colonel Roberto Petate, Silay City police chief, said they handed the investigation to E.B. Magalona police because the area where the incident occurred was already part of Barangay …
LANDBANK Miagao Branch moves to new home
From its former site inside the Fisheries Library Museum Building of the University of the Philippines-Visayas (UPV), the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) Miagao Branch in Iloilo province recently moved to a new site at Barangay Igtuba beside the Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISAT U) to better service the banking needs of clients. …
Pag-IBIG Fund home loan releases reach P20.94B in Q1 2021; up 33% despite pandemic
Pag-IBIG Fund released P20.94 billion in home loans in the first quarter of 2021 despite the pandemic, an increase of 33% or P5.17 billion compared to the P15.77 billion released during the same period in 2020, its top officials announced yesterday. 4 “We are happy to report that our home loan releases in the first three …
Prov’l consultant shot dead in San Carlos City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A consultant for the provincial government of Negros Occidental was shot dead by unidentified assailants as he was leaving his office at the Emerald Arcade in Barangay Palampas in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday night, April 12. Authorities identified the fatality as 62-year-old Mariano Antonio “Marton” Cui, provincial …
‘Reds’ torch P16M heavy equipment in Silay
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Suspected insurgents from the New People’s Army (NPA) torched down P16 million worth of heavy equipment in Hacienda Vista Alegre, Barangay E. Lopez in Negros Occidental’s Silay City yesterday morning. Silay City police investigation showed that at around 5:00 a.m. caretaker Randy Bylon saw that three of the backhoes parked …
A really good rest
It is this rest that takes care of all the aspects of our need for rest—physical, mental, emotional, etc.—integrating them and reinforcing them in their contributions to serve, rather than undermine, our human and Christian dignity. There are, of course, different ways and kinds of rest. But we should try to have a really good …
Women entrepreneurs lead way to transformation, recovery
In time for the National Women’s Month last month, the Ayala Enterprise Circle (AEC), in cooperation with BPI Business Banking, held an all-women entrepreneurs’ forum titled, “Leading Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy.” A distinguished panel of women leaders came together to discuss both the challenging and rewarding roles of being an entrepreneur in the …
Delotavo thrilled to face elder sister in UAAP
By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense trackster Ara Rahbea Delotavo of Far Eastern University is looking forward to battle her elder sister in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) athletics competition. According to the Silay City, Negros Occidental-native Delotavo, she was excited with the opportunity to go against her elder sister Hannah Jandra Delotavo, …
76ers maul Mavs, surge to No. 1 in East
By Adrian Stewart Co Philadelphia 76ers regained the top spot in the Eastern Conference after a 113-95 beating of Dallas Mavericks in the 2020-2021 NBA Season on Monday night (Tuesday in the Philippines) at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Joel Embiid top-scored with 36 points, with 23 coming in the opening quarter, to …