On April 22, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) had a changing of the guard. Cezar “Bong” P. Consing stepped down as President in favor of Jose Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco, another stalwart of the BPI/Ayala group. Consing remains as a director and member of the ExCom, as well as director of its subsidiaries. I first …
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Filipina lifter Sarno bags 2 golds in Asian weightlifting tilt
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Filipina weightlifter Vanessa Sarno captured three medals, including two golds, during the Asian Weightlifting Championship on Wednesday evening at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Bohol-native Sarno clinched a gold in the overall women’s 71-kilogram division event after tallying a 229 kilograms, besting Gulnabat Kadyrova of Turkmenistan and Yekaterina Bykova of Kazakhastan. Sarno, a …
17 WV-based volleyball players invited to nat’l team tryouts
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Seventeen Western Visayas-based volleyball players were invited to the national team tryouts by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) from April 28 to 30 in Subic. Guimarasnon opposite spiker Jovelyn Gonzaga of Philippine Army Lady Troopers got two invites in the women’s indoor volleyball as well as in women’s beach volleyball …
Phoenix blazes in 4th, eclipses Philadelphia
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Phoenix Suns waxed hot in the fourth quarter to take down Philadelphia 76ers, 116-113, in the 2020-2021 NBA Season on Wednesday night (Thursday in the Philippines) at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Trailing 79-81, the Suns leaned on three-point conversions by Chris Paul and Jevon Carter for a 95-94 …
Prioritize swab samples of inbound travelers, molecular labs told
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental provincial administrator said they have ordered the provincial government-run molecular laboratories to prioritize the swab samples of all incoming passengers at the airports and seaports as the travel moratorium in Western Visayas was lifted yesterday. Atty. Rayfrando Diaz said these molecular laboratories must release the results of the …
NegOcc tagged as COVID ‘high-risk’ area
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas has classified the province of Negros Occidental as a “high-risk” area for COVID-19 infections. Dr. Mary Jane Juanico, DOH-6 infectious disease cluster head, said the province’s daily attack rate had increased from 1.45 percent to 5.26 percent for every 100,000 population of …
Wanted ‘thief’ nabbed in La Carlota City
La Carlota City’s No. 9 most wanted person facing qualified theft charges was arrested in the city’s Barangay Cubay last Monday. Police Lieutenant Colonel Jonel Guadalupe, chief of the La Carlota City Police Station, identified the suspect as 28-year-old Faith Fernando Tesoro of Masville Subdivision, Barangay Cubay. She was arrested on the strength of an …
2 men fall in San Enrique drug sting
Two drug suspects were arrested in a buy-bust operation around 8:35 p.m. on Monday at Sitio Ambacan, Barangay Poblacion in Negros Occidental’s San Enrique town. San Enrique police identified the suspects as 22-year-old Joel Reveche, Jr. of the said place and 23-year-old Ellyza Joy Garzon of Purok China Rose, Barangay San Miguel in La Carlota …
1 killed in Himamaylan City shooting
A 28-year-old man was killed in a shooting incident in Hacienda Trinitaria, Sitio Tanate in Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental around 6:20 p.m. on Monday, April 19. Jojie Rafael, a resident of Purok 11, Sitio Tanate in the said village, sustained four gunshot wounds on the body. He was brought to the city’s Governor …
BFP-6 needs 135 new firemen
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Region 6 announced yesterday that they are looking for qualified individuals to join their ranks as junior officers. Fire Inspector Jasmin Mesanas, acting chief of BFP-6’ Human Resource department, said they need additional 135 firemen to enhance their capability to save lives and property. He added that the application …