By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Bacolod City councilor revealed that they caught an authorized person outside of residence (APOR) from Cebu who submitted fake documents via the S-PaSS system. City Councilor Ayesha Joy Villaflor, who also chairs the city’s task force on the acceptance of APORs, said based on the copy of the documents …
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Bacolod-Dumangas sea trips suspended
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the suspension of fastcraft trips between Bacolod City and Iloilo City due to the latter being placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), sea trips between Bacolod City and Dumangas town in Iloilo province were also suspended starting yesterday. In a joint advisory issued by the Regional Inter-Agency Task …
Indiscriminate firing lands man in jail
A drunken man got arrested for firing his unlicensed gun in Barangay Simsiman, Lambunao, Iloilo last Monday night. The 28-year-old Christopher Castro, a resident of Barangay Siya in Capiz province’s Tapaz town, was detained in the lockup cell of the Lambunao Police Station. Lambunao police nabbed Castro after he indiscriminately fired his gun, alarming village …
Cadiz City local nabbed for illegal gambling
A 36-year-old man charged with illegal gambling was arrested around 5:51 p.m. on Monday, May 24, in his house in Purok Binangcaan, Barangay Daga in Negros Occidental’s Cadiz City. Officers of the Cadiz City Police Station caught Rex Panolin through the strength of an arrest warrant in relation to his charge for violation of Republic …
Bus crashes into store in Antique
A bus carrying a number of passengers from Iloilo City crashed against a store in Barangay Casalngan in Antique province’s Hamtic town around 11:00 a.m. yesterday. Hamtic police identified the bus driver as 39-year-old Renante Alegarbes, a resident of Negros Occidental but temporarily residing in Barangay Nauring, Pandan town in Antique. Police investigation revealed that …
8 arrested for ‘illegal cockfighting’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Eight persons were arrested after they were caught engaging in an illegal cockfight in Barangay San Juan, Sipaway island in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Police Captain Roger Pama, deputy police chief of San Carlos City Police Station, identified the arrested as Wennie Dela Torre, Joy Orcajada, Paquito Llado, Abel …
Why do we suffer?
In the words of St. Paul, the Son of God emptied himself to become man, and he emptied himself further by suffering death for our sake, and death on the cross. Let us try to go through his passion and death to have a good idea of what Christ our redeemer had to undergo to …
Iloilo cop faces probe for pistol-whipping a man
A police officer is now under investigation for allegedly pistol-whipping a man on Sunday, May 23, in Barangay P.D. Monfort South, Dumangas, Iloilo. Police Staff Sergeant Benjamin Gomez, a resident of the said town, was ordered to be relieved as an intelligence officer of the Tigbauan Police Station effective yesterday. He was transferred to the Iloilo …
A sudden, complicated COVID-19 death
The most fundamental question is what happens if the “emperor” dies? It’s a grim and stark reminder that death can happen anytime and to anybody especially in this tumultuous time where hundreds of business owners have already died. A future death of a business owner and its myriad of consequences is something that needs to …
High hopes for Gilas 3×3 team in Tokyo Olympics qualifier
By Adrian Stewart Co Hopes are high for the Gilas Pilipinas 3×3 men’s basketball team as they begin their campaign in the FIBA 3×3 basketball Olympic Qualifying Tournament tonight at Graz, Austria. Head coach Ronnie Magsanoc said despite the challenges ahead, he is optimistic that his 3×3 squad has a slot of becoming the first …