The hot balmy Friday afternoon of May 14, 2021 witnessed the ceremonial groundbreaking of the three-classroom, single-story building at the Talogtog-Bateng Elementary School in Mangaldan, Pangasinan, which is donated by Philippine Allied Enterprises Corporation (PAEC), the official importer and distributor of Bridgestone tires in the Philippines. The construction of the classrooms was done in coordination …
Monthly Archives: May 2021
CLMMRH to limit hospital admissions for COVID patients
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City will limit hospital admissions for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, it announced over the weekend. According to Dr. Julius Drilon, CLMMRH medical center chief, they have recently observed an increasing rate in detecting COVID-19 cases in the local population. …
Manapla town struggling to control COVID-19 cases
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Manapla town in Negros Occidental is having a hard time trying to control the surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, according to Mayor Manolet Escalante. “The town’s residents are uncooperative and they are finding it hard to reprimand them,” Escalante told Aksyon Radyo-Bacolod. Residents were warned not to …
‘Miss Latinaverse’
” I think pageant girls just have a way of faking it until you make it, almost.” — Hannah Brown What transpired in Florida, USA on May 16 was a “Miss Latinaverse” and not a Miss Universe competition, many people who followed the event have suspected. We were all taken for a ride? Even the …
Compromised Future?
The environmental experts have been right about their predictions at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The dawn of biological and chemical terrorism is now slowly taking place. Natural disasters happen at the extreme of the consequence we never would have imagined. As the global attention today focused on the raging pandemic, the looming danger …
Qualifying exams for NUP applicants held at NOCPPO
The two-day qualifying examinations for the applicants of the Non-Uniformed Personnel (NUP) vacant positions in Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) and Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) were held at the KAPANALIG Hall, Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr., Bacolod City on May 22 and 23, 2021. At least 153 applicants were vying for positions in the …
Silay City Hall on lockdown
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A total of 19 departments and offices in the Silay City government in Negros Occidental will be temporarily locked down effective today until May 28 for disinfection as part of the precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was after Mayor Mark Golez said that …
‘Riding-in-tandem’ kills ‘drug suspect’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A drug suspect was killed after he was shot to death by riding-in-tandem assassins at Purok Kabugwason in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mansilingan on Friday night. Police identified the victim as 38-year-old Audie Gonzaga, a resident of the said barangay. Police Captain Elmer Bonilla, Police Station 7 commander, said the victim …
‘Get your second dose at SMX’
Those who got their first dose of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at Bacolod City Government Center may receive their second dose at the SMX Convention Center in SM City Bacolod, according to City health officer Dr. Edwin Miraflor. “Second-dose vaccinees whose first doses were administered at BCGC may avail [of the second dose] at SMX,” …
NBA: Milwaukee ousts Miami, takes 1-0 edge
By Adrian Stewart Co KHRIS Middleton drained a game-winner as Milwaukee Bucks escaped with a 109-107 win over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the 2020-2021 National Basketball Association (NBA) Season’s Eastern Conference first-round playoffs on Saturday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With the score tied at 107-all after a three-pointer shot by Heat’s Goran Dragić, …