A 30-year-old woman landed in jail following a drug buy-bust operation around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, June 7, at Osmeña Avenue in Barangay 6, Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Normie Casumpang alias “Normie,” a resident of Fermont Village in the city’s Barangay 7, was tagged as a street level drug target, police said. Officers of the …
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Man nabbed for qualified theft
Facing qualified theft charges, a 49-year-old man was arrested around 10:20 a.m. yesterday at Bliss Street, Barangay 1 in Negros Occidental’s La Carlota City. Rodolfo Gan was nabbed by joint elements of the La Carlota City Police Station and 2nd Negros Occidental Police Mobile Force Company through the strength of an arrest warrant for the …
Iloilo guv reiterates strict implementation of reverse isolation
Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. reiterated the strict implementation of reverse isolation measures to manage the surge of COVID-19 cases in the province. Defensor issued a memorandum to the mayors, punong barangays, Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERTS), and local task forces to strictly implement detection and isolation especially at the household level. The governor …
The kingdom of heaven
Truth to tell, heaven is and should be a constant element to consider so we would know if we are still doing right, if we are still on the right track. We should never ignore heaven in any way, because that is the final destination for all of us. We often think of heaven or …
Procrastination is the worst enemy of succession
Since March 2020, every person on the planet has had their life shaken by the pandemic in many ways. And in the midst of the challenges, there’s been a profound sense among business leaders that this period has helped them evaluate their lives and focus on what’s truly important. So if there is any consolation, …
Jordi Gomez De Liaño set to join UST Growling Tigers
By ADRIAN STEWART CO University of the Philippines Integrated School gunner Jordi Gomez de Liaño will not be joining his elder brothers Juan and Javi Gomez de Liaño at the UP Fighting Maroons camp. Watchmen Daily Journal learned from a source yesterday that the 6-foot-5 sweet-shooting forward is looking to join the University of Santo …
PH Azkals bow to China in World Cup-AFC Asian Cup qualifiers
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Philippine Azkals suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of China in the joint 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers on Monday night (Tuesday in the Philippines) at the Sharjah Stadium in United Arab Emirates. Second half goals by Chinese star Wu Lei and Wu Xinghan …
P136K ‘shabu’ seized in Bacolod
Eleven sachets of suspected shabu worth P136,000 were recovered in a drug buy-bust operation in Bacolod City’s Barangay Tangub around 8:10 p.m. on Monday, June 7. Officers of the City Drug Enforcement Unit of Bacolod City Police Office nabbed 24-year-old Alvin Tanoy, a resident of the said village, after he allegedly sold shabu to an …
W. Visayas logs 19 COVID-19 deaths in one day
Western Visayas recorded 19 deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, yesterday. This is the highest COVID-19 deaths recorded in a single day in the region. The additional deaths yesterday brought the total COVID-19 deaths in the region to 1,230. Of the highly urbanized cities and provinces in the region, Negros Occidental has the …
NegOcc PIMT head confident of further increase of vaccine supply
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The head of the Negros Occidental Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) is optimistic that the province’s supply of COVID-19 vaccines will further increase as they received yesterday an additional 16,800 vials of CoronaVac jabs manufactured by Sinovac, a Chinese biotech company. Dr. Zeaphard Caelian, PIMT head, said, the 16,800 vials …