By Adrian Stewart Co Ilonggo Philip Delarmino bagged the World Muaythai Council Asian featherweight title after an upset win over hometown bet Zakaria Eljamari on Friday night (Saturday in the Philippines) at the Festival Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Dumangas, Iloilo-native Delarmino was efficient with his hits from start to finish to emerge …
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Negros taekwondo jins bag medals in online tourney
By Adrian Stewart Co Taekwondo jins from the Negros Taekwondo Union-Tigers New Gen made their presence felt during the 2021 SMART-MVPSF National Interschool Speed Kicking Championships over the weekend. Leigh Andee Rodriguez of STI-West Negros University bannered the gold medal winners after ruling the junior women’s lightweight category, while Julio Miguel Zapata of St. Scholastica’s …
NegOcc gov’t warns of termination of 23 unaccomplished communal projects
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The provincial government of Negros Occidental is warning of a possible termination of 23 unaccompanied communal projects located in different towns and cities in the province since 2014 up to the present. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz yesterday said that the contractors of the said projects funded by the Department of …
Lacson has chosen new provincial agriculturist
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday affirmed that he had already chosen a successor to outgoing provincial agriculturist, Atty. Japhet Masculino. In a phone patch interview with members of the local media, Lacson refused to name the individual who will replace Masculino, although he commented that he is an …
NegOcc guv urges nat’l gov’t to allow A4 vaccination
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is currently urging the national government to allow them to begin the inoculation of other economic frontline workers or those under the A4 category. Lacson said he is calling for the A4 vaccination to begin not only in the National Capital Region (NCR) but …
CLMMRH beds nearing full capacity
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The utilization rate of hospital beds at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City is already nearing full capacity. Based on the hospital’s advisory issued late Friday night, their hospital bed utilization rate for non-Intensive Care Unit (ICU) COVID areas is now at 83.3 percent, while …
Iloilo’s No. 1 most wanted man falls
Charged with double murder, Iloilo province’s No. 1 most wanted man was arrested on Saturday, June 26, in Concepcion town’s Barangay Tambaliza. The 41-year-old Lonie Lamera, a resident of Barangay Sagrada Familiar in Dumarao, Capiz, was arrested at around 12:00 noon through the strength of an arrest warrant for the crime of double murder …
Woman yields P170K ‘shabu’ in San Carlos
A total of 25 grams of suspected shabu valued at around P170,000 were seized from a 35-year-old woman following a drug buy-bust operation on Saturday night at Purok Molave, Barangay 1 in Negros Occidental’s San Carlos City. Authorities identified the suspect as Edwina Ardaban alias “En-En,” a resident of Fatima Village in the city’s Barangay …
Security guard stabbed to death in La Carlota
A security guard was stabbed dead by two suspects at around 8:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, at Sitio Selos, Barangay La Granja in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental. The victim identified as 30-year-old Jesson Jabison of Purok 5 in the town’s Barangay Nagasi sustained multiple stab wounds on the body, police said. He was …
Waivable protocols
The other things, like the protocols about how to pray, how to make sacrifice, how to attend Mass, etc., can be waived if the conditions warrant and even require it. We have to be discerning and prudent in applying the protocols to different kinds of people. In reaching out to those who are still far …