By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense rookie Jeffrey Manday is looking forward to getting his Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) career going after being signed as part of San Miguel Beermen’s (SMB) 3×3 team. The former Colegio de Sta. Ana de Victorias (CSAV) star said he is delighted to be the only rookie to be handed a …
Monthly Archives: July 2021
De La Noche, Iraya exit Asian U-19 beach volley
By Adrian Stewart Co Negrenses JayRack De La Noche and Alexander Iraya bowed out of the 3rd Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships yesterday at the Nakhon Pathom in Thailand. The Victorias City, Negros Occidental-natives failed to reach the crossover quarterfinals round after a 21-12, 21-16 defeat to Iran-2’s Amir Reza Zamani and Armin Kami yesterday …
Saw smuggled into NODJ –BJMP
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Western Visayas believed that the saw used in last week’s jail break at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) was smuggled via deliveries into the jail. BJMP-6 spokesperson Atty. Jairus Anthony Dogelio said the saw used by escapees Francisco Epogon, Marvin …
NegOcc administers over 100K COVID-19 jabs
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An estimated 101,553 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have already been administered in the province of Negros Occidental, based on data released by Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz. According to Diaz, as of July 2, 61,558 have been vaccinated with CoronaVac vaccines by Chinese pharmaceutical Sinovac Biotech. A total of 35,481 individuals, …
San Carlos City curfew violator yields shabu
A curfew violator was nabbed with suspected shabu at the Villarante Bridge in Barangay 1, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental around 11:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 3. Police identified the arrested as 24-year-old Jerome Escarpe of the said village. San Carlos City Police Station report revealed that Escarpe was subjected to “Oplan Bakal/Sita” for not …
NOCPPO reshuffles officers in key positions
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) reshuffled police commissioned officers (PCO) holding various key positions in the provincial police office and municipal police stations. Effective July 1, Police Capt. Ellendie A. Rebusquillo replaced P/Maj. Fernando D. Somblingo as chief of the Binalbagan Municipal Police Station (MPS). Somblingo is now …
PNP chief orders probe on Iloilo City buy-bust
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, has ordered an investigation on the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man who was mistaken as a fleeing drug suspect during a buy-bust operation in Barangay North Baluarte in Iloilo City’s Molo district last June 29. Eleazar said that while it has been a …
Treasure in vessels of clay
We should always be on guard, distancing ourselves from temptations and occasions of sins, purifying our intentions always so as to ward off unwelcome thoughts and desires, ever developing an authentic spirit of penance to cleanse and strengthen ourselves as we go through the adventure of life. The expression comes from St Paul’s second letter …
Fatou’s special mention of Davao
The judges composing the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have required a unit within, called the Registry, to submit by August this year a final consolidated report on the Philippines’ war on drugs that began when President Rodrigo Duterte ascended to power in mid-2016. The judges rendered this ruling only two days …
Iloilo mauls foes in PCAP, Negros splits
By Adrian Stewart Co Iloilo Kisela Knights got back to their winning ways in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) GM Wesley So Cup with a sweep of their two Saturday night matches. The Kisela Knights first scored a 16.5-4.5 domination over Zamboanga Sultans before following it up with a 16.5-4.5 beating of …