By Adrian Stewart Co Creamline Cool Smashers recovered from a set down to beat Petro Gazz Angels, 24-26, 28-26, 25-22, 25-20, in the 2021 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Open Conference on Tuesday night at the PCV Socio-Civic Cultural Center in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte. Alyssa Valdez completed a triple-double with 16 points, 21 excellent digs, and …
Monthly Archives: July 2021
San Carlos City gov’t to give financial aid to drug rehab org
The local government unit (LGU) of San Carlos City in Negros Occidental will give P60,000 financial aid to the Negros Occidental Drug Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc. (NODRF) situated in the province’s Victorias City. San Carlos Anti-Drug Abuse Council Secretariat Ana Liza Macaraya said that this is the first time that the city will donate to support …
Australian nat’l, nanny arrested for ‘kidnapping’ 2 minors in Bacolod
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An Australian-national and a nanny were arrested for alleged kidnapping of two minors in Bacolod City’s Barangay Estefania, Monday morning. Police Major Jun Ray Batadlan, Police Station 4 commander, identified the suspects as 39-year-old Peter Lay and 25-year-old Edlyn Gelantagaan. According to Batadlan, the victims aged nine and three years …
AS ENCOUNTER ENTERS SECOND DAY | Army overruns NPA lair in Candoni
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The encounter between the Philippine Army’s 15th Infantry Battalion and insurgents of the New People’s Army’s (NPA) Southern Negros Front in Negros Occidental’s Candoni town entered on its second day yesterday. Major Cenon Pancito III, 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) spokesperson, said they recorded at least three encounters on Tuesday morning …
Over 22K individuals in Bacolod now fully-vaxxed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The number of fully-vaccinated individuals in Bacolod City is now at 22,477, based on new data released by the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Records from the EOC showed that as of July 18, a total of 88,489 doses have already been administered. A total of 66,012 people have already …
Bacolod man yields P34K ‘shabu’
A man was arrested following a drug buy-bust operation at his residence in Bacolod City’s Barangay 3 around 9:00 p.m. on Monday, July 19. Authorities identified the suspect as 51-year-old Edwin Ledesma. Officers of the Police Station 4 confiscated five plastic sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P34,000 and P500 in buy-bust money. Ledesma …
Rookie cop found dead with gunshot wound
A 27-year-old police officer was found dead in a forested area in Barangay Damilisan, Miag-ao, Iloilo yesterday morning. Patrolman Marvin Del Castillo, a resident of the province’s Sara town and assigned at the San Joaquin Police Station, sustained a gunshot wound on the left side of his head. According to Miag-ao police chief Captain Marvin Buenavista, …
NegOcc gov’t gives financial aid to brgys for various projects
The provincial government of Negros Occidental turned over P4.5 million worth of checks to 15 barangays of the province for various development projects. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the ceremonial distribution of checks at the Capitol Grounds last Monday morning along with board members Victor Javellana, Jeffrey Tubola and Miguel Alonso and Provincial Administrator Rayfrando …
Iloilo province bans entry of non-residents
By Darlene Delgado The province of Iloilo is restricting inbound travel of non-residents to arrest further coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, transmission from other local government units and the entry of the new virus variants. Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. yesterday issued Executive Order (EO) 263, or “An order imposing restrictions on inbound travel of non-residents …
Sex should be taboo no more!
What I mean is that the open discussion of sex in public should not anymore be considered as taboo. Given the terrible state in which this basic human faculty is massively abused and misused today, we should proclaim the true gospel about sex relentlessly, “in season and out of season” as St. Paul once said. …