By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Over 100 Cebu-bound passengers in the northern part of Negros Occidental were left stranded as Tropical Storm “Jolina” traversed the Visayas yesterday morning. Captain Ludovico Librilla, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Western Visayas deputy commander and Negros Occidental station commander, said sea trips from the cities of Escalante and Sagay bound …
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Python turned over to DENR-CENRO Cadiz City
A reticulated python was recently turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR-CENRO) Cadiz City. The python was found and rescued inside a grocery store in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. CENRO Cadiz City under OIC CENR Officer Mamad T. Gandarosa said they took …
Bago City’s No. 1 most wanted man falls
The No. 1 most wanted person in Bago City, Negros Occidental was arrested around 3:30 p.m. on Monday at Barangay Lag-asan in Negros Occidental’s Bago City. The 41-year-old Ramil Montuya, a resident of Purok Langka in the city’s Barangay Caridad, is facing murder charges and has been hiding from authorities for about 14 years. Bago …
When business owners are tempting fate
When parent-owners, especially the founder, professes his parental love by transferring his entire wealth to the children despite his tacit admission that his action may cause a deathblow to the business, he is risking everything and his action may only come from a combination of the following issues: the desire to win over the offspring …
The sinking of MV GULF LIVESTOCK 1, missing seafarers and the presumption of death
The nature and circumstances surrounding the work of seafarers onboard a vessel necessarily include the risk of accidental disappearance at sea. This risk is so peculiar to their employment that no other kind of employment is accompanied by the said risk. By Atty. Dennis Gorecho “Munhait hi nitaguwan tun ajor karu nga miid ahan chi iibba …
BATTLE OF NEGRENSE BOXERS | Sumugat knocks down Bismanos
By Adrian Stewart Co In a battle among two Negrense boxers, the Bacolod City-native Roy Sumugat got the batter of Sipalay City, Negros Occidental-native fighter Glenn Bismanos. Sumugat stretched his winning streak to three matches following his sixth round stoppage victory over Bismanos at the Urdaneta Cultural Sports Complex in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. Sumugat was …
Meralco, Alaska ruled out for this week’s PBA PH Cup
By Adrian Stewart Co Meralco Bolts and Alaska Aces will not be part of this week’s scheduled matches in the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup at the Don Honorio Ventura State University Gym in Bacolor, Pampanga. Based on the schedule released yesterday, the Bolts and Aces will not have a match this week in accordance with …
Bacolod continues with on-site vax drive for BPO firms
The Bacolod City COVID-19 Vaccination Council (CoVaC) continued with its on-site workplace vaccination drive by inoculating business process outsourcing (BPO) workers over the weekend. City Administrator Em Ang, concurrent executive director of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and CoVaC coordinator, said the vaccination team, led by EOC deputy medical Dr. Anna Maria Laarni Pornan and …
CLMMRH limits admission of non-COVID cases
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City said it has limited its admissions of non-COVID-19 cases due to the near full capacity of its allocated beds. The affected hospital departments are the Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology and Department of Pediatrics. The …
Bacolod City ‘OK’ with retaining GCQ-HR status
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The city government of Bacolod has no longer submitted an appeal for a lower quarantine status after the National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) released a decision to retain the general community quarantine with heightened restrictions (GCQ-HR) status for the city which starts today until September 30. Bacolod City Administrator Em …