By ADRIAN STEWART CO Team Phikoma Cadiz finished with 13 medals, including two golds, during the speed kicking category of the 2021 Smart/MVP Sports Foundation Global Online Taekwondo Championships last Sunday. John Aethan Apostol bagged a gold medal in the speed kicking bantamweight junior category, while Loren Joy de Leon also notched a gold in …
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Teen nabbed for selling ‘shabu’ in Himamaylan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 17-year-old teenager was arrested for allegedly selling illegal drugs in Barangay Su-ay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, September 26. Police have requested not to identify the suspect but confirmed he is a resident of Purok Paraiso, Barangay Hilamonan in neighboring Kabankalan City. Police Lt. Arturo Margallo, Himamaylan …
Dead butanding found in Pulupandan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A dead whale shark or more locally known as “butanding” was found over the weekend in a fish pen at the town of Pulupandan in Negros Occidental. Based on information released by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Negros Occidental, their sub-station in the town received a phone call at …
Bacolod holds grand vax drive this week
The Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center (EOC), through the COVID-19 Vaccination Council (CoVaC), is holding a “grand vaccination drive” for two days this week. The event started yesterday and the other will be held on Friday, October 1. A total of 34 vaccination sites all over Bacolod will open simultaneously on these two days to …
Cebu Pacific all set for domestic travel recovery in Q4 Supports DOT push for local tourism and responsible travel
Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB) will increase its flights in October to tourism havens Siargao, Boracay, and Bohol as the country’s leading airline push for domestic travel recovery, following the easing of quarantine restrictions. In October, the airline will expand its flights to Siargao from five times to six times weekly; raise its frequencies to Boracay …
Physician Licensure Exam topnotcher a Negrense
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Maria Inez S. Benedicto of La Carlota City, Negros Occidental has topped the September 2021 Physician Licensure Exam (PLE). Dr. Benedicto, a valedictorian of West Visayas State University College of Medicine in La Paz, Iloilo City, posted a rating of 87.83 percent. She shared the top spot with Jude Philip …
AS COVID-19 CASES SURGE IN NEGOCC Doctors appeal for cooperation
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP)-Negros Occidental Chapter is appealing for Negrenses’ cooperation as the number of COVID-19 cases in the province and its capital Bacolod City continues to rise. In an advisory issued by the doctors group over the weekend, they said both the province and the city are …
Let’s beg with strong faith
Miracles are always a matter of faith. We just have to rectify our tendency to ask for miracles accompanied by doubts instead of faith, or to associate miracles with big, extraordinary things. Unless a blind man sees again, or a lame starts to walk, or a dead rises to life again, people nowadays say there …
We need a politicized Ombudsman like a bullet in the head
Ombudsman Samuel Martires has refused to release copies of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Statement of Assets Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN). A group of lawyers had to petition the Ombudsman after the Palace denied their request for the President’s SALNs for 2016-2020. Ombudsman Martires denied the request citing his own circular that constricts the circle of …
Negros Kingsmen, Iloilo Kisela Knights now 6-0 in PCAP
By Adrian Stewart Co Negros Kingsmen and Iloilo Kisela Knights maintained their untarnished record in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) San Miguel Corporation-Ayala Land Cup. The Kingsmen cruised to a 6-0 win-loss record on Saturday evening following a 14-7 domination over Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates and 11.5-9.5 escape over Toledo City Trojans. Negros …