By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A barangay tanod and his nine-year-old grandson were killed after their house was broken into by unidentified individuals at Abada Escay in Bacolod City’s Barangay Vista Alegre early yesterday morning. Police identified the fatality as 73-year-old Aurelio Rull of the city’s Barangay 8. Police, meanwhile, have requested not to identify …
Monthly Archives: September 2021
No word yet from DOH on hiring more health workers
Bacolod City, like many hospitals, treatment facilities and local governments all over the country, is also losing a lot of health frontliners due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And as of yesterday, the city government is still waiting for Department of Health’s (DOH) reply to its request for additional health workers. In an interview with Noli …
Nieto Pordiosero (Grandson Beggar)
I would like to share the story of Dr. Wang, the founder of a once mighty global giant and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) publicly-traded Wang Laboratories or Wang Labs. The latter was a computer company founded in 1951 and was successfully headquartered in Massachusetts. Long before Apple became a household name, the Wang group …
Faith as a seafarer’s weapon
By: Atty. Dennis Gorecho Religion assists seafarers in coping with dangerous and emotionally challenging workplaces. It offers for the ordinary Filipino seafarers strength, hope and peace in relation with their daily work and social relationships on board the vessel. A seafarer’s faith is his most powerful weapon in overcoming difficult emotional, or even dangerous, shipboard …
Pacquiao’s boxing retirement ‘not yet final,’ claims aide
Despite eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao personally saying that his boxing career is “tapos na,” one of his close aides claimed that the Filipino ring icon’s pronouncement is “not yet final.” MP Promotions President Sean Gibbons said in an interview with Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports on Tuesday that Pacquiao’s final decision on his …
Fajardo on Gilas women debut: It’s a surreal moment
By Adrian Stewart Co Ella Fajardo is still in disbelief with her call up to the Gilas Pilipinas women’s team that will compete in the upcoming 2021 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup in Amman, Jordan. Fajardo, who has roots from Bacolod City, said that she is still pinching herself in disbelief that she is now part …
Two-room school bldg for IPs unveiled in Kabankalan
A two-room school building for Indigenous Peoples (IP) was recently turned over and unveiled at Bula National High School located in Sitio Bula, Barangay Carol-an, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Leading the event were Mayor Pedro Zayco, Jr., Rep. Genaro Alvarez, Commissioner Jeorge Medez Largado of the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP), and councilors Helen …
Another NegOcc mayor contracts COVID-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Kabankalan City Mayor Pedro Zayco, Jr., who earlier on Monday was tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, is now doing well according to the latest information posted by the locality’s public information office. According to a short statement released by the city government, Zayco is reported to be …
A Tropical Oasis on ‘The Other Side’ of Boracay
There’s magic in Boracay that keeps travelers coming back for more. The question is: Have we seen all it has to offer or could we be leaving some gems undiscovered? For instance, a quick 15-minute ride going North from Stations 1, 2, and 3 may give you a whole new perspective of what more Boracay …
Handcuffed man found dead in Brgy. Banago
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A man was found dead early yesterday morning at Purok Riverside in Bacolod City’s Barangay Banago. Police identified the victim as 37-year-old Mark Anthony Cubos. He sustained multiple bullet wounds on the body, police added. Police Station 3 commander, Police Major Richard Fajarito, said Cubos was found dead handcuffed in …