Victorias City police in Negros Occidental arrested two women tagged as street level targets following a drug buy-bust operation around 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, at Site 2, Block 19, Lot 6 in Villa Victorias in the city’s Barangay 13. Police identified the suspects as 41-year-old Rochel Lumbo alias “Chel” of the said village …
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Provincial Children’s Month kicks off
The Provincial (National) Children’s Month kicked off Tuesday in a program held at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City, with the theme, “New Normal na Walang Iwanan: Karapatan ng Bawat Bata Ating Tutukan.” The activity aims to intensify public awareness on children’s rights, promote adequate care for children and advocate for the application of …
Reaching out through dialogue
We have to learn how to suffer with the others, how to be compassionate, how to make as our own the conditions of the others out of the love of God and souls. Christ himself did all these. But to attain these qualities, we have learn how to have dialogue, first with God and then …
A leader’s fear and anxiety
I want to continue what McNamara wrote in his book, “Founder’s Syndrome: How Corporations Suffer and Can Recover,” on the common problems experienced by organizations as a result of the “founder’s syndrome.” Many founders cannot make this transition. As a result, the organization remains managed, not in a manner that provides reliable services to customers, …
Iloilo places runner-up in PCAP Tag Team Tuesday
By Adrian Stewart Co Iloilo Kisela Knights placed runner-up in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) Tag Team Tuesday after bowing to Pasig City King Pirates in the finals on Tuesday night. Rogelio Antonio Jr. and Karl Victor Ochoa of Southern Division champions Kisela Knights tried to keep in step with King Pirates’ …
Negros Muscovados to compete in MPBL Invitational
By Adrian Stewart Co Negros Muscovados is set for its debut in the Chooks-To-Go Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Invitational being planned for early December at a venue still to be determined. According to Muscovados head coach Rolando Aledron Jr., the pocket tournament will be a good exposure for the MPBL debutant ahead of the …
Bacolod beneficiaries receive DOLE’s TUPAD aid
More than 200 Bacolodnons received financial assistance on Tuesday, November 9, from Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, who handed over the checks to Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers Program or TUPAD recipients, in ceremonies held at the Forest Park Water Garden Resort in Barangay Taculing. Officials of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) …
IN NEGROS OCCIDENTAL Elderly, persons with comorbidities to be prioritized in booster shots
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga As the country now awaits for the guidelines on booster shots which is expected to be released anytime this month, Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said they will concentrate the distribution of COVID-19 booster shots to persons who have existing comorbidities and senior citizens. According to Lacson, once the …
Dongbo is new PRO-6 chief
Police Brigadier General Flynn Dongbo will assume command of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) today. He replaces Police Brigadier General Rolando Miranda who will be retiring this month. Before being assigned to the Western Visayas police, Dongbo headed the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group of the Philippine National Police. Dongbo and Miranda were classmates …
DOLE SEC. BELLO: ‘No vaccine, no work’ policy currently illegal
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III yesterday warned employers that it is illegal to implement a “no vaccine, no work” policy. Bello, who was in Bacolod City yesterday to lead DOLE’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program at the Negros Residences, said vaccination is …