By Adrian Stewart Co Naturalized player Bienvenido Marañon is making a career move after parting ways with the United City Football Club (UCFC) ahead of the 2022 Philippines Football League season. The departure of the Cadiz, Spain-native Marañon, who recently made his debut with the Philippine Azkals, was announced by the United City FC on …
Monthly Archives: January 2022
Standhardinger, Aguilar to sign extensions with Ginebra
By Adrian Stewart Co Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings are set to keep their frontcourt for the next three years as Christian Standhardinger and Japeth Aguilar both agreed to contract extensions. In separate reports by Spin.ph, it said that both Standhardinger and Aguilar have agreed to fresh three-year contract extensions with the defending PBA Governors’ …
Tanker truck kills couple, 2-month-old baby in San Carlos
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A husband and wife along with their two-month-old baby perished after their motorcycle was accidentally run over by a tanker truck along Sitio Ulay, Barangay Prosperidad in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday afternoon, January 5. Police identified the fatalities as 29-year-old Joemar Jirasol, his 19-year-old wife Angeline, and …
Leonardia ‘fires warning shot’ anew as COVID cases double in 2 days
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday fired another warning shot, emphatically reminding Bacolodnons that the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, and that they should observe minimum health protocols to control transmission of the deadly virus. Leonardia issued the warning after Executive Director Em Legaspi-Ang of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) said that contact-tracing …
Lacson bars minors from entering Capitol Lagoon
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said he will bar the entry of minors at the Provincial Capitol Park and Lagoon starting today, January 7. “This is to send a message to the parents that minors should again stay at home, that’s why I decided to close the lagoon for minors,” Lacson …
PDRRMC OKs P500-M aid for NegOcc calamity victims
The Negros Occidental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has approved the proposed P500 million in assistance for the victims of Typhoon “Odette” and other disasters. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson presided over the PDRRMC Regular Meeting held at the Capitol Social Hall on Tuesday, January 4, attended by council members, in the presence …
PCG enforces strict protocols on ferry trips from Manila
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Negros Occidental has ordered the strict implementation of health protocols in all ferry vessels originating from Metro Manila. The order was issued following the declaration of the National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) placing the whole National Capital Region and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite …
Lacson signs MOA for maritime scholarship program
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation (JBLCF); Fukujin Kisen, Co., Ltd.; and scholarship grantees of the provincial government’s Maritime Scholarship Program on Tuesday at the Capitol Social Hall. The 15 qualified students were granted scholarships on a “Study Now, Pay Later” scheme at …
It’s Advent time again!
With another liturgical year opening for us, we are given another chance to run our life with Christ. The different liturgical seasons, namely, Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Ordinary Time again, provide us the complete life and teaching of Christ that is necessary for us to live our Christian life amid the different …
Recyclable toothpaste tubes
Toothpaste tubes are typically made from plastic, aluminum or a plastic-aluminum composite. Generally, plastic #4 and aluminum tubes will be the easiest to recycle. The earliest versions were collapsible tubes made of tin, zinc or lead, sometimes coated with wax on the inside. A billion toothpaste tubes. That’s a lot of toothpaste tubes that …