By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who were killed in a gun battle last Monday, November 28, at Barangay Quintin Remo in Negros Occidental’s Moises Padilla town have been identified. Based on information released by the 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB), the fatalities were identified as Dalmacio “Delmar” Dela Torre …
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Budget cuts turn off ‘Lights of Bago’ event
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The yearly event Lights of Bago, celebrated every New Year’s Day in Negros Occidental’s Bago City, will be postponed again next year — not because of the COVID-19 pandemic — but due to the city’s budget cuts. Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo said yesterday morning that they had a …
Man ‘sucker punched’ e-bike driver to death
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 57-year-old e-bike driver was killed after he was “sucker punched” twice by a man believed to be suffering from a mental illness in Bacolod City’s Barangay Granada on Monday afternoon, November 28. Police identified the fatality as Wenne Diamante, a resident of Relocation Site in Matab-ang in the …
Bacolod U-15 cagers rule MDC 3×3 tourney
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolod Tay Tung High School, representing Team Bacolod, clinched the crown in the 15 and Under category of the MDC Sports 3×3 National Finals over the weekend at the Marikina Sports Complex in Marikina City. Led by 15 and Under MVP Kyle Mathew Barrieta, the Thunderbolts squad bagged the division championship following …
Negrenses carry Enderun Titans to NAASCU women’s volley title
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Enderun College Lady Titans completed its perfect run in the 2022 National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU) women’s volleyball championship on Monday, November 28, at the Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) Gym in Taguig City. The Enderun women’s volleyball squad got a lift from its Negrense volleybelles …
Pag-IBIG Fund home loan payments reach P57.6B, up 30%; PLR climbs to 89.96%
DRIVEN by the strong collection of home loan payments in the last 10 months, Pag-IBIG Fund’s performing loans ratio climbed to 89.96% in October, exceeding the agency’s yearend target by 196 basis points, top executives announced on Monday, Nov. 28. From January to October, home loan payments amounted to P57.58 billion, a double-digit increase of …
LTO-6 cracks down on erring doctors, clinics
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Land Transportation Office in Western Visayas (LTO-6) cracked down on its accredited doctors and medical clinics which are allegedly issuing medical certificates without conducting the required physical, visual and auditory tests in applying for a driver’s license. Assistant Regional Director Atty. Gaudioso Geduspan and Legal Section Chief Atty. Tanya …
2 NPA rebels slain in Moises Padilla clash anew
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two rebels from the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion at Barangay Quintin Remo in Negros Occidental’s Moises Padilla town yesterday morning. Authorities are still in the process of identifying the two slain rebels. Meanwhile, Brigadier General Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd …
Illegal structures along North Capitol Road removed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A total of 18 illegal structures were removed along Bacolod City’s North Capitol Road during a joint operation by the City Legal Office Enforcement Team and Negros Occidental’s Security Division yesterday morning. Renelo Lastierre, head of the Capitol Safety and Security Division, said based on the request of the …
7 cops hurt after patrol car flips in Candoni
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Seven policemen were injured after their patrol car flipped at Barangay Caningay in Negros Occidental’s Candoni town yesterday morning. The injured were police patrolmen Jerome Tolentino, Joey Bana-ag, Eric Abela, Bryan Ambaja; and Police Corporals Mark Jel Salazar, John Arevalo and Reggie Tacdoro of the 604th Regional Mobile Force Battalion. According …