BY MAE SINGUAY The Bacolod City Traffic Authority (BTAO) will coordinate with the City Legal Office (CLO) to ease the traffic problem on some major streets in the city. According to BTAO head, Police Major Junji Liba, his office has yet to receive any formal complaint in relation to the traffic problem, but …
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Soldier dead, 4 others hurt in bar brawl
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A soldier has died while four others were wounded following a shooting incident in a restobar at around 1:30 a.m. yesterday in Bacolod City’s Barangay Singcang-Airport. Private First Class (PFC) Edmark Iwayan, 26 years old, of Barangay Balintawak in Negros Occidental’s Escalante City, was dead on-the-spot after sustaining a gunshot …
P346-K illegal drugs yielded from woman
BY MAE SINGUAY A high-value individual for illegal drugs was arrested in a buy-bust operation yesterday afternoon. Arrested was 33-year-old Lyna Mabunay of Bacolod City’s Barangay 1, after she handed a plastic sachet of suspected shabu to a police poseur buyer. Police recovered from Mabunay an estimated 51 grams of suspected shabu worth P346,800. …
Trapped ‘butanding’ rescued in Bacolod
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Northern Negros Occidental station rescued a whale shark or “butanding” after it was trapped in a fish pen in Bacolod City’s Barangay Banago yesterday. Commander Joe Luviz Mercurio, PCG station chief, said they were unable to confirm the size of the shark. The trapped whale …
Bacolaodiat Festival sites named
BY MAE SINGUAY Bacolod City identified the two festival sites in relation to the celebration of the Bacolaodiat Festival from January 19 to 22, 2023. The festival will take place on Upper East Avenue and at the Bacolod City Government Center. “Bacolaodiat” — coined from the words “Bacolod” and “Lao Diat” (a Chinese phrase …
Negrenses urge NegOcc gov’t to continue scholarship programs
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson revealed yesterday that Negrense scholars in Darwin, Australia want the provincial government to continue its scholarship programs. Lacson said that these were relayed to them by the scholars during their one-week trip to the capital of the Northern Territory in Australia. “Our scholars …
Meralco prevails over TNT in PBA
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Meralco Bolts rode on the exploits of Raymond Almazan in the fourth quarter as they beat sister team TNT Tropang Giga, 97-91, in the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup yesterday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Down 78-80 early in the fourth quarter, the Bolts got conversions from KJ McDaniels, Kier John Quinto …
Bacolod loses to Zambo, bows out of MPBL
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolod BingoPlus bowed out of the 2022 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) season after a 77-65 loss to Zamboanga City Family Brand Sardines in a badly officiated do-or-die Southern Division semifinals game on Tuesday night, November 15, in Zamboanga City. The Bacolodnons were stunned by Zamboanga City’s physicality that they were …
AMID CONCERNS OVER AFRICAN SWINE FEVER: Pork ban strictly enforced in ports
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental provincial government is continuously intensifying its campaign against the entry of African swine fever (ASF) into the province. Personnel from Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO), Bacolod City Police Office and the Philippine National Police-Maritime Group are strictly banning the entry of all pork products brought by passengers …
2 NegOcc OPA execs slapped with addt’l 60-day suspension
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Alberto Nellas, Jr. confirmed yesterday that the office had ordered an additional 60-day preventive suspension against two personnel of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) for grave misconduct. Nellas said the suspended personnel were Engineer Jimbo Garsula, agricultural engineering head under OPA, and …