By MAE SINGUAY The Bacolod City government will implement a zero tolerance policy for ambulant vendors and illegal parking, starting January next year. Mayor Alfredo Benitez instructed the city’s legal enforcement unit during a meeting on Tuesday, December 27, together with Atty. Romeo Carlos Ting, Jr. of the City Legal Office, and city administrator …
Monthly Archives: December 2022
Negrense bowler Tan bags crown in tourney
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolodnon Tracey Carlyn Tan showed her wares to capture a crown in the 2022 Philippine Bowling Federation Annuals Championship held at the E-Lanes Bowling Center, Ortigas Avenue in San Juan last Monday, December 26. The 16-year-old Tan, who is playing for the Sugar Bowl TenPin Association Inc. of Bacolod City, …
Iloilo Dinagyang volley league returns in 2023
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Volleyball action is returning to the Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo City through the 2023 Volleyball League from January 12 to 15 at the city’s Jaro Gym, Fundidor Gym and YMCA Gym. According to Gametime Sports founder Rodolfo Go Villaruz, the three-day volleyball tournament will have four divisions, namely: women’s open, girls’ …
IN NEGROS OCCIDENTAL: Holidays blamed behind low registration turnout
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The holiday festivities are being blamed as the reason behind the low turnout of new voter registrants in Negros Occidental. Atty. Ian Ananoria, elections supervisor of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the province, said as of yesterday morning, they have recorded 7,770 new registrants only. Data from Comelec-Negros Occidental …
10 NPA members surrender in Negros
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Ten more members of the New People’s Army (NPA) have surrendered to government forces in Negros. Captain Dorcesimo Cuyag, Jr., Civil Military Operations Officer of the Philippine Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion, said the 10 NPA members surrendered from December 20 to 22. All of them were former members of …
NegOcc firecracker injuries now at 6
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported six firecracker-related injuries as of yesterday morning. Dr. Jessica Fama, PHO medical specialist, said Bago City has two cases, while the cities of Bacolod and Sagay, and the towns of Binalbagan and Hinigaran recorded one each. Fama said firecracker injuries in …
Slain Noneco GM laid to rest
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Slain Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco) General Manager Atty. Danny Pondevilla was laid to rest on Monday afternoon, December 26. Prior to his burial, a mass was held at the Redemptorist Church in Bacolod City, and Pondevilla was brought to his final resting place at the Rolling Hills Memorial …
Azkals falters to Thailand in AFF Cup
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Philippine Azkals were given a tough reality check by Thailand War Elephants with a 4-0 thrashing in the 2022 AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup at the Thammasat Stadium in Thailand on Monday night, December 26. The defeat to the defending champion War Elephants dropped the national men’s football team to fourth …
Negrense boxer Sumugat bows to Japanese foe
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense boxer Roy Sumugat failed to keep his winning run this 2022 following a sixth round knockout loss to Japanese fighter Taiga Imanaga at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on Monday night, December 26. It was a stinging defeat for the Bacolod City-native Sumugat after winning his first two …
122 NPA members in Negros neutralized
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (303IBde) released a report yesterday which confirms the neutralization of 122 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) on Negros Island this year. Based on the breakdown, 66 of those neutralized were members of the NPA’s Central Negros 2; 39 from the Central …