With a few days remaining before the New Year, a group raised concerns over bad practices that add to environmental degradation and pollution. The pollution watchdog group, EcoWaste Coalition, encourages the public to avoid practices which tend to endanger human health and the environment. The group discouraged the public from using firecrackers and fireworks, …
Monthly Archives: December 2022
Trike driver nearly loses hand after picking up lighted firecracker
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A tricycle driver nearly lost his right hand after picking up a lighted firecracker during a drinking session with his relatives at Barangay Sampinit in Negros Occidental’s Bago City, early morning of Christmas Day. Authorities identified the injured as 45-year-old Rex Gallendo, a resident of the said place. During …
PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals: Ginebra takes down Bay Area in Game 1
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings overcame a slow start to score a 96-81 victory over Bay Area Dragons in Game 1 of the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Sunday night, December 25. Justin Brownlee flirted with a triple-double with 28 …
Ilonggo Ravena scores 15, San-En bounces back in B.League
By ADRIAN STEWART CO San-En NeoPhoenix got a huge lift from Ferdinand “Thirdy” Ravena III as they defeated Gunma Crane Thunders, 92-79, in the 2022-2023 Japan B.League on Christmas Day at the Toyohashi General Gymnasium in Japan. The Iloilo City-native Ravena started for the NeoPhoenix and delivered 15 points to go with two rebounds …
Group formed to probe exec slay
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has officially formed the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) Pondevilla to investigate deeply the murder of Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco) General Manager Atty. Danny Pondevilla. BCPO Director, Police Colonel Thomas Joseph Martir said the SITG will comprise investigators from Police Station 2, the …
NegOcc has highest growth rate in WV
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental has the highest growth rate in Western Visayas in 2021, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently showed. Based on the PSA’s report regarding Provincial Product Accounts in the region from 2018 to 2021, the province posted a 1.9 percent growth rate. Meanwhile, Iloilo City and …
NegOcc hospitals on ‘white alert’ until New Year’s Day
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Hospitals in Negros Occidental have been placed on “code white alert” status over the weekend until New Year’s Day. Dr. Mary Ann Maestral, chief of the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital, said the heightened alert status is in anticipation of firecracker-related injuries in the days leading to the New Year. …
NPA member surrenders in Hinoba-an
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) in southern Negros Occidental surrendered to the police on Friday morning, December 23. The former NPA member, a resident of Barangay Culipapa in the province’s Hinoba-an town, heeded the call of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict …
Senior citizen yields P544-K ‘shabu’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A senior citizen was arrested in a buy-bust operation at Barangay 5 in Negros Occidental’s San Carlos City on Friday afternoon, December 23. Agents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Western Visayas (PDEA-6) identified the arrested as Roldan Alqueza, a resident of the city’s Barangay 6. Prior to conducting …
PH Azkals wallop Brunei in AFF Cup
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Philippine men’s football team entered the win column of the 2022 AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup following a 5-1 domination of Brunei Darussalam at the Rizal Memorial Stadium on Friday evening, December 23. Sebastian Rasmussen fired two second half goals, while Kenshiro Daniels, Sandro Reyes and Ilonggo Jhan-Jhan Melliza added …