By Mae Singuay and Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga About 680 uniformed and civilian personnel will oversee security measures for this year’s Panaad sa Negros Festival, which will commence today until April 23. Task Group Panaad Festival held a send-off ceremony for its personnel at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) in Camp Alfredo …
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Bacolod allots maintenance meds for indigent elderly
By Mae Singuay The proposed ordinance which will provide maintenance medicine for indigent senior citizens in Bacolod City has been approved. Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod approved, in the third and final reading on April 12, the proposed ordinance which will allot P4 million fund for the purchase of maintenance medicines for hypertension and …
Rider killed after getting run over by truck
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A motorcycle driver died after he was run over by a truck along Lacson Street in Bacolod City’s Barangay Banago on Saturday, April 15. Police identified the fatality as John Patrick Biantan, a resident of Talisay City’s Barangay Zone 7. Traffic investigator, Police Staff Sergeant Richard Dema-ala said, based on …
Candy chokes student to death
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Grade 2 student was choked after eating candies at a school at Barangay Zone 4 in Negros Occidental’s Cadiz City on Friday morning, April 14. Authorities identified the fatality as nine-year-old Zyrus Escalicas of the city’s Barangay 1. Cadiz City deputy police chief, Captain Gina Fernandez, said Escalidas was …
Police, soldiers deployed to Negros town mine site
A composite team of Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Army personnel was deployed on Friday, April 14, to the mining exploration site in Negros Oriental’s Sta. Catalina town to quell the tension between pro- and anti-mining citizens. This developed after the Provincial Peace and Order Council on Thursday, April 13, approved a resolution that …
Live-in couple killed after house strafed
By Mae Singuay A live-in couple was killed due to multiple gunshot wounds after their house was allegedly strafed by unidentified assailants at Barangay San Isidro in Negros Occidental’s Toboso town on Saturday morning, April 15. Police identified the fatalities as 60-year-old Leonardo Lagada and Miguela Hedorio, of legal age. The initial investigation disclosed …
Negros’ most wanted NPA member nabbed in Canlaon
Military and police operatives arrested on Saturday morning, April 15, a member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) tagged by the Philippine National Police as the most wanted NPA member in Negros. A media release from the Philippine Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) identified the suspect as 49-year-old Jerry Montefalcon …
Kaya survives Azkals, regains lead in PFL
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Kaya Futbol Club-Iloilo regained the no. 1 spot in the 2022-2023 Philippines Football League (PFL) after a 3-2 escape over Azkals Development Team at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, April 15. Daizo Horikoshi unloaded two goals, while Jarvey Gayoso added a conversion as the Iloilo City-based booters grabbed the …
MPBL: Bacolod’s winning run snapped by Quezon
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Bacolod City of Smiles saw their two-game winning run snapped after a 63-56 defeat to Quezon Huskers in the 2023 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) at the Bataan People’s Center on Saturday night, April 15. RJ Minerva led the way with 12 points and eight rebounds, Jeric Teng chipped …
UAAP: Adamson bounces back, downs UE in four
The Adamson Lady Falcons stayed in the hunt for a twice-to-beat incentive in the Final Four as they drubbed the University of the East (UE) Lady Warriors in the UAAP Season 85 women’s volleyball tournament. The Lady Falcons needed four sets to recover from a loss in their last outing with a 25-16, 25-19, …