The Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) announced yesterday that it is giving a P1 million cash reward to anyone who could provide information that would result in the arrest of New People’s Army (NPA) hitman Roger Fabillar, who is facing a string of murder cases in northern Negros. The bounty was increased twice this …
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Ex-druggie shot dead
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A former drug suspect was shot dead inside a computer shop at Purok Langis in Bacolod City’s Barangay Banago early Monday morning, April 24. Edcel Mike Diaz, 26 years old, of the city’s Barangay Granada village was sitting inside the internet shop when a lone gunman entered the establishment. The …
1 dead, 1 hurt in Murcia road mishap
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A head-on collision between a sports utility vehicle and a public utility jeepney left one person dead at Barangay Salvacion in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town late Tuesday night, April 25. Police identified the fatality as 30-year-old jeepney driver Samuel Olimpo, a resident of Purok Kalubihan in the town’s Barangay …
NegOcc ARB group engages in plant tissue culture to boost income
An agrarian reform beneficiaries organization (ARBO) in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town has been selected by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to engage in a plant tissue culture to increase farm productivity and income. The Villa Carolina Integrated Organic Farmers Association, based in Barangay San Miguel, is being assisted by DAR-Negros Occidental I (North) in …
Negrense boxer Zulueta stakes ABF belt tonight
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense boxer John Michael Zulueta is putting his Asian Boxing Federation (ABF) light flyweight belt on the line as he faces Indonesian boxer Silem Serang at the SpacePlus Night Club, RCA Plaza, in Bangkok, Thailand tonight. Zulueta, currently in the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation world rankings, is determined …
Two Ozamiz City Centenarians receive P300K each
Cash gifts totaling P300,000 were awarded to two women from Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental who recently turned 100. After Pompia Ochagabia Balcita from Barangay Maningcol and Tiburcia Gaid Parojinog from Barangay Molicay celebrated their 100th birthday in April, the centenarians each received a total of P300,000 in cash gifts—P100,000 from the National Government by virtue …
Negros girds for title defense in WVRAA Meet girls’ volleyball
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negros Occidental girls’ volleyball team is aiming for a title repeat in the secondary girls’ volleyball event of this year’s Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet at the Laguinbanua Elementary School in Aklan province’s Numancia town beginning today. Team captain Katherine Shaine Cortez said the squad had a lengthy …
UAAP: NU on cusp of sweeping elims, takes down UST
The National University (NU) Bulldogs are just a win away from sweeping the elimination round of the UAAP Season 85 men’s volleyball tournament. The defending champion Bulldogs imposed their might against University of Santo Tomas (UST), 25-19, 22-25, 25-18, 25-21, to keep a perfect slate at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City yesterday. …
PLO prepares show cause orders over ‘missing’ fertilizers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Legal Office (PLO) prepares show cause orders to some personnel of the Rice Processing Center warehouse in Bago City for the alleged disappearance of 789 bags of fertilizer. PLO head, Atty. Alberto Nellas, Jr. said that he would consult with provincial administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz …
Bacolod stays on COVID Alert Level 1
By Mae Singuay Bacolod City stays on Alert Level 1 due to COVID-19, a report from the Department of Health in Western Visayas (DOH) showed yesterday. Maria Laarni Pornan, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office head, said a total of 221 COVID-19 cases with eight deaths were recorded in the city as of yesterday. …