By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The slain New People’s Army (NPA) member in an encounter at Barangay Buenavista in Negros Occidental’s Himamaylan City on Wednesday, May 3, has been identified by authorities. Brigadier General Orlando Edralin, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, identified the fatality as 36-year-old Crispin Tingal Acapadon, a member of the NPA’s Central Negros …
Monthly Archives: May 2023
Bacolod to use ‘My Basurero’ app for garbage pick-up
The Bacolod City government, together with private garbage hauler IPM-Construction and Development Corp. (CDC), will soon launch the use of a mobile application (app) that will allow households and business establishments in the city to book a garbage pick-up. City administrator Pacifico Maghari III said yesterday the garbage hauler, whose new contract runs from …
209 farmer-beneficiaries obtain land titles in Toboso
Some 209 farmers received certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) for agricultural land located in two localities in northern Negros Occidental in April, data from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) showed yesterday. Among the beneficiaries are 49 farmers given the owner’s duplicate copy for a 21.23-hectare property in Toboso town’s Barangay Salamanca on April …
Iloilo City mayor issues EO for energy-saving measures
The Iloilo City government is calling on all public and private establishments to adopt energy-saving measures to be carried out in the city hall, villages, barangay facilities, schools, and local police offices and stations due to the power outages in Western Visayas in March. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas, who released Executive Order (EO) …
Tay Tung to compete in Shakey’s girls’ volley
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts is set to compete in the 2023 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball Invitational, which will commence this Sunday, May 7, at the San Andres Gym in Manila. According to Thunderbolts team manager Jose Montalbo, they accepted the invitation to compete in the month-long tournament to polish the …
Derla, Napolis bag golds for Team PH in SEAG
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Filipina Angel Gwen Derla pulled off a stunner as she ruled the women’s bamboo shield form of kun bokator at the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games at the Chroy Changvar Hall in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Thursday night, May 4. The Laguna province’s Cabuyao City-native Derla, who shifted to the …
NBA: Doncic to pay for Serbia shooting funerals, report says
NBA superstar Luka Doncic has committed to pay for the funerals of eight children and a security guard killed in a Belgrade elementary school mass shooting, ESPN reported on Thursday, May 4. The 24-year-old Slovenian guard, a four-time NBA All-Star with the Dallas Mavericks, will also pay for grief counseling for classmates and staff …
Classes halted; Bacolod, 8 NegOcc LGUs suspend classes due to heavy rainfall
Bacolod City and eight local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental canceled classes at all levels yesterday after the state weather bureau issued a heavy rainfall advisory. Classes were canceled in the cities of Bacolod, Himamaylan, Kabankalan, San Carlos, Silay, Talisay, and Victorias; and in the towns of E.B. Magalona and Pulupandan. An orange …
NPA killed, civilian hurt in southern NegOcc clash
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A New People’s Army (NPA) member was killed while a civilian was injured in a gun battle on the boundary of Negros Occidental’s cities of Himamaylan and Kabankalan on Wednesday afternoon, May 3. The Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion have yet to identify the slain NPA member, the latest casualty …
SCOs issued vs. 2 OPA staff in ‘missing’ fertilizers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Legal Office (PLO) have already issued show cause orders (SCOs) to two personnel of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) in relation to the disappearance of 789 sacks of fertilizers at the Negros First Rice Processing Center warehouse in Bago City’s Barangay Tabunan. PLO …