San Miguel Beer is treading carefully in the PBA preseason games given their lack of manpower. Without the likes of June Mar Fajardo and CJ Perez, who are doing national duty with Gilas Pilipinas, coach Jorge Gallent has limited options to choose from. Adding to his worries are Mo Tautuaa and Terrence Romeo, who joined …
Monthly Archives: July 2023
NegOcc solon warns ‘sugar liberalization’ will kill industry
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental 5th district Congressman Emilio Dino Yulo III warned yesterday morning that the sugar liberalization being proposed by Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno will kill the local sugar industry. Diokno made the proposal that would allow manufacturers of sweetened beverages to directly import sugar as a “reasonable compromise” following plans …
NegOcc OPA head resigns due to health reasons
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) head Dr. Edmundo Raul Causing has tendered his resignation effective August 1. Provincial administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz said Causing submitted his resignation due to “health reasons.” Diaz said they do not have a replacement for Causing yet. An officer-in-charge will be appointed …
Charges readied vs. junk shop storing P15-M ‘stolen’ telco batteries
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is now preparing charges against a junk shop operator in the city, for allegedly storing and accepting stolen telecommunication batteries worth P15.1 million. BCPO director, Police Colonel Noel Aliño said yesterday afternoon they recovered 15 telco batteries worth P100,000 each from three suspects identified …
SP: Probe proliferation of fake PWD, senior citizen IDs
By Mae Singuay The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Bacolod is asking the Office of the Senior Citizen Affairs and the Department of Social Services and Development to conduct an investigation of the alarming proliferation of spurious and fake person with disability and senior citizen identification cards (IDs). Councilor Jason Villarosa said the SP passed a resolution …
Man mauled to death
A 47-year-old resident of Negros Occidental’s Pulupandan town was allegedly mauled to death in Bago City’s Barangay Poblacion. Bago police chief, Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong said Roggie Mar Tiolo and his brother were in a drinking session inside a convenience store at around 3:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 29, when the suspects arrived. Due …
Police probe gun slay in NegOr city
Police are probing the death of an event host in Negros Oriental’s Bayawan City at sundown on Wednesday, June 28, just shortly after the second day of the public hearings on the deferment of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in the province ended. An initial police report said the victim, Junar Barios, was shot …
CPP-NPA’s legal fronts send ‘reinforcement’ to Negros
As the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army’s (CPP-NPA) strength continues to dwindle, its legal fronts are now sending reinforcements into the countryside, a key Army official said yesterday. Major General Marion Sison, 3rd Infantry Division commander, disclosed this in his message to troops during the turnover of command ceremony of the Army’s 47th …
No new ASF cases in Negros Oriental for 2 weeks
Negros Oriental is heading towards the “green zone” should the current trend of having no new African swine fever (ASF) cases continue, an official said yesterday. Board Member Woodrow Maquiling Sr., Sangguniang Panlalawigan committee on agriculture chair, told the Philippine News Agency that the last ASF deaths were those reported some two weeks ago in …
Negrense volleybelle Rubin transfers to UST
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense standout Kimberly Chelmei Ibanez Rubin is heading to the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Junior Tigresses in the UAAP for the remaining years of her high school volleyball career. The Negros Occidental’s La Carlota City-native Rubin went with the Junior Tigresses despite several enticing offers from other Manila-based schools, as …