By Mae Singuay Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez is considering another concessioner for bulk water to solve supply problems in the city. “If PrimeWater Infrastructure Inc. can’t assure us that they will look at a massive piping, I will entertain another concessioner [for bulk water],” Benitez said during a press conference yesterday. “I would …
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Mistaken identity seen in driver’s slay
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A truck driver was shot to death in what police believe could be a case of mistaken identity at Barangay Old Poblacion’s Sitio Beatingo in Negros Occidental’s Escalante City on Sunday night, August 13. Police identified the fatality as 34-year-old John Mark Sotto, a resident of Bacolod City’s Barangay Estefania. Escalante …
P1.8-M ‘shabu’ seized in Negros operation
Police operatives seized close to P2 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested a suspect during a buy-bust operation at Barangay Boloc-boloc in Negros Oriental’s Sibulan town on Sunday, August 13. The 42-year-old suspect identified as Ian Rey Derama Completo, a resident of Villa Pastoral in Dumaguete City’s Barangay Batinguel, was arrested after he allegedly …
Cops with kin running in Oct. 30 polls need to be reassigned
Police officers with relatives running for posts in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) need to be reassigned before the start of the banning period for the transfer and details of public officials and employees. “We will make sure that before the prohibition of the reassignment, those police officers who have relatives and friends …
Bacolod Tay Tung HS spikers dominate Plagata Cup
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts maintained their status as the best secondary girls volleyball team in Western Visayas after topping the Victor C. Plagata Cup Season XVI at the Bingawan Civic Center in Iloilo province’s Bingawan town on Sunday night, August 13. The squad, which was composed mostly of …
DLSU sweeps Adamson, captures Shakey’s Super League title
By ADRIAN STEWART CO De La Salle University (DLSU) Lady Spikers used its championship experience to score a 25-19, 25-22, 25-17 win over Adamson University Lady Falcons in the do-or-die Game 3 of the Shakey’s Super League finals at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Sunday, August 13. Shevana Laput unloaded 13 …
Thirdy Ravena: We’ll take it one game at a time in World Cup
Gilas Pilipinas’ opening game in the 2023 FIBA World Cup will be all important as it will set the tone for their campaign while it vies for one of the available slots for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The nationals will be kicking off their FIBA World Cup campaign on August 25 against Dominican Republic, and …
Multiple murder raps; NegOr solon Teves, 5 others to face charges for 2019 killings
The Department of Justice said multiple murder cases will be filed against suspended Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves, Jr. and five others for the murder of three individuals in 2019. “There’s a lot of evidence gathered. This took how many months, so almost four months of preliminary investigation,” Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said at …
Groups back Benitez amid allegations by Teves
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Local political parties United Negros Alliance (UNegA) and Love Negros support Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Benitez amid the allegations hurled against him by Negros Oriental 3rd District Congressman Arnolfo Teves, Jr. UNegA secretary-general, Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante, Jr. said their support for Benitez remains strong, as they regularly consult him with regards to …
Senate eyes NIR bill approval in December
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Senate seeks to approve the bill establishing the Negros Island Region (NIR) by December of this year. In a press conference, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, who was in Bacolod City over the weekend to check on the infrastructure projects in the city, said the Senate will start holding …