By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson hopes sugar prices will remain at P3,000 per bag as the milling season begins. “Every time there is an importation, it is based on a study. So we will know right now that the studies made were accurate when the milling season started,” Lacson …
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Provide police visibility during opening of classes, BCPO urged
By Mae Singuay The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) was urged to provide additional police visibility near private and public schools in the city during the opening of classes on August 29. Through a resolution, the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) requested BCPO director, Police Colonel Noel Aliño to provide additional police patrols to prevent crimes and other …
Tricycle driver dead, 1 hurt in road mishap
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A man was killed, while his wife was injured after their tricycle accidentally collided with a bus along the national highway at Barangay 13 in Negros Occidental’s Victorias City on Sunday afternoon, August 20. Police identified the fatality as 25-year-old Elf Sanipa, while the injured was 29-year-old Jenalyn Navaro. Both …
Bacolod sorry for delayed salaries of 26 COS employees
By Mae Singuay An official of the Bacolod City Government Center apologized for the delayed salaries of 26 contract of service (COS) employees from the City Health Office (CHO). “Nagapangayo kita sang pasensya sa delay nga natuga,” secretary to the mayor Karol Joseph Chiu said. The affected employees include 14 nurses and 12 midwives, who …
Negros solon seeks to regain control of hacked Facebook page
Negros Occidental 3rd District Representative Jose Francisco Benitez is using a temporary Facebook page named “Metro 3rd News” as his team works to regain control of his hacked social media page. On Tuesday, hackers continued to have unauthorized access to the “Cong. Kiko Benitez” page, uploading videos of “hot movies” for two days now after …
Driver dead, motorcycle burns
A driver died after his motorcycle collided with a van along the national highway at Barangay Punta Mesa in Negros Occidental’s Manapla town on Monday, August 21. Christopher Padilla, 33 years old, a resident of Victorias City’s Barangay 21, overtook and crashed into the van, driven by 48-year-old Haresco Darius, traveling in the opposite direction, …
5 nabbed, P1.3-M ‘shabu’ seized in Bacolod sting ops
Five persons were arrested while almost P1.3 million in suspected shabu were seized in four separate buy-busts in Bacolod City over the weekend, reports from the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) on Monday, August 21, showed. “These are positive results as we strengthen the war on drugs by having intelligence-driven anti-drug operations,” Colonel Noel Aliño, …
Muscovados manhandled by Batangas in MPBL
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negros Pau Muscovados was badly beaten by Batangas City Embassy Chill, 83-62, in the 2023 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) at the Batangas City Coliseum on Monday night, August 21. The one-sided affair was a huge blow on the side of the Muscovados, who were hoping to catch the last …
Ilonggo Thirdy Ravena, Ray Parks ruled out of Gilas 12
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Ilonggo guard Ferdinand “Thirdy” Ravena III and Bobby Ray Parks, Jr. have been ruled out of the 12-man roster of the Gilas Pilipinas ahead of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which will begin this Friday, August 25. According to a report by Spin.ph’s Homer Sayson, the two Japan B.League Asian …
Clarkson ‘just needed a rest,’ Gilas team manager says
Filipino-American guard Jordan Clarkson did not play in Gilas Pilipinas’ final tune-up before the FIBA World Cup, but the NBA star is not injured. This was the assurance made by Gilas team manager Butch Antonio and head coach Chot Reyes after Clarkson was excluded from the Philippines’ line-up against Mexico at the PhilSports Arena on …