By Mae Singuay A man was detained after a complaint was filed against him for alleged arson in Negros Occidental’s Kabankalan City. Miguel Cedullo, 30 years old, of Sitio Bayhaw in the city’s Barangay Camansi, was arrested for allegedly burning his house on Thursday morning, September 14. Kabankalan police deputy chief, Captain Jolan Vinson, said Cedullo’s house was destroyed in the …
Monthly Archives: September 2023
Over P400-K ‘shabu’ seized
By Mae Singuay An estimated P408,000 worth of suspected shabu was confiscated from a tricycle driver during a drug buy-bust operation in Bacolod City’s Barangay 2. Police Station 2 conducted the operation against 37-year-old John Paul Jovero, a resident of the city’s Barangay 26. Police said Jovero, identified as a high-value individual, was detained …
Bacolod diocese to stop online broadcast of Masses
The Diocese of Bacolod would implement changes in the live streaming of Masses in churches following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions by the government. In a September 14 decree signed by Bishop Patricio Buzon and released yesterday, the diocese said the online broadcasting of eucharistic celebrations will be stopped effective September 24. “In recent …
Negros Occidental upland village eyes PH’s ‘marang capital’ title
The upland barangay of Colonia Divina in Sagay City, northern Negros Occidental, where close to 100,000 marang trees are being grown, is being geared by the local government to become the “Marang Capital of the Philippines.” This week, the village again held the Marang Festival after a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus disease 2019 …
Bacolod falters to Pampanga in MPBL
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolod City of Smiles tasted its third straight loss in the 2023 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) after bowing to Pampanga Giant Lanterns, 103-86, at the Bataan People’s Center in Orani, Bataan on Thursday evening, September 14. The defeat dropped the Bacolod-based squad to a 10-17 win-loss slate, dampening their …
Amores aims to alter perceptions as he joins PBA Draft
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Rookie aspirant John Amores aims to alter perceptions as he enters the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Season 48 Rookie Draft at the Market! Market! in Taguig City this Sunday, September 17. The former Jose Rizal University (JRU) Heavy Bombers forward acknowledged that he cannot influence people’s opinions about him. However, …
Pacquiao reiterates desire to join Paris Olympics
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is holding on to the chance of representing the Philippines in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. During the launch of his newly-founded volleyball league, Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association, yesterday, Pacquiao remained committed to possibly suiting up in the country’s tri-colors in the Olympics. “Waiting for that. Excited naman ako …
Pag-IBIG sets record anew as home loans reach P76.94B in Jan to Aug, up 6%
Pag-IBIG Fund has released P76.94 billion in home loans in the last eight months, breaking its record on the highest home loan disbursement for any January to August period, agency officials announced on Friday (September 15). “We are happy to report that Pag-IBIG Fund has once again set a record high in terms of home loan …
PAGCOR PHOTO CONTEST 2023 WINNERS BARED
THE much-awaited results of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation’s Photography Contest 2023 were finally revealed today, September 13, with PAGCOR’s announcement of the 24 grand winners from among 5,400 entries nationwide. The 12 winners in the conventional photography category received Php80,000 each in cash prizes, while the 12 winners in the mobile category took …
35 families homeless; Fire guts 26 Silay houses, displaces 114 residents
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least 35 families or 114 individuals were displaced after a fire broke out in a residential area at Barangay Mambulac in Negros Occidental’s Silay City early yesterday morning. A total of 26 homes were destroyed, while eight others were damaged in the blaze. Fire Senior Inspector Jovelyn Zamar, acting …