By Mae Singuay Nine business establishments in Bacolod City are now facing closure for failing to secure a mayor’s permit, the City Legal Office (CLO) said. The closure will be held on Monday, October 16, in the city’s Barangay Mansilingan. CLO head Romeo Carlos Ting, Jr. said they have ordered the closure of the …
Monthly Archives: October 2023
Church, military revive advisory group to aid fight vs. insurgency
The Diocese of Dumaguete and the 302nd Brigade of the Philippine Army based in Negros Oriental’s Tanjay City will partner once more to address social issues brought about by the insurgency in the province. Msgr. Julius Perpetuo Heruela, a parish priest in Dauin town, said the Church, Military and Police Advisory Group (CMPAG) would be revived. …
Soldiers to be deployed to NegOr voting centers
Soldiers will be deployed inside all the 549 clustered voting centers in Negros Oriental alongside Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel to ensure a safe, peaceful and orderly conduct of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, regional election director of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Central Visayas, said on …
15 candidates vie for Miss Bacolod MassKara title
By Mae Singuay Fifteen lovely ladies will be vying for the crown at the Miss Bacolod MassKara 2023 coronation night at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum on Monday, October 16. The candidates who will be competing for the title are Georgette Ysabelle Millan, Therese Pira-an, Tracy Mae Sunio, Marianel Tan, Geralyn Joy Basto, …
Bacoor mauls Iloilo in MPBL playoffs
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Bacoor City Strikers showed their true strength as they walloped the Iloilo United Royals, 92-52, in Game 2 of the 2023 MPBL Southern Division quarterfinals at the Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum in Nueva Ecija on Saturday night, October 14. Chito Jaime caught fire with four three-point conversions to …
Bacolod to host 6th Nat’l Rhythmic Gymnastics contest
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Gymnasts from different regions are set to compete in the 6th National Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition slated from October 19 to 21 at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School Pohang Gymnasium in Bacolod City. According to MK Gymnastics Club co-founder Ma. Kristina Alagaban, 80 gymnasts from 14 gymnastics clubs have already …
RR Pogoy vows to return after being diagnosed with heart condition
RR Pogoy vowed to return to action once he recuperates from myocarditis. Pogoy confirmed that he was diagnosed with the heart condition on Saturday, October 14. The former Far Eastern University Tamaraw was seen from the bleachers watching the game between his alma mater and Ateneo de Manila University, where the Tamaraws won in overtime, …
Pag-IBIG home loans reach P88.3B in Q3 as demand continues to rise
Home loan releases of Pag-IBIG Fund in the last three quarters have grown to P88.30 billion as demand remains strong, agency officials announced Wednesday (11 October). The amount of home loans released grew by almost P5 billion or 6 per cent compared to the P83.31 billion in home loans released in the same period …
‘Third casualty’: Missing Negrense 3rd confirmed Filipino fatality in Israel conflict
LORETA ALACRE (Facebook photo) By Dominique Gabriel G. BañagaThe Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed the death of the missing Negrense overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Israel, following the attack at a music festival by the Palestinian-militant group Hamas recently. Loreta Alacre, who works as a caregiver in Israel, is the third Filipino fatality in …
Comelec-NegOcc issues more SCOs vs. BSKE bets
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental has now issued a total of 125 show-cause orders (SCOs) against candidates for allegedly engaging in premature campaigning for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, Comelec-NegOcc elections supervisor, said they recorded an additional nine incidents of alleged premature campaigning …