Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez suspended the borrowing of city government vehicles by groups traveling to various activities, pending inspection of the condition of the units, to ensure the safety of Bacolodnons. The mayor issued the order yesterday after a city-owned tourist bus figured in a road crash, resulting in the death of …
Monthly Archives: June 2024
4-route motorcade kicks off Bacolod City’s 86th Charter Day event
A grand motorcade of four routes, converging at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds, kicked off Bacolod City’s 86th Charter Day celebration yesterday, a special non-working holiday. More than 400 city departments and offices, national government agencies, barangays, socio-civic and volunteer groups, schools, and business establishments joined the parade in solidarity with the event …
DOJ hopeful of Timor-Leste’s nod on Teves’ extradition
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is optimistic that Timor-Leste’s Court of Appeals will approve the extradition of former Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves, Jr. to the Philippines to face the charges against him. In a statement yesterday, the DOJ said the former lawmaker’s extradition hearing has concluded. It said both parties were given time …
Fontanilla leads Pangasinan over Bacolod in MPBL
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Joshua Fontanilla sparked the Pangasinan Heatwaves’ fourth quarter breakaway for an 84-70 victory over Bacolod City of Smiles in the 2024 MPBL Season at the Alonte Sports Arena in Biñan, Laguna on Monday night, June 17. Holding to a slim 53-52 lead after three quarters, Fontanilla connived offensively with Jhaps …
USLS topples CSA Bacolod to clinch UNBL 21-U tourney title
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The University of St. La Salle (USLS) Stingers claimed the UNBL 21-and-under 3rd Chairman’s Cup Negros title after a 77-56 victory over the Colegio de San Agustin (CSA) Bacolod Eagles at the Willy and Nolita Au Court of Bacolod Tay Tung High School. Joshua Benedict Baldonado and Mark Jun dela …
Celtics rout Mavericks to win record 18th NBA championship
Jayson Tatum produced a dazzling 31-point display as the Boston Celtics dominated the Dallas Mavericks, 106-88, to clinch a record-breaking 18th NBA championship crown yesterday (Philippine time). Humbled by Dallas in a 38-point Game 4 drubbing on June 15, Boston slammed the door on any chance of a Mavericks’ fightback to seal a 4-1 …
Pag-IBIG Fund releases P22.63 billion cash loans from January to April 2024, up 38%
From January to April 2024, Pag-IBIG Fund released P22.63 billion in cash loans, benefiting 965,291 members, according to agency officials. This is a 38% increase over the P16.44 billion releases in the same period of 2023, assisting nearly 200,000 more members than the previous year’s 766,258. “We are happy that Pag-IBIG Fund continues to serve …
Making ends meet; Benitez hopes for much lower residential power rates
Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez expects much lower power rates for Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) in the following months. This comes after Ceneco announced a drop in its residential power rates by P2.40 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in June. “The power rate reduction is crucial as we move forward to provide relief, especially to …
Negros Power ready to serve, unveils temporary Bacolod office
Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power) has recently inaugurated its temporary office in Bacolod City, indicating its readiness to start operations as the new power distribution utility in Central Negros. Negros Power’s temporary office, located on the 2nd floor of Robinsons East Mall on Burgos Avenue in Barangay Villamonte, will house its corporate, business operations, …
Clamping down on bureaucratic red tape
By Sonny Angara Over the years the country has done a lot to improve its internal processes as part of its efforts to bring in more investments. We continuously introduce new policies and pass new laws to support these efforts, specifically to streamline the procedures for doing business in the country. We constantly make public …