2,000 security, emergency personnel to be deployed for highlight week By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga More than 2,000 police, military, and emergency personnel in Bacolod City for the MassKara Festival’s highlight week began their deployment yesterday with a send-off ceremony led by Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran. Also in …
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Two UNegA members reportedly ‘jump ship
Escalante: Marañon must be disappointed By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Members of local political coalition, the United Negros Alliance (UNegA), expressed disappointment after learning two members had allegedly “jumped ship” after failing to support San Enrique Mayor Jerson Tubillara in the presidential election for the Negros Occidental chapter of the League of Municipalities of the …
Police: Suspected Mandaue City robber connected to Bacolod City jewelry heist
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director, Police Colonel Henry Biñas, yesterday confirmed one of the suspects recently arrested following a mall heist in Mandaue City, Cebu admitted to being part of last August’s robbery at Bacolod City’s Gaisano City Mall in the city’s Barangay Singcang-Airport. According to the law enforcement …
MassKara Festival 2019
Leonardia: Duterte will be here on Friday By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia announced President Rodrigo Duterte, who is expected to visit the city for the ongoing MassKara Festival, is tentatively expected to arrive on Friday, October 25. The mayor noted, his office had been in “constant communication” with Malacañan Palace …
There is an ‘action plan’ in case of a major earthquake –Bacolod City official
Vargas admits there may be difficulties if disaster strikes By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the 6.3-magnitude quake that struck Mindanao, leaving seven dead and 93 injured, Executive Assistant Jomarie Vargas, cluster head for the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), assured local residents that the Bacolod City government has an “action plan” …
Weekend earthquakes strike Negros
Negros was struck by earthquakes over the weekend with a 2.0-magnitude tremor detected near Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday morning, around 7:21 a.m.; while the second quake, measuring 2.7 in magnitude, was detected early Sunday morning, around 2:17 a.m., off the coast of Basay, Negros Oriental. Subsequent Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology bulletins …
16 investors express interest in planned Iloilo City waste-to-energy facility
After three firms earlier expressed interest in the proposed waste-to-energy facility in Iloilo City’s Mandurriao district, the number has since risen to 16. The waste-to-energy facility is intended to address waste management issues, including indiscriminate littering, which has resulted in clogged drain pipes that cause flooding. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has sought advice …
Businessmen concerned over Duterte’s orders for Espenido
Carbon hopes innocent civilians are not caught in the crossfire Local businessmen have expressed concern over the reported order by President Rodrigo Duterte to Police Lt. Colonel Jovie Espenido in his assignment to Bacolod City. Frank Carbon, executive officer for the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), said the pronouncement may have “negative …
Clergy offers mixed reactions over Espenido assignment
Members of the Diocese of Bacolod have offered mixed reactions on the reassignment of Police Lt. Colonel Jovie Espenido to Bacolod City. For Fr. Cris Gonzalez of the Social Action Center, he welcomed the move, “We welcome and support Espenido here,” he said. “The way I see it [is] we should be thankful for the …
Duterte to Espenido: Kill everybody
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the recent reassignment of Police Lt. Colonel Jovie Espenido to the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), President Rodrigo Duterte told the police official last Thursday to “kill everybody.” In a message by the president during the 45th Philippine Business Conference and Expo in Manila, he admitted assigning Espenido to …