MassKara Queen screenings begin tomorrow Screenings for candidates in this year’s MassKara Queen competition begin tomorrow, July 27, in the fourth floor function hall at the Ayala Capitol Central Mall in Bacolod City. Screening times are between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Candidates must be a resident of Bacolod …
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Vallacar management affirms opposition to proposed strike
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following yesterday’s report that revealed Roy Yanson, president of Vallacar Transit Incorporated (VTI), parent company of the Ceres bus liner, considers the proposed strike by the Philippine Agriculture Commercial and Industrial Workers Union (PACIWU) an “illegal” act, he affirmed “management will surely oppose the notice to strike.” Earlier, PACIWU National …
National Disaster Resilience Month
Disaster risk reduction summit held in Bago City Bago City hosted the 6th Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Summit earlier this week at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center. The event, which seeks to improve local programs pertaining to disaster prevention and mitigation, preparedness and response, along with early recovery and rehabilitation, …
Talisay City raid yields P4.4M worth of shabu
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least P4.4 million worth of suspected shabu was confiscated yesterday after operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) raided the residence of a suspected drug target at an exclusive subdivision in Talisay City. PDEA agents identified the subject of the operation as 57-year-old Rhodora Hamantoc and his adopted …
Provincial government prepares for possible Ceres strike
Provincial government prepares for possible Ceres strike Vallacar president: A strike would be ‘illegal’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental provincial government revealed they are currently preparing for the possiblity of a Ceres bus liner strike and called on local government units to assist in the matter should employees demonstrate. Governor Eugenio Jose …
Drug suspect shot dead in gun battle with Victorias City police
Sibling claims the suspect voluntarily surrendered, ‘begged for mercy’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A high-value drug target was killed yesterday morning following a gun battle with Victorias City Police Station anti-drug operatives during a buy-bust operation in the city’s Barangay 20. Police identified the fatality as 30-year-old Roy Sanchez, a resident of Purok Par …
Bacolod City begins weighing scale calibration, sealing
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After Executive Assistant Ernie Pineda announced weighing scale inspections were scheduled at Bacolod City’s Burgos Public Market, Central Market, and Libertad Public Market early last year, along with the Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod passing a resolution last January calling on the City Treasurer’s Office to conduct an inspection of all …
Provincial ABC head backs barangay, SK poll postponement
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) President Juvy Pepillo, who sits on the Provincial Board, said she supports the proposed postponement of the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, which are scheduled for May 2020. She said officials who were elected during the previous May 2018 polls still …
Ruling validated injunction despite restraining order denial –Vallacar official
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After the Bacolod City Regional Trial Court-Branch 53 denied the request for a temporary restraining order by Vallacar Transit Incorporated (VTI) President Roy Yanson against his brother, former VTI President Leo Rey Yanson, the incumbent company chief said the ruling made the case for an injunction, where a court order …
Charges filed against NPA insurgents
Duterte offers P1M bounty By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Ayungon recently filed multiple murder and robbery charges against six suspected New People’s Army (NPA) insurgents following last Thursday’s murder of four police officers in the Negros Oriental town’s Barangay Mabato. Ayungon Municipal Police Station chief, Police Captain Romel Luga, …