The Iloilo City Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be conducting the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines today beginning at 9:00 a.m. According to Iloilo City elections officer, Atty. Mavil Majarucon-Sia, a total of 388 machines, along with another 388 voters registration verification machines, have already been delivered to the city’s polling precincts. …
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Bacolod City mayor, two others charged over P49M fuel purchase
Batapa-Sigue: The city gave undue advantage to fuel suppliers By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Incumbent Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, along with two other city officials, were indicted by the Office of the Ombudsman on four counts of violating the anti-graft and corrupt practices act. In a press conference, former Bacolod City Councilor …
LTO launches EB Magalona extension office
Ramos: The new location will ‘decongest’ the Bacolod City office By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Land Transportation Office (LTO) yesterday launched the LTO-EB Magalona Extension Office at the town’s session hall with LTO regional director Roland Ramos saying the new location seeks to decongest the Bacolod City office. He added, the original …
Two dead, two wounded after NPA attacks in Kabankalan City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least two people were killed, while two others were seriously wounded, after suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels attacked a community of former Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) members yesterday morning at Purok Mambinay in Barangay Locotan, Kabankalan City. Police identified the fatalities as 23-year-old Jhonel …
CDRRMO conducts early preparations for impending rainy season
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) is currently conducting early preparations for the impending rainy season. CDRRMO officer-in-charge Dondon Parandas said they are currently monitoring several weather disturbances outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility that may trigger a southwest monsoon, or “habagat.” Parandas said the locations …
Governor hits Moises Padilla mayor over ‘black propaganda’
Marañon predicts Peña loses reelection By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. yesterday criticized Moises Padilla Mayor Magdaleno Peña after the latter allegedly installed several tarpaulins around his town claiming the governor ordered an ambush against him. In a statement forwarded by the governor, he said the claims suggest …
Gross value on domestic sugarcane up 36% in Q1 –PSA report
2019 farmgate prices comparable to 2017 rates By Paulo Loreto Lim According to the first quarter Performance of Philippine Agriculture report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the overall gross value of production for sugarcane, or net revenue, saw an increase of 36.25 percent. The agency credited the boost to “improvement in production …
2019 Midterm Elections
Truck carrying vote counting machines crashes in Cauayan By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A truck carrying vote counting machines for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) crashed in Cauayan yesterday morning. In a radio interview with Aksyon Radyo-Bacolod, Comelec-Sipalay City registrar Jesusa Paler said the truck was bound for Sipalay City and Hinoba-an. The Comelec official …
Sanctions readied against arrested Negros Occidental provincial employee
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Government is preparing sanctions against Francisco Nuñal, an employee of the Negros Occidental Provincial Accounting Office, who, alongside Waren Abalos and Marvic Diolay, was recently arrested in a police operation after the suspects handed over one sachet of suspected shabu in exchange for P500. According to …
Iloilo City approves fourth water franchise
After previously approving water franchises for South Balibago Resources Inc., the Prime Water Infrastructure Corporation, along with a joint submission by Manila Water Philippines Ventures Inc. and Tubig Pilipinas Group Inc., the Iloilo Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) yesterday granted a water franchise to New Earth Water System Inc. (NEWS). According to the SP, the franchise for …