Government power line may have been tapped –city councilor Following their move from an office along Macario Peralta Street in Iloilo City’s City Proper district to the Ker & Co. building, located next to City Hall, a proposed Iloilo City Council resolution seeks to look into Iloilo City Agriculturist Office (CAO) electricity bills after …
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Literacy Week underway
The Department of Education reminded the public via social media that Literacy Week is currently underway. The annual observance began on September 2 and ends on Saturday, September 8, which is International Literacy Day. The observance is conducted in accordance with Presidential Proclamation No. 239, signed in 1993 by then-President Fidel V. Ramos, which called …
BCPO investigating viral video featuring dancing minors
Video shows female minors performing lewd dances By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Police Office-Women and Children’s Protection Desk (BCPO-WCPD) is investigating a viral video that depicts several minors performing lewd dances at a Bacolod City bar. The said video depicts several female minors dancing for a seated man. Despite the …
MKK begins planning for 2019
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former Bacolod City Mayor Monico Puentevella’s political coalition, the Magbinuligay Kita para sa Kauswagan (MKK), has started planning for the upcoming 2019 midterm elections. During a recent press conference, Puentevella said MKK will return to Bacolod City, despite not yet finalizing plans for next year. However, some reports suggest …
Rains inundate portions of Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Several areas in Bacolod City were inundated yesterday due to nonstop rains caused by an enhanced southwest monsoon brought about by a typhoon outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Based on a weather bulletin issued by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Typhoon “Maymay” was last …
Puentevella: Bacolod City Charter Day bill will not pass the Senate
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former Bacolod City Mayor Monico Puentevella yesterday said he expects the house bill seeking to move the city’s Charter Day from October 19 to June 18 will not pass the Senate, pointing out, no public hearings over the matter were ever held in the city and the National Historical …
Even if homes were awarded, they should still go to the homeless –Kadamay
Luminos: Informal settlers are ‘qualified beneficiaries’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) yesterday reiterated their plans to occupy government housing units intended for active members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) at Purok Guanzon, J.J. Gonzaga in Barangay Felisa, Bacolod City, …
PRO-6 director urges Moises Padilla vice mayor, husband to surrender
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) director, Police Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao, yesterday appealed for Moises Padilla Vice Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo and her husband, Felix Mathias Segundo Yulo, to surrender to police after a warrant of arrest was recently issued against the couple. Bulalacao said they have to follow the court’s …
Protesters urge Duterte to probe recent violence in NegOcc
Unnamed Negros Occidental mayor said to be behind the killings By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A group of protesters held a rally at the Bacolod Public Plaza over the weekend and called on President Rodrigo Duterte to look into recent killings in Negros Occidental, which they called an “injustice” being conducted by an unnamed mayor …
National Clean-Up Month observed throughout September
Every September, the Philippines observes National Clean-Up Month, which seeks to promote clean-up and environmental greening activities in accordance with Presidential Proclamation No. 244, signed in 1993 by then-President Fidel V. Ramos. The proclamation notes, the observance is based on Clean-Up Day, a holiday initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Australian division …