By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) reported recovering a total 2,512 sacks of garbage following various declogging operations conducted across Bacolod City between January and July. According to CDRRMO cluster head, Executive Assistant Joemarie Vargas, among the debris collected including plastic bottles and rotting vegetation, which were …
HEADLINE
PRO-6 relieves 5 Negros Occidental police chiefs
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) ordered the relief of five Negros Occidental police chiefs over the weekend. Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) spokesperson, Police Senior Inspector Aireen Cordua, identified four of the officials as Candoni municipal police chief, Police Senior Inspector Celjun Nemenio; Don Salvador Benedicto municipal police …
NDF-Negros dismisses proposed local peace talks
Spokesperson: Talks are bound to fail By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The local chapter of the National Democratic Front (NDF), the political arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), dismissed the proposed local peace talks, saying, they are bound to fail. In a statement by NDF-Negros spokesperson Ka Frank Fernandez, he …
Complaints filed against 11 Isabela barangay captains
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Task Force Kasanag (TFK) recently filed complaints against 11 barangay captains from Isabela, Negros Occidental on election-related charges, along with allegations of abuse of authority. While TFK national commander John Chiong refused to name the barangay officials in question, he affirmed signed affidavits against the concerned officials were submitted …
Ombudsman-6 director: Violence against women continues to go unreported
During a recent gender information forum at the Palmas del Mar Conference Resort Hotel in Bacolod City, Office of the Ombudsman-Region VI (Ombudsman-6) director, Atty. Pio Dargantes, said violent acts committed against women continue to go unreported. He noted, many instances of violence are committed by their partners and women often hold “traditional beliefs” when …
State of the Nation Address 2018
Negros Occidental police on alert By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) and the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) yesterday placed their units under ‘Full Alert’ status, ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), scheduled for Monday. NOPPO director, Police Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil, …
Journalist owns up to letter opposing the city borrowing a P1.7B loan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Local journalist Edgar Cadagat recently claimed to be the individual behind the opposition letter submitted to the Department of Finance (DOF) over the P1.7 billion loan being sought by the Bacolod City government. In an interview yesterday morning, Cadagat said he sent the letter directly to DOF Secretary Carlos …
Informal settlers expecting assistance from the city
Resident: The city should give us aid immediately By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With the demolition of an informal settlement near a riverbank beside the San Antonio Abad Parish Church, located along Lacson Extension in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City, back underway, several residents said they are expecting financial assistance from the Bacolod City …
Lacson urges Benitez supporters, public to wait for official announcements
Post suggesting Benitez announced a gubernatorial run debunked By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After claims were made on social media suggesting Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez would be running for governor in the upcoming 2019 midterm elections, Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday urged the public to wait for an …
Mayor calls the letter opposed to borrowing a P1.7B loan ‘sabotage’
Leonardia: The writer of the letter has 2019 ambitions By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga In response to the city government recently revealing it would be formally applying for a P1.7 billion loan through the Department of Finance (DOF) in order to fund four “flagship projects,” an opposition letter, allegedly penned by a local politician, was …