By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The New People’s Army (NPA) Armando Sumayang Command released a statement yesterday afternoon, claiming responsibility for the recent attack on a quarry site in Barangay Orong, Kabankalan City over the weekend. According to the release, the quarry operators were found guilty by their people’s court on behalf of barangay residents …
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Zoning change for Hinoba-an industrial project pending before Provincial Board –Mayor
Estrao: Local residents must be compensated By Paulo Loreto Lim According to Hinoba-an Mayor Ernesto Estrao, the approval to convert nearly 300 hectares of agricultural land into industrial space in municipal Barangays Obong and Salvacion is still pending before the Negros Occidental Provincial Board. In addition, the town’s Barangay Bacuyangan is also home to land …
Eight homes destroyed in Bago City blaze
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least eight homes were confirmed destroyed after a fire broke out along Torres Street at Purok Kapayas, Barangay Poblacion in Bago City, early Wednesday morning. Arson investigators from the Bago City Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire reportedly started in a home owned by Regie Guizihan and …
City Legal Office to Puentevella: ‘Supporters’ are different from ‘voters’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Legal Office head, Atty. Joselito Bayatan, following the recent decision by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to dismiss with finality the electoral protest by former Bacolod City Mayor Monico Puentevella, yesterday responded to claims by the former mayor regarding the number of supporters questioning the result of the …
Taiwan-national, 11 others attempt hostile takeover of Goldenfields Bar
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Taiwan-national, identified as Han Suan Chang, along with 11 “guards,” reportedly attempted a hostile takeover of a bar at the Goldenfields Commercial Complex in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, yesterday morning. Based on a report by the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), Chang and his associates entered the establishment, owned …
Six incumbent, former Bacolod City Councilors suspended
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas ordered the 30-day suspension of six incumbent and former Bacolod City councilors on the grounds of simple neglect. The three city officials currently in office, City Councilors Em Ang, Wilson Gamboa, Jr., and Sonya Verdeflor, were served suspension orders from the Department ofthe Interior and …
BCPO: Report ‘taxi spray’ incidents to police, not social media
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga In light of social media posts reporting incidents of Bacolod City taxi drivers victimizing passengers with ‘taxi spray,’ when a noxious odor is sprayed inside the vehicle, leaving riders disoriented, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) yesterday urged the public to report such incidents to the police instead of posting …
PRO-6 wanted previous BCPO director back following NPA volatility –Mayor Leonardia on current BCPO deployment: If it’s not broken, why fix it?
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, a new Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director was appointed after Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) director, Police Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, reassigned former BCPO acting director, Police Superintendent Roderick Minong, to the Regional Public Safety Battalion-Region VI (RPSB-6), following recent New People’s …
Former Negros Occidental Vice Governor to serve as Sugar Board Director
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former Negros Occidental Vice Governor Emilio Yulo III yesterday took an oath of office to serve as Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) sugar board director, where he will represent planters. In an interview yesterday, after taking his oath before Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, Yulo said he immediately attended a …
Comelec: Voter registration ends tomorrow
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Negros Occidental Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded the public that voter registration for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, which were moved from October 23, 2017 to May 14, 2018, will close tomorrow, November 30. According to Comelec-Negros Occidental election supervisor, Atty. Jessie Suarez, since registration re-opened earlier this month, around 12,000 …