By Paulo Loreto Lim According to the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), the city’s crime rate continues to decline, reporting a drop of 55 percent in the first week of November. Between November 3 to 9, the office recorded a total 34 criminal incidents, a reduction from the 76 reported the same time last …
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Iloilo City Mayor: ‘A lot’ to consider if government takes over electricity operations
By Paulo Loreto Lim After the Iloilo City Council passed a resolution earlier this week opposing the franchise renewal for the Panay Electric Company, Inc. and calling for a national government takeover of the local power distributor, Mayor Jose Espinosa III forecasted an array of processes if things go their way. Noting the House …
Agriculture Secretary vows to improve agriculture, fisheries sectors
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga While speaking before the 11th National Shrimp Congress yesterday at the SMX Convention Center at SM City Bacolod, Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol vowed to improve production in agriculture and the fisheries sector. “There is no continuity in the Philippine agriculture and fisheries sector,” he stated. The cabinet official …
Alert Level 2 declared over Mt. Kanlaon
Nearly 250 quakes recorded in 24 hours By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised the status of Mt. Kanlaon to ‘Alert Level 2’ following a spike in the number of earthquakes recorded at the volcano. Negros Occidental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) head Zeaphard Caelian said Phivolcs …
City Legal Officer on graft accusations by Penjan Builders: They’re distorting facts
They were victimized by the Puentevella administration –Bayatan By Paulo Loreto Lim In response to an open letter penned by a group representing Penjan Builders and Supply to President Rodrigo Duterte and the PDP-Laban, accusing the administration of Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia of “graft and corruption to its highest order,” City Legal Officer, Atty. …
Bacolod City dengue cases dropped by 17 percent this year –CHO
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The number of dengue cases in Bacolod City dropped by 17 percent compared to last year, based on the latest data released by the City Health Office (CHO) yesterday morning. CHO Environment and Sanitation Division head, Dr. Grace Tan, said from January until November 4 of this year, they recorded …
Robbers hit San Carlos City motorcycle shop
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A motorcycle shop was struck by unidentified robbers in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, yesterday morning. Police identified the establishment as Rusco Motors Incorporated. San Carlos City police chief, Police Superintendent D’Artagnan Katalbas, Jr., said the discovery was made by branch manager Marc Trifuno Gonzalez after he walked into the …
City Councilor claims a ‘sacred duty’ to call for public hearings
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. In response to the rejection of his request for more public hearings on the recent endorsement by the Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of a bill, earlier submitted by Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya before the House of Representatives, requesting Bacolod City’s Charter Day be changed from October …
CHO still awaiting confirmatory test results regarding suspected bacterial disease
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga City Health Office (CHO) Environment and Sanitation Division head, Dr. Grace Tan, said they are still awaiting the confirmatory test results from the five-year-old who recently passed away from a suspected case of meningococcemia, a bacterial disease. In a press conference yesterday, Tan said they are expecting confirmatory tests to …
Militant groups stage anti-Trump protest in Bacolod City
Bayan-Negros: America is the most powerful terrorist state By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Members of various militant groups in Negros Occidental staged a protest yesterday afternoon against US President Donald Trump, who was recently in the country attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Metro Manila. Michael Dela Concepcion of the Negros …