After serving as acting Iloilo City mayor, with Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog out of the country since the end of August, Vice Mayor Jose Espinosa III announced he would be assuming full powers as mayor. Through Memorandum Circular No. CMO 1702, he cited Section 46 of RA 7160, or the Local Government …
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Typhoon Paolo: Fastcraft trips remain cancelled for Negros, Iloilo due to gale warning
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga All fastcraft trips between Negros and Iloilo remained cancelled yesterday due to gale force winds generated by Typhoon Paolo. Based on information released by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Typhoon Paolo was last seen at 840 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes with winds reaching 145 …
MassKara Festival: Duterte scheduled to arrive amid streetdance competition
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to arrive in Bacolod City around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 22, amid the annual streetdance competition, part of the MassKara Festival. The president is expected to speak at the Bacolod Public Plaza, where he will be welcomed by Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr., Bacolod …
Barangay Captain: Sta. Clara subdivision is a ‘drug-selling kingdom’ run by Lacson kin
As president, Roxas would become the top drug lord in the province –affidavit By Paulo Loreto Lim Detained former Barangay 35 Captain Manuel Huelar, who considers himself the incumbent community leader, recently filed an affidavit where he claimed Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson’s brother, Manuel ‘Manolet’ Lacson, is operating a “drug-selling kingdom” within …
Typhoon Paolo: Ferry trips cancelled, residents of southern Negros evacuated
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Typhoon Paolo, which is not expected to strike the Philippines, has, however, caused the cancellation of ferry trips throughout the Visayas, including Negros. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Typhoon Paolo was last seen 945 kilometers east of Infanta, Quezon with maximum sustained winds of …
Affidavit names Roxas, Drilon, Mabilog as ‘drug protectors’
Serenio: Odicta planned to raise funds for Roxas’ 2016 campaign By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A new affidavit recently released by former Berya drug group bagman Ricky Serenio named 2016 Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Mar Roxas, Senator Franklin Drilon, and Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, who has been out of the country …
Groups seek the ouster of local NBI chief, senior agent
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Concerned Citizens of Negros Occidental for Justice and Against Graft and Corruption (CCNOJAGC) and the Pro-Duterte Support Group (PDSG) recently filed a petition demanding the officer-in-charge of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) office in Bacolod City, along with a senior agent, be relieved from their posts. According …
Negros Oriental Governor suspended
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) served Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo a 90-day suspension earlier this week over allegations regarding suspected misuse of provincial calamity funds. According to DILG-Region VI (DILG-7) director, Atty. Rene Burdeos, the suspension came following an order by the Sandiganbayan. Degamo …
Vice President: This administration has not presented a model for federalism
By Paulo Loreto Lim While speaking at yesterday’s “Istorya Ng Pag-asa” launch at the Santuario De La Salle in Bacolod City, Vice President Maria Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo said, while she would be “willing to listen” to the debate on a shift to a federal form of government, she said the administration of President Rodrigo …
MassKara Festival: PRO-6 orders ‘No plate, no travel’ policy in Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) director, Police Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, yesterday ordered the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) to implement a “no plate, no travel” policy for motorists during the remainder of the ongoing MassKara Festival. BCPO Police Community Relations (PCR) head, Police Senior Inspector Armilyn Vargas, said, as …