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By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio, Intern A five-year-old was rushed to the hospital after being struck by a van at Kilometer 59, Purok Caimito, Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Thursday afternoon. Police identified the victim as Marco Spencer Montilla. Traffic investigators of the Don Salvador Benedicto Municipal Police Station said the suspect, identified as …

By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio, Intern A plain-clothed police officer apprehended a taxi driver armed with a knife at the Goldenfields Commercial Complex, located in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City, early Thursday morning. Police identified the suspect as Jerson Lumangyao, a resident of Calatrava, temporarily living in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City. According to a report …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Himamaylan City Councilor Justin Gatuslao claims he has been receiving encouragement to seek higher office in the upcoming 2019 polls. The first-term local official said supporters want him to run for vice mayor. “Who wouldn’t want to serve as vice mayor?” he proclaimed in an exclusive interview with Watchmen Daily …

By Paulo Loreto Lim Transport groups, the United Negros Drivers and Operators Center (UNDOC) and Sentrong Samahan ng Tsuper at Operators Negros (SSTONE), are demanding fare hikes, citing rising fuel prices. According to SSTONE Secretary-General Jessie Ortega, they would ultimately like to see fares at P8, up from the current P6.50. Meanwhile, UNDOC Secretary-General Diego …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Powerwatch Negros lead convenor and labor rights advocate Wennie Sancho yesterday criticized the proposed P1,000 budget for the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), which was recently approved by the House of Representatives. According to Sancho, if ERC does not have its requested budget, there would be nobody to monitor the transactions …

Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor, Sr. refused to comment on the recent approval of a P1,000 budget for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), which was supported by three Iloilo congressmen, including Iloilo third district Rep. Arthur Defensor, Jr. He said their vote is “their decision.” The governor pointed out, when he was a congressman, “There …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Amid calls from the Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to increase police visibility, following a rise in petty crimes across the city, Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director, Police Senior Superintendent Jack Wanky, recently revealed the police force is currently “overstretched.” “We are overstretched in personnel ever since we enhanced …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The son of the suspected New People’s Army (NPA) member, recently arrested by Sipalay City police following last weekend’s gun battle between the rebel group and the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF), denied his mother is linked with the NPA. In a recent radio interview, Randy Villanida, the son …

By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. Over 50 sugarcane trucks were recently seized by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for illegally parking along Circumferential Road. “We are concerned about the safety of motorists using the highway,” said LTO Provincial Law Enforcement Unit head Renato Novero. “The trucks were also found to have no early warning device …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A proposal from bingo operator Negrense Entertainment Gallery, Inc. to Himamaylan City Mayor Agustin Bascon, expressing a desire to begin electronic bingo operations and other games into the city, was met with opposition by Himamaylan City Councilor Justin Gatuslao. The company claimed, by allowing operations, their business would both raise …