According to Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) chief, Police Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, amulets, locally-referred to as anting-anting, were found at the hideout of slain drug lord Richard ‘Buang’ Prevendido, located at the Landheights Subdivision in the Jaro district of Iloilo City. The IPPO director noted, the amulets failed in saving Prevendido’s life after the …
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Board Member: UNegA will endorse Benitez if he runs for Senate
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Provincial Board Member Salvador Escalante, Jr. recently revealed the United Negros Alliance (UNegA) would endorse Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez if he were to run for Senate in 2019. “Almost everyone in UNegA will support Benitez if he runs for senator,” he affirmed, adding the endorsement …
Iloilo Governor bolts LP, joins PDP-Laban
Following reports last month claiming Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor, Sr. was considering leaving the Liberal Party (LP), where he serves as provincial chairman, for the ruling PDP-Laban, the governor recently confirmed his decision to switch allegiances. Defensor claimed it would be difficult for the province to receive key projects if he were not aligned with …
Ordinance mandates food vendors acquire CHO health card
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) recently passed an ordinance requiring food vendors to acquire a Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) health card or face fines. Dubbed the “Ambulant Food Vendors Ordinance of Bacolod City,” the legislation, penned by Bacolod City Councilor Em Ang, indicates food vendors, defined as “any person …
SP passes resolution congratulating local taekwondo champion
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed, during its regular session last week, a resolution congratulating Mary Angeline Alcantara for her recent gold medal win in the 44-kilogram division at the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships, held in Egypt last month. According to the resolution, the 13-year-old Alcantara of Barangay Estefania “demonstrated …
Benitez discusses urbanization over the weekend
By Paulo Loreto Lim Serving as guest speaker for the Lions Clubs International District 301-B1 of Negros and Panay Cabinet Meeting, District Convention’s Governor’s Ball, and induction ceremony over the weekend at the SMX Convention Center at SM City Bacolod, Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez discussed the issue of urbanization. According to the …
Bulk water project nearing completion –Baciwa
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to an email sent by the Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) over the weekend, the first bulk water project between the utility firm and Bacolod Bulk Water, Inc. (BBWI) is nearing completion. Project Engineer Joey Pastorel said the project is operating on a tight schedule, noting, upon completion of …
Fact-finding team formed to investigate death of Guihulngan City DepEd official
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Education (DepEd) formed a fact-finding team over the weekend to probe the recent death of a local official in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. The agency released a statement condemning the murder of DepEd division of Guihulngan Administrative Officer Oscar Solania Asildo, Jr., who was gunned down last …
Woman wounded following attempted rape in Bacolod City
By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio, Intern A woman was wounded during a struggle to escape an attempted rape in a sugarcane field in Bacolod City, last Friday. Police have refused to identify the victim, but confirmed she is a resident of Barangay Mansilingan in the said city. According to reports, the incident occurred as …
Newborn abandoned in Villamonte
By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio, Intern A newly born baby boy was abandoned along the roadside in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, Friday afternoon. Police reports said the child was found along Macopa Street by a traffic enforcer. The enforcer brought the baby to barangay officials, who turned over the baby to the Corazon Locsin …