By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The ongoing construction of the Magsaysay flyover along Araneta Street is on schedule, according to Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya. Gasataya made the clarification amid speculations construction had stopped. He explained, the columns have already been put in place, but it needs a 21-day curing period before workers …
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Mayor creates task force to enforce public smoking ban, crackdown on fake cigarettes
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia issued an executive order last week creating the Bacolod Anti-Smoking Task Force (BASTF), which will both enforce the public smoking ban, recently implemented by President Rodrigo Duterte, and crackdown on the proliferation of fraudulent tobacco products. According to City Councilor Caesar Distrito, he will be …
P1,500 worth of shabu seized in Hinigaran buy-bust
By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio A suspected drug pusher, carrying 0.100 grams of suspected shabu, worth P1,500, was caught in a buy-bust operation at Del Pilar Street, Barangay 3, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, last Sunday. Police identified the suspect as Rue Patalagsa, 40, and resident of the said barangay. Reports by Hinigaran municipal police said, …
Woman wounded by grenade explosion in Negros Oriental
By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio A woman was wounded following the explosion of a grenade at Sitio Guilungsuran, Barangay Siapo, San Jose, Negros Oriental last Friday. Police identified the victim as Editha Peras Morales, resident of the said barangay. According to a police report, the victim and her live-in partner were on their way …
Burger stall crew member robbed in Talisay City
By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio A burger stall crew member was robbed outside her store along Mabini Street, Barangay Zone 4A, Talisay City, Negros Occidental early Monday morning. Police identified the victim as Catherine Ann Cabel, 22, temporarily residing along Lopez-Jaena Street, Barangay 27, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Reports by the Talisay City police …
Ceneco rates up, as earlier speculated
By Paulo Loreto Lim Last week, following a “transparency meeting,” Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) General Manager Sulpicio Lagarde revealed Ceneco planned to increase power rates by 1.4 centavos per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for residential consumers in July. According to a Ceneco press release that went out yesterday, rates for July 2017 will be P9.9235/kwh, …
Couple mugged, killed in Escalante City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A husband and wife were found dead after they were stabbed and robbed by unidentified suspects at Sitio Paglaum, Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental, Sunday evening. Police identified the fatalities as 64-year-old Susana Morales and her 75-year-old husband Alfonso, both residents of the said barangay. Investigators from the Escalante …
Militant group, labor sector slam Martial Law extension
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Local labor group leader Wennie Sancho and former Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares both expressed their opposition to the extension of Martial Law in Mindanao, which was overwhelmingly approved in a recent joint session of Congress. Sancho, in a text message yesterday, said the approval shows a disregard for the …
Iloilo City Mayor requests ‘real’ data on illegal drug trade released
Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog appealed to officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and other law enforcement agencies to consolidate their figures and release the “real” data on the illegal drug trade in his city. President Rodrigo Duterte coined the province of Iloilo as the most “shabulized” …
Wounded Guihulngan police officers awarded for bravery
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The three police officers who survived the deadly New People’s Army (NPA) ambush in Guihulngan City last week were awarded for their bravery by the Police Regional Office-18 (PRO-18). PRO-18 spokesperson, Police Senior Inspector Armilyn Vargas, said regional director, Police Chief Superintendent Edmund Gonzales, visited Senior Police Officer 4 (SPO4) …