By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two alleged drug suspects were arrested by operatives of the Sagay City Police Station following a buy-bust operation at Crossing Cesco, Barangay Rafaela Barrera, in the said city, late Monday evening. Police identified the suspects as 36-year-old Jonel Tapi-on, a resident of the said barangay; and Jake Cordova, 31, a …
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Motorcycle driver dies in Kabankalan road collision
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 54-year-old motorcycle driver died in a hospital yesterday morning, after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a truck in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the fatality as Edwin Hecita, a resident of the said barangay. Kabankalan Police traffic investigator, Police Officer 2 (PO2) Adones Sebala, …
Bato absent in turnover ceremony of new PRO-18 director
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa will miss out the turn-over ceremony of incoming Police Regional Office-18 (PRO-18) Director Police Chief Supt. Edmund Gonzales on Friday. PRO-18 spokesperson, Police Senior Insp. Armilyn Vargas, said the headquarters issued the new memo, yesterday, but it failed to …
House hearing on HFCS today
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya met with various sugar industry stakeholders for a pre-hearing conference yesterday at the House of Representatives in connection with its investigation on the importation of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) scheduled today. He said the stakeholders were invited to the hearing to be …
Pontevedra’s Alonso bats for village polls New Mun. Hall finished by year end
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Pontevedra Mayor Jose Benito Alonso said he supports the holding of barangay elections instead of appointing barangay officials. Alonso issued this statement amid reports reaching his office that there are persons who lost in the last barangay elections going around recruiting people to join their group. The mayor said these …
Coke slammed anew over smuggling case
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga “Taste the feeling,” this was the reply of Sugar Alliance of the Philippines (SAP) spokesperson Atty. Dino Yulo, after Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines was charged with outright smuggling of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), last week. In a statement released to the media yesterday, Yulo said Coca-Cola FEMSA will now have …
P100-M for BCD tourism Coastal blvd, Sum-ag River dev’t proposed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The city government of Bacolod presented to members of the media yesterday its proposed Tourism Projects under the administration of Mayor Evelio Leonardia. City Planning head Mary Jean Ramos said the city has allocated about P100 million as initial budget for projects that include the Bacolod Coastal Boulevard in Barangay …
Protest of ‘16 BCD poll result junked
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 42 dismissed a civil case requesting for a manual count or audit of the ballots cast in the May 9, 2016 elections pursuant to the constitutional guarantee of suffrage. The case was filed on May 30, 2016 by representatives of registered voters …
New WV top cop vows to continue anti-drug campaign
By Tara Yap The new top cop of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Western Visayas region vowed that the anti-drug campaign will continue. Chief Supt. Cesar Hawthorne Binag, newly-installed director of Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6), said the capture or surrender of alleged top drug lord Richard “Buang” Prevendido remains a priority. Prevendido is one …
Capitol to address security issues in Pala-pala
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Provincial Government through the Provincial Legal Office is now addressing the problem on security guards detailed at the Pala-pala food market, located at San Juan Street, Bacolod City. Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Jose Maria Valencia said IloBac Security Agency submitted a different incident report so he required them to …