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By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Valladolid Vice Mayor Rommel Yogore and seven other town employees were formally dismissed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), after serving their dismissal order from the Office of the Ombudsman, yesterday. Atty. Anthony Nuyda, DILG director for Negros Island Region (NIR), said they served the dismissal …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Nine houses were confirmed destroyed and three others were damaged after a blaze ravaged a residential area of Purok Pinanubol, Barangay 6, Victorias City, Thursday afternoon. In a report by Bombo Radyo-Bacolod, Barangay 6 Kagawad Rammy Delarma said the fire started at a house owned by Elvie Esparagosa and quickly …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) Director, Police Senior Superintendent Jack Wanky, confirmed to Watchmen Daily Journal that Police Station 3 (PS3) will vacate its current location beside Lopue’s Mandalagan, Lacson Street, Barangay Mandalagan on the first week of April. In a text message sent by Wanky, PS3 will temporarily be …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following a vote of the general assembly yesterday at the Barangay Villamonte gymnasium, the Bacolod City Government Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Bacgem) postponed elections. According to General Services Office (GSO) head Jerome Solinap, who serves as Bacgem board chairman, the election was supposed to be part of the assembly until a …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 32-year-old man was killed after he was allegedly shot by his brother-in-law in Barangay Winaswasan, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Thursday afternoon. Police identified the fatality as Ronillo Pabalate, a resident of the said barangay. According to the initial investigation by the Calatrava municipal police, the victim and the suspect, 39-year-old …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An alleged robber was arrested by police badly bruised and bleeding after he was reportedly mauled by an angry mob along Gatuslao Street, part of Barangay 12, Bacolod City, Friday morning. Police identified the victim as 34-year-old school teacher, Rubie Lyn Barrientos, a resident of East Abkasa, Barangay Mandalagan of …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael Sueno confirmed on Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte is seeking to postpone the barangay elections this year and, instead of voting, barangay officials will be appointed by the president himself, with proper consultations from city or town mayors. He also stated …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. placed Provincial Agriculturist, Engr. Igmedio Tabianan, on a 60-day preventive suspension effective March 21 on the grounds of alleged grave misconduct and malversation of public funds. According to prosecuting attorney Ernie Magaspag, Tabianan is suspected of allowing Ariel Tuvilla, a subordinate at the Office …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former Berya drug group member Ricky Serenio said his former paymaster and alleged drug lord Berya Tolentino is planning to surface in the coming days. In an interview by Bombo Radyo-Bacolod last Wednesday, Serenio said Berya is planning to surface in order to execute her own affidavits. The reason behind …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Construction of the P367 million Araneta-Magsaysay flyover project will start on March 27, according to City’s District Engineering Office Public Information Officer, Assistant District Engineer Leah Jamero. She explained the implementation of the second Bacolod City flyover was delayed as they first had to settle the “right of way” of …