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By Paulo Loreto Lim   Amid the ongoing investigation of the recent series of earthquakes that struck the town of Valencia in Negros Oriental, the local Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported a drastic drop in the number of earthquakes over the weekend. According to Phivolcs Seismic Station officer-in-charge Jose Molas, after a …

By Paulo Loreto Lim   Bureau of Internal Revenue-11 (BIR-11) Director Alberto S. Olasiman, who oversees matters across Iloilo City, recently reported a total seven business establishments were shut down in Iloilo City last year as a result of the BIR’s “Oplan Kandado” program. According to the bureau, the program suspends business establishments found to …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   A pedestrian was injured after he was hit by a van, which was subsequently struck by a passenger bus, along the national highway in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City, late Sunday evening. Police identified the injured as 45-year-old Richard Amar, a resident of Villa Esperanza in the said barangay. Based …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   The live-in partner of Alex ‘Rondoy’ Barredo, leader of the Rondoy robbery group, was arrested by the Silay City Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) in a buy-bust operation last Monday at the Antonio Luna interior in the city’s Barangay Mambulac. Police identified the suspect as 36-year-old Mary Anne Agustine, a …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   According to Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) board member, Atty. Emilio Yulo III, SRA-registered small sugar planters are eligible to take advantage of a socialized credit program worth P600 million. Yulo explained, the P300 million fund went unspent last year, which combined with another P300 million allocation this year. He …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   After House Bill No. 5875, legislation introduced by Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya that changes Bacolod City’s charter date from October 19 to June 18, passed its second reading last week, former Bacolod City Mayor Monico Puentevella expressed his opposition to the move, calling it “illegal.” He …

By Jezza A. Nepomoceno   The Iloilo provincial government, in partnership with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the Philippine Association of Crab Processors, Inc. (PACPI), and Saravia Blue Crab, Inc., will construct a P5 million crab hatchery at Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPSC) in Concepcion. The structure will serve as a …

By Paulo Loreto Lim   The Cebu Provincial Information Office, in coordination with the Provincial Youth Commission, organized the Capitol Youth Reporters Corp seminar-workshop over the weekend at the Alta Cebu Village Resort and Convention Center in Cordova, Cebu, where nearly 100 young people reportedly participated. According to reports, those gathered were apprised on subjects …

By Joland Jose Abraham, Intern   The Bacolod City government recently installed three fluorescent lamps on the raised crosswalk along Lacson Street in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mandalagan in response to reports of an attempted rape that recently took place along the pathway. According to reports, the lamps have been functioning since Saturday. As of press …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   A newly-identified street-level drug target, along with two others, were arrested yesterday morning in a buy-bust operation conducted by Police Station 3 (PS3) at Purok Paraiso, Sitio Sibucao in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City. Police identified the target of the operation as 31-year-old Hazel Poja Gomez, a resident of the …