By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A female fast food worker escaped an attempted rape Monday evening while using the raised crosswalk along Lacson Street in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City. Based on information provided by Christian Lamasan, the owner of the boarding house where the unnamed 18-year-old victim resides, she was returning home when she was assaulted …
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10,000 vials of anti-rabies vaccines arrive in Iloilo
By Jezza A. Nepomoceno The Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry recently provided 10,000 vials of anti-rabies vaccinations for Iloilo, in preparation for the planned province-wide dog vaccination program this summer. “With the early arrival of anti-rabies vaccines, the province can [get a] jump start [on] the one-time high-density mass vaccination and wrap …
Marañon reiterates call for agricultural mechanization
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. yesterday reiterated his call for mechanization of the agricultural industry in Negros Occidental at the Negros First Organic Technology Center in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City. Last month, the governor called for mechanization of the sugar industry, saying recent large scale developments have pushed …
‘National Bible Month’ bill passes the Senate
By Paulo Loreto Lim After President Rodrigo Duterte declared January as National Bible Month through an executive order last year, Senate Bill No. 1270, or the National Bible Day Act, authored by Senators Manny Pacquiao and Joel Villanueva, passed the Senate earlier this week. Villanueva expressed his appreciation for the bill’s passage last Monday, …
P15K worth of shabu seized in Bacolod City bust
By Joland Jose Abraham, Intern Anti-drug operatives from Police Station 4 (PS4) captured a street-level target earlier this week at Purok Chereza 1 in Barangay 27, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspect as 35-year-old Guadalupe Pepino, a resident of the said barangay. PS4 commander, Police Chief Inspector Ritchie Gohee, said Pepino was an identified …
Police officer wounded by wanted murderer in Escalante City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A police officer was stabbed while trying to serve a warrant to a murder suspect on Tuesday morning at Sitio Amparo in Barangay Mabini, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. The Escalante City Police Office identified the wounded officer as Police Officer 3 (PO3) Teofisto Aburido, who was attempting to arrest …
Marañon rejects any settlement on ‘fake quarry coupon’ case
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. yesterday said any settlement with Kabankalan City quarry operator Melvin Ibañez would be rejected, noting the P45 million the operator owes in penalties after committing 3,049 tax ordinance violations. “Either he pays or he goes in prison,” the governor affirmed. He said the …
Five Lemery youths to attend Winter Olympics, international talks
By Paulo Loreto Lim The local chapter of the Saemaul Undong movement, a rural community development initiative based in South Korea, recently revealed five volunteers from Lemery, Iloilo were invited to take part in the ongoing 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Youth Experience and International Project Talks, which ends on Tuesday, February 13. The group …
CLMMRH performs second kidney transplant
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) recently revealed a second kidney transplant was successful conducted by hospital physicians earlier this week. The procedure to provide the 24-year-old male patient with a new kidney lasted four hours. Meanwhile, last August, a 39-year-old male patient was the recipient of the …
Bacolaodiat Festival 2018
Jose Mari Chan named honorary Bacolod City Mayor By Paulo Loreto Lim With Bacolod City preparing to celebrate the Bacolaodiat Festival, scheduled to take place next week, from February 15 to 18, singer-songwriter Jose Mari Chan was named honorary Bacolod City mayor during the celebration. “Chan is a Bacolod resident who has sustained and kept …