By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Councilor Wilson Gamboa, Jr. recently endorsed a letter to Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia requesting the cemetery regulatory board be immediately convened, following the General Services Office (GSO) recommendation for the closure of the Burgos Public Cemetery. In a copy of the request provided to Watchmen Daily …
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Minor suspected in the killing of her grandmother in La Carlota City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A minor, believed to be suffering from a mental illness, is suspected in the killing of her grandmother in Barangay San Miguel, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental. La Carlota City Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD) member, Police Officer 3 (PO3) Nineveh Mallorca, refused to identify the said minor, …
Trisikad driver stabbed and killed by drinking buddies in Brgy. 4
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A trisikad driver was killed after he was allegedly stabbed by drinking buddies along B.S. Aquino Drive in Barangay 4, Bacolod City, early yesterday morning. Police identified the fatality only by the alias ‘Nonoy Bulag,’ a resident of Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Based on an investigation by Police Station …
Ceneco district fails to produce qualified candidates again
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) special election for District 5, which is comprised of Bacolod City-West, including Barangays 8 to 16, 21, 34 to 39, and Singcang-Airport, was declared a failure over the weekend by the District Election Committee. According to a resolution passed by the body, there …
Two arrested in Taculing for pickpocketing
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two suspected pickpockets were arrested by police after victimizing a commuter along C.V. Ramos Avenue in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City, yesterday morning. Police identified the victim as 19-year-old Karla Patrizia Omero, a native of Barangay Biniquil in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Reports released by Police Station 6 (PS6) said …
State of the Province Address: Defensor lists accolades bestowed upon the province
In his 2017 State of the Province Address, delivered before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan yesterday, Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor, Sr. listed the accolades bestowed upon the province over the course of his administration. “If you come from the gate beside the Casa Real and across Casa Plaza, you couldn’t miss the tarpaulin banner at the canopy …
Negros Occidental honors outstanding Negrenses, centenarians
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental provincial government honored 45 centenarians and awarded five “outstanding Negrenses” in ceremonies commemorating the 119th Negros Day, or Cinco de Noviembre, Monday evening. Centenarians, or those who have reached the age of 100, each received cash incentives of P100,000 from the provincial government during ceremonies at the Provincial Capitol. …
POSO foils attempt to add janitor fish to BCGC fountain area
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) stopped an attempt by several minors to add janitor fish to the fountain area of the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC), last month. POSO head Celestino Guara said four minors were seen holding several buckets of janitor fish and were planning …
Vallacar to file charges against Manapla robbery suspects
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Ceres Liner parent company Vallacar Transit Incorporated (VTI) yesterday revealed plans to file robbery charges against the suspects who allegedly robbed one of their buses in Manapla, Negros Occidental last Sunday. VTI media relations officer Jade Seballos said they will file robbery charges against two of three suspects, who are …
Kilusang Pagbabago warns of scam surrounding barangay appointments
By Paulo Loreto Lim Former Bacolod City Councilor and current spokesperson for the Negros chapter of Kilusang Pagbabago (Movement for Change) Archie Baribar warned local residents of a scam being conducted by a group called Alyansa General Parent-Teachers’ Association-Indigenous People, Inc. (AGPTA-IP, Inc.) soliciting money for barangay appointments. Back in September, Baribar wrote a letter …