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February 2, 2010
PAJERO DIVES AT SEA, 2 DROWN. This Pajero Intercooler 2800 with plate number
FFC 860 fell into the sea at Bacolod City’s BREDCO Port’s domestic shipping
docking area at the Bacolod City reclamation shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday. It
took divers and volunteers of Amity, Chamber, Coast Guard and port personnel
more than two hours to retrieve it from the sea using a crane. The owner of the
car, a businessman in his late 50s residing in Talisay City, and his companion,
a 22-year-old graduating Nursing student of Riverside College were later found
dead due to drowning. Investigations are ongoing.*(arman p. toga)
Mentally-Ill Runs Amuck
MAD PA KILLS BABY
Stabs Wife, 3 Others
An alleged mentally-disturbed father in Hinigaran, Negros Occ. was incarcerated after attacking his 6 month-old baby to death, wounding his wife and three other kins, yesterday afternoon.
Atty. Juliet Marie D. Ferrer, wife of Congressman Jeffrey P. Ferrer of the
4th District, Negros Occidental, Mayoralty candidate of La Carlota City (center)
together with La Carlota City Mayor Demie John C. Honrado, Vice-Mayor David Baga
Jr. (L-R) Barangay Captain- Annabel Bermudo-candidate for councilor, La Carlota
City, Kagawad Custodio, Re-electionist SPM’s Ceriaco Sia, Julian Diotay Chiang,
Rose Aguirre, Jeffrey Rumbines, Zaldy Pernito, SPM Jose Solomon Sicangco IV, Re-electionist
SPM Ruel Alvañez, Vice-Mayor David Baga Jr. spearheads the turn-over of
Trisikads Project to the La Carlota City Trisikad Drivers’ Association during
their 1st Annual General Assembly Meeting at La Carlota City Gymnasium
yesterday. *(Jun de los Reyes/NDB photo)
Bodies Fished Out of Bredco Shore
Two bodies were fished out of Bredco Port, early yesterday morning by members of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO).
In a special report submitted by Police Officers Jose Roy Militante, Meller Dionio and Jonathan Guillena who conducted the ocular investigation stated that the bodies were recovered inside a colored red Mitsubishi Pajero bearing plate number FFC-860. It was found around 2AM, yesterday.
Protestors at SRA Over Sugar Price Hike
By Owen S. Bayog
Militants took the streets in another protest action on Sugar Price Hike in front of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) building and compound yesterday morning. Members of the Militant Bagong Alyansang Makaba-yan (BAYAN) along with several farmers and sugar workers from Escalante City trooped to SRA to register several points during their protest action.
MILITANT WOMEN - Gabriela Negros Secretary General Ma. Rina Amacio registers
the women’s stand on sugar price hike.* (Owen S. Bayog/NDB photo)
NARCO Politics Alarms Leonardia; Tells Public: Don’t Help Drug-funded Bets
By Carla N. Cañet
There is so much alarm caused by the possible entry of the alleged illegal substance which was mixed with the rice shipment of the National Food Authority (NFA) via the BREDCO port.
Cop Succumbs to Cancer
One of the province’s most committed police officers died yesterday at the hospital fighting for survivor against colon cancer.
Police Supt. Alex Belonio, deputy company commander of the Negros Occidental Provincial Public Safety Management Company, succumbed to cancer at the Riverside Hospital in Bacolod City at around 1 o’clock in the morning.
RONALD IAN EVIDENTE, Kilusang Mayo Uno Spokesperson says there is no sugar
shortage, and it is the Government’s inaction to control the soaring prices and
justify the need to import sugar.*(Owen S. Bayog/NDB photo)
One Stop Shop at SM City Flocked by Businessmen
By Edith B. Colmo
Businessmen who were renewing their business permits flocked at the SM City Event Centre yesterday where the ONE STOP SHOP services of the Licensing Division, City Treasurer’s Office is rendered.
Capitol PACE Officers Take Oath
The newly-elected officers of the Progressive Alliance of Capitol Employees (PACE), led by its chairman Neil F. Mapa of the Provincial Legal Office, took their oath of office before Gov. Isidro P. Zayco at the Governor’s Office yesterday.
Rolly O. Sayosa - President, LCTDA, one of the Trisikad Drivers’
beneficiaries of the City Government of La Carlota, assistance ready to man his
new and beautified tricykad to earn a living for his family, while Christine
Baleda Jalandoni, Malou Gepielago and Rene Baron are on board as ready
passengers.*(Jun de los Reyes/NDB photo)
Dignitaries Visit UNO-R
Engr. Bruce Sharp, Ph.D. of the University of Melbourne recently accepted the invitation of the Recoletos de Bacolod Graduate School (RBGS) to be an adjunct professor in the University of Negros Occidental. Dr. Sharp is a consultant in Hydraulic Engineering of NISARD (Negros Island Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Foundation Inc.). NISARD is a non-profit foundation established as a result of an agreement between Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental to make Negros Island the "Organic Food Island of Asia." Through the linkage of the RBGS (Recoletos de Bacolod Graduate School) with NISARD, as initiated by Dr. Michelle ML. Jalandoni and Dr. Maia V. Ramos, NISARD agreed in principle to have Dr. Sharp conduct lectures and field training with UNO-R engineering students. Mr. Edgardo "Boyet" S. Uychiat of NISARD together with Dr. Sharp, met recently with UNO-R President Fr. Dionisio C. Cachero,OAR and Dean Cristopher G. Taclobos to discuss a long term educational program between Professor Sharp and the College of Engineering.Professor Bruce Sharp was once connected with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which is world renowned for its numerous Nobel Prize awardees. Dr. Sharp will likewise assist UNO-R establish educational linkages with Australian universities as well as with international-based hydraulic engineering related institutions.
BCHS Class ’82 Holds Induction
The Bacolod City High School (BCHS) Class 1982 alumni association held its induction ceremony last Saturday, January 30, 2010, at 5:00 pm at the City High Alumni Hall.
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Bulak-Batyag Art Exhibit Set
The Feminine Touch and Babayi Artists will be holding an all female art exhibit at Café Bob’s, Lacson St. , Bacolod City from February 13 to 28, 2010. Opening ceremony starts 3 p.m., February 13 with guests of honor Soraya Jaafar Golez and Col. Max Caro, 303rd Infantry Brigade Commander of the Philippine Army. Dubbed as Bulak-Batyag, the art exhibit is inline with AAB- Negros 2nd Arte Kalye Festival’s theme, "Art for Earth".
Candidates for the Mr. and Ms. Bikini Open 2010 were Victor Mejia, Jenilyn
Bondoc, Mark Anthony Rapas, Genieyh Yanson, Jade Gabriel Tribaco, Angel Rose
Garcia, Daniel Jam Villanueva, Ashley Marie Garcia, Sam Perialde, and Razel
Bonotano (l-r).*
Ten Vie for Bikini Open Title
Five males and five females vied for the title in the Search for Mr. and Ms. Bikini Open 2010 on January 31, 2010, at Calong-Calong Zone 2 in Brgy. Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, in celebration of its annual fiesta on the feast of Sr. Sto. Niño.