A slight increase in gasoline prices is expected on Tuesday, June 3.Gasoline prices are expected to increase by P0.10 to P0.30 per liter, Unioil Petroleum Philippines said on Saturday.Diesel prices will have no change to a rollback by P0.10 per liter, it said.*
The man caught in a viral video dumping garbage on the sidewalk in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, has been fined.The person said he was paid by others to throw garbage in the area and he did not know it was wrong, Ma. Fe Trespuentes, Bacolod Environment and Natural Resources Office head, was quoted as saying in a post on the Isugid kay Mayor Facebook page.The man said he had dumped garbage in the area eight times.The violator will do community service at the Burgos Market and Barangay Villamonte officials will monitor his compliance.The BENRO urged the public to collect evidence and report violators of the city's cleanliness ordinance.*
The skeletal remains of a man who went missing on May 5 was found in a mountainous area in Purok 1, Brgy Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, May 31.The skeletal remains of alias “Joejie”, 19, of Sitio Bayog, Brgy Camansi, were found by alias “Gino”, 57, a laborer.Gino was collecting firewood when he smelled an unpleasant odor and when he checked where it was coming from, he discovered the human skeletal remains.The skeletal remains were positively identified by alias “Joey”, 43, the victim’s father through his T-shirt, shorts, and slippers.The family of the victim believed that he was suffering from depression.*
Former Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. at the NBI office before his transfer to the New Bilibid Prison.*Expelled former Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. is now detained at the National Bureau of Investigation’s custodial facility at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.Teves, who was deported from Timor-Leste on Thursday, is facing charges for 10 counts of murder, which includes the 2023 assassination of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo, 12 counts of frustrated murder and four counts of attempted murder.The former congressman, who insisted he is innocent of the charges lodged against him, wept at a National Bureau of Investigation press conference on Thursday as his mother, Zenaida Teves, spoke of her having missed him.NBI Directo...
Small-scale fisherfolk in Sipalay City.*Ronnie Baldonado photoBacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon issued a pastoral statement on Friday, May 30, opposing the decision of the Supreme Court's First Division to uphold a Malabon Regional Trial Court ruling allowing commercial fishing within the 15-kilometer municipal fishing zone.The bishop has called on the clergy in the Diocese of Bacolod to read his pastoral statement at all anticipated and Sunday Masses on May 31 and June 1, "so that the faithful may be properly informed and encouraged to stand in solidarity with our small-scale fisherfolk".“It is important that our people are made aware of the serious impact this decision may have on their means of survival and on our marine ecosystems, ” he said.The bishop, in his pastoral stat...
The 6-year-old girl who was injured in a fire that destroyed her house in Purok Active, Brgy Mandalagan, Bacolod City, on Saturday died at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) on Thursday, May 29, City Social Welfare Officer Richelle Verdeprado-Mangga said.The child’s 1-year-old sister who was not able to escape from the burning house died on Saturday.The 6-year-old who was brought to the CLMMRH sustained third degree burns on both arms and her upper back, and superficial wounds on her forehead and nose covering 15 to 16 percent of her body.FSupt. Jenny Mae Masip, City Fire Marshal, said the fire was caused by an unattended candle placed on a plastic box.The mother of the children was at work and their 17-year-old sister and 14-year-old broth...
Dumaguete City residents cast their votes at a shopping mall on May 12.* PNA/Mary Judaline F. Partlow photoThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Dumaguete City assured on Friday, May 30, the safety of poll documents in its custody amid an electoral protest filed by a mayoral candidate against the winning bet.Comelec-Dumaguete election officer, lawyer Ian Macaraya, said that they received a letter from the Comelec central office to safeguard the election documents covered by the protest.Macaraya clarified their role, saying the Comelec central office has jurisdiction over protests filed for city mayor, city vice mayor, and other higher offices.“The role of the Comelec field office is to just obey all the orders passed on by Comelec-Manila and we just received yeste...
The Bacolod Tay Tung High School volleyball team.*National Capital Region (NCR), represented by National University-Nazareth School, pulled off a 25-12, 25-14, 25-8 victory over Bacolod Tay Tung High School Friday night to capture the 65th Palarong Pambansa secondary girls' volleyball title and deny Western Visayas of a three-peat at the jampacked PCV Socio-Civic and Cultural Center in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte.Opposite hitter Samantha Chloey Cantada finished with 13 points off 11 attacks and two blocks while Harlene Serneche chipped in 12 points on eight attacks, three aces and a block for the Lady Bullpups, who lost to the Thunderbolts in the final of the 2023 Marikina Palaro.Denesse Daylisan had eight points while Ysabella Patricia Cruz and Rihanna Cris Navarro contributed five ...
An alleged thief, who remains unidentified, was found dead hours after he was caught stealing in Purok Gold Medal, Brgy. Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, on Friday, May 30.Residents said the man was caught stealing from a house at about 2 a.m., Capt. Greeky Cayao, Bacolod Police Station 8 commander, said.Some residents chased him and about four hours later he was found dead in Purok Hanapbuhay in Brgy. Pahanocoy, Cayao added.Cayao said that the victim was wearing a yellow T-shirt, black shorts, and was about 30 to 40 years old with a height of 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall.The victim has many tattoos including the name “Alo” on his hand that matched the tattoo of a man captured in CCTV footage who had entered a construction supply establishment in Brgy. Tangub, Bacolod Ci...
SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona, Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. and Bureau of Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio inspecting the smuggled sugar on Thursday.*Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has instructed the Sugar Regulatory Administration to blacklist two registered sugar traders and importers for the illegal entry into the country of P9 million worth of refined sugar.Ordered blacklisted are Lapaz Multi-purpose Cooperative and Yabai OPC, a Department of Agriculture (DA) statement said on Friday, May 30.Laurel, Bureau of Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio and Sugar Regulatory Administration chief Pablo Luis Azcona inspected the smuggled sugar from Thailand at the Port of Manila on Thursday, May 29.“We cannot let these illicit tra...
