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16/10/2022

Thinktank and advocacy group IBON International joined the celebration of International Women's Day last October 15 by supporting activities of various peasant women organizations in the Philippines, and calling for more support to their struggles. In its press statement, IBON said that "women comprised more than half of the Philippine population, and a significant force in rural labor, yet they are the most oppressed, exploited and neglected."...

Thinktank and advocacy group IBON International joined the celebration of International Women’s Day last October 15 by supporting activities of various peasant women organizations in the Philippines, and calling for more support to their struggles. In its press statement, IBON said that “women c...

16/10/2022

MANILA — Albay representative Joey Salceda, Chair of the Ways and Means Panel of the House of Representatives, said over the week end that exempting more products from expanded value-added tax (EVAT) may sounds good but will actually cause more problems.If the tax breaks as proposed earlier by Makabayan bloc, is approved, will mean the government is bound to loss an estimated revenue loss of P86 billion, citing government base statistics....

MANILA — Albay representative Joey Salceda, Chair of the Ways and Means Panel of the House of Representatives, said over the week end that exempting more products from expanded value-added tax (EVAT) may sounds good but will actually cause more problems.If the tax breaks as proposed earlier by Mak...

16/10/2022

BACOLOD CITY — Oil companies have reported to hike fuel prices this week for second straight week amid fears of global economic recession, official sources said. New players like Sea Oil have already mulled over the week end of hiking the price of diesel up to P2.80 per liter and gasoline by 80 to 90 centavos per liter. Cumulative increases to date stands at P15.65 per liter for gasoline, P35.80 per liter for diesel and P26.75 per liter for kerosene....

BACOLOD CITY — Oil companies have reported to hike fuel prices this week for second straight week amid fears of global economic recession, official sources said. New players like Sea Oil have already mulled over the week end of hiking the price of diesel up to P2.80 per liter and gasoline by 80 to...

05/10/2022

Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez meets the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) representatives, Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRMO), and City Engineers Office with Vice Mayor Elcid Familiaran. In their discussion, they were able to identify 22 problematic areas, wherein, during yesterday's rain, the run off of the surface of water reaches 0.5 to 2 feet, jeopardizing the drainage system which is incapable of absorbing the volume of rainwater for even about one hour....

Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez meets the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) representatives, Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRMO), and City Engineers Office with Vice Mayor Elcid Familiaran. In their discussion, they were able to identify 22 problematic areas, wherein, during yes...

04/10/2022

QUEZON CITY - The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), a militant national peasant movement, in a press statement yesterday said that farmers especially those battered by calamities and consequent soaring of prices of agricultural products, can invoke national laws to meet their demands.KMP cited the Magna Carta of Small Farmers, the Price Act of 1992 and the Sagip Saka Act as tools to assist farmers recover from crisis including high prices of farm inputs and food commodities....

QUEZON CITY – The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), a militant national peasant movement, in a press statement yesterday said that farmers especially those battered by calamities and consequent soaring of prices of agricultural products, can invoke national laws to meet their demands.KMP cit...

03/10/2022

MANILA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) legal opinion on the proposed amendments in the Philippine Constitution specifically on foreign ownership restrictions will likely boost further the renewable energy (RE) projects like solar, hydro, biomass, wind and geothermal in the Philippines which in recent years have become attractive target of foreign investments. The DOJ’s legal opinion No.21 series of 2022 said that “exploration, development, and utilization of inexhaustible renewable energy sources are not subjected to the 60:40 foreign equity limitation, as currently mandated by the 1987 Constitution....

MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) legal opinion on the proposed amendments in the Philippine Constitution specifically on foreign ownership restrictions will likely boost further the renewable energy (RE) projects like solar, hydro, biomass, wind and geothermal in the Philippines which in r...

03/10/2022

October is the ‘MassKara’ festival in Bacolod City, the capital of Negros island. It’s a local version of the rowned Octoberfest in Germany. It’s a month-long merrymaking to commemorate and celebrate the resiliency of Negrosanon vis a vis the collective disasters and tragedies they faced in the 70’s through the 80’s, and bouncing back since then. On top of these packed of disastrous events were the “mysterious” sinking of M/S Don Juan, the devastation of the sugar crisis which impacted more on the already impoverished sugar workers, strong typhoons that successively hit Negros, and not the least, the countless killings and human rights violations of the Marcos fascist regime in the same period....

October is the ‘MassKara’ festival in Bacolod City, the capital of Negros island. It’s a local version of the rowned Octoberfest in Germany. It’s a month-long merrymaking to commemorate and celebrate the resiliency of Negrosanon vis a vis the collective disasters and tragedies they faced in ...

02/10/2022

Masskara Festival was a concept in 1980. The province of Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City, relied its economy on the sugar industry as its primary agricultural crop. The price of sugar that year was at an all-time low due to the introduction of artificial sweeteners as sugar substitutes in the United States, which then the industry tragically collapsed. As a series of misfortune events beyond control, a vessel MV Don Juan owned and operated by Negros Navigation, embark from Manila Port Dos, on April 22, 1985....

Masskara Festival was a concept in 1980. The province of Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City, relied its economy on the sugar industry as its primary agricultural crop. The price of sugar that year was at an all-time low due to the introduction of artificial sweeteners as sugar substitutes in....

29/09/2022

Bacolod City Health office discovered that SIXTY (61) Refilling stations are not operating without Business Permit. The agency closely intensified its monitoring after the first case of Cholera was recorded in the City. In an interview with Dr. Grace TAN, Chief of the Bacolod City Health (CHO) Environment and Sanitation Division said, the data as of September 23, showed that there were 142 water refilling stations that were already inspected by CHO, and 81 had already permits while 61 Water Refilling Stations had no permit....

Bacolod City Health office discovered that SIXTY (61) Refilling stations are not operating without Business Permit. The agency closely intensified its monitoring after the first case of Cholera was recorded in the City. In an interview with Dr. Grace TAN, Chief of the Bacolod City Health (CHO) Envir...

29/09/2022

“Mr. President I will never get tired of giving clarity to the benefits of Medical Cannabis” (locally known as ma*****na), Senator Robinhood Padilla appealed to his colleagues during the plenary Session on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, as he renewed his appeal to consider his proposed Senate Bill No. (SBN) 230 or the Medical Cannabis Compassionate Act. Padilla filed this SBN 230 last July 2022....

“Mr. President I will never get tired of giving clarity to the benefits of Medical Cannabis” (locally known as ma*****na), Senator Robinhood Padilla appealed to his colleagues during the plenary Session on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, as he renewed his appeal to consider his proposed Senate Bi...

29/09/2022

Former Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Chief HERMENEGILDO SERAFICA was cited for indirect contempt of court for issuing a memorandum that allowed for the importation of sugar despite the writ of the preliminary injunction as issued by the court. Judge Walter Zorilla of the Regional Trial Court Branch 55 in Himamaylan ordered Serafica behind bars for 15 days and fined him P30,000....

Former Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Chief HERMENEGILDO SERAFICA was cited for indirect contempt of court for issuing a memorandum that allowed for the importation of sugar despite the writ of the preliminary injunction as issued by the court. Judge Walter Zorilla of the Regional Trial Court...

29/09/2022

There are certain people in both Houses of Congress and Senate legislators attempting to railroad and outright the rejection of the Sim Card Registration Bill which is named completely as, “AN ACT REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF ALL USERS OF PREPAID SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM) CARDS” which they believed that there is a substantial threat for the right of privacy, freedom of expression and information under the Philippine Democratic Society which undermines online freedoms....

There are certain people in both Houses of Congress and Senate legislators attempting to railroad and outright the rejection of the Sim Card Registration Bill which is named completely as, “AN ACT REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF ALL USERS OF PREPAID SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM) CARDS” which th...

27/09/2022

International name Nuro by JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER(JTWC), Super Typhoon Karding with was the 11th typhoon to hit the Philippines. The typhoon was discovered on last September 21 it started as a tropical depression inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and was identified by JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER(JTWC) as a TYPHOON on the 22nd day of September which PAGASA named Typhoon Karding....

International name Nuro by JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER(JTWC), Super Typhoon Karding with was the 11th typhoon to hit the Philippines. The typhoon was discovered on last September 21 it started as a tropical depression inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and was identified by JOINT TY...

27/09/2022

The alleged suspects in a series of Snatching, Robbery, and Drug pushing were collared by Intelligence operatives of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) after long hours of what they called a long grand chase. The suspects were cornered by the intelligence operatives at the area of Luzuriaga and San Juan Sts., on September 26, Tuesday around 2:00 in the afternoon....

The alleged suspects in a series of Snatching, Robbery, and Drug pushing were collared by Intelligence operatives of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) after long hours of what they called a long grand chase. The suspects were cornered by the intelligence operatives at the area of Luzuriaga and San J...

20/09/2022

I find no other theme more fitting than this as we commemorate today the 50th anniversary of the imposition of Martial Law by the ousted President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., perhaps the most prolific and spontaneous speaker, charismatic, enigmatic, and a notoriously brutal leader our country has ever had. I was a college freshman when Marcos declared Martial Law. I witnessed the Hitler’s Gestapo-like operations of the regime’s in silencing critics, muzzling the press, terrorizing the citizens, and clamping down vocal churches and figures....

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I find no other theme more fitting than this as we commemorate today the 50th anniversary of the imposition of Martial Law by the ousted President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., perhaps the most prolific and spontaneous speaker, charismatic, enigmatic, and a notoriously brutal leader our country has ever had...

20/09/2022

Man shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Purok Nangka in Barangay 3, Bacolod City at 8 this evening. Police Lt. Jonino Pastrana, Deputy Station Commander of Bacolod Police Station 2, Identified the victim as Raymund Apelledo, 29 years old, jobless, a resident of Purok Tilapia, Barangay 3, Bacolod City. Initial investigation of Police station 2 revealed that a certain a.k.a. Clintoy fetch the victim in their house....

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Man shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Purok Nangka in Barangay 3, Bacolod City at 8 this evening. Police Lt. Jonino Pastrana, Deputy Station Commander of Bacolod Police Station 2, Identified the victim as Raymund Apelledo, 29 years old, jobless, a resident of Purok Tilapia, Barangay 3, Bacolod Cit...

18/09/2022

Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez has officially resigned his post Friday which President Ferdinand "BBM" Marcos Jr accepted, but immediately appointed him to be the Presidential Chief of Staff (PCS), said Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles in her Twitter account. “I have asked permission from the President to step down as executive secretary effective immediately. I thank the President for his continuing trust and his sincere understanding of my decision, " said Sec....

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Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez has officially resigned his post Friday which President Ferdinand “BBM” Marcos Jr accepted, but immediately appointed him to be the Presidential Chief of Staff (PCS), said Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles in her Twitter account. “I have asked permission ...

18/09/2022

BACOLOD CITY -- The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) announced yesterday the additional hike in public transportation fare rate effective October 4 this year.Included in the fare hike are Traditional Public Utility Jeepneys (TPUJs), Modern Public Utility Jeepneys (MPUJs), Public Utility Buses (PUBs), Taxis and Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS).For traditional jeepneys the fare rate will be Ph 12.00 plus Ph 1.80 per succeeding kilometer, modern jeepneys/bus will be Ph 14.00 plus Ph 2.20, ordinary bus will Ph 13.00 plus Ph 2.25, airconditioned bus will be Ph 15.00 plus Ph2.65, provincial bus will be Php 11.00 plus Ph 1.90, taxi will be Ph 45.00 plus Ph 13.50....

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BACOLOD CITY — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) announced yesterday the additional hike in public transportation fare rate effective October 4 this year.Included in the fare hike are Traditional Public Utility Jeepneys (TPUJs), Modern Public Utility Jeepneys (MPUJs)...

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