July 2010

Bacolod’s Mia Piccio makes waves

Published on: 31st July, 2010

* CELEBRITIES Christine Reyes, Carlo Aquino and Eman Abatayo will join
the Food Festival on August 7 at pm as part of the 888 Chinatown
Square Mall activities leading to its 2nd Anniversary on August 8.
* A “Celebrity Night with the Stars” will follow at 8pm at the 888 Event Center.
* OTHER 888 Mall anniversary events: Clash [...]

“Nagpakitang gilas si Bitay”

Published on: 31st July, 2010

BACOLOD CITY, July 31, 2010, Philippine Time – * “NAGPAKITANG gilas si Bitay.”
* AND, were are proud of it.
* IN office in less than a month only, GSIS Chair Bitay Lacson was
able to make Bacolod City the regional office of the Government
Service Insurance System (GSIS) for both Negros Occidental and Negros
Oriental.
* THAT’S about 55,000 members [...]

Rotary club central induction

Published on: 30th July, 2010

* A Health and Wellness Fair is currently ongoing at the fountain area of Robinson’s Place.
* THE fair will end on Sunday, August 1.
* THE Rotary Club of Bacolod-Central Rotary International District 3850 will have its 15th Induction and Turnover Ceremony tonight at the Business Inn.
* INCOMING officers are Newton Yu (President), Robert Aguillon (Vice [...]

Another fire in barangay 19

Published on: 30th July, 2010

BACOLOD CITY, July 30, 2010, Philippine Time – * AT noon today, a 3rd widespread fire incident could have occurred in a span of less than a year in Barangay 19.
* ONLY the timely arrival of the Amity fire trucks prevented the spread of the fire beyond the lone house (half of it is left, [...]

Guv reactivates Task Force Dengue

Published on: 29th July, 2010

BACOLOD City—Governor Alfredo Maranon Jr. has ordered the reactivation of Task Force Dengue through Executive Order 10-013 signed on Monday, amid strong possibility of a dengue outbreak in Negros Occidental.
Maranon said that dengue cases are  a perennial problem in the province and has taken on an urgency  with the onset of the rainy season.
Task Force [...]

Bago tourism spots close temporarily

Published on: 29th July, 2010

* SOROPTIMIST International Metro Bago President Joy Cruz and
immediate Past president Thelma Watanabe joined the 41st Biennial
Convention of the Soroptimist International of the Americas.
* THE convention was held in San Francisco, California last July 7-10.
* BUENOS Aires Mountain Resort and Kipot Twin Falls close for major
repairs and maintenance works starting on August 1.
* IN memoriam: [...]

Mayor Nicor’s cloak of legitimacy

Published on: 29th July, 2010

BACOLOD CITY, July 29, 2010, Philippine Time – * SOME barangay
captains had the surprise of their lives when one day…
* TRUCKS unloaded sand and gravel in their respective barangays
reportedly for projects which did not even have programs of works.
* THIS happened way after the May 10 elections and about one or two
weeks before the present [...]

BBC’S world challenge finalist

Published on: 28th July, 2010

* THE Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. in Barangay
Mansilingan is one of the 12 finalists (chosen from more than 800
nominations worldwide) in the World Challenge 2010 of the British
Broadcasting Company (BBC).
* THE foundation is being recognized for its indigenous hydraulic ram
pump that has provided water to even the remote areas without the use
of electricity.
* A [...]

Human bones for sale

Published on: 28th July, 2010

BACOLOD CITY, July 28, 2010, Philippine Time – * COULD it be that the
human bones in ten sacks that were intercepted by the police could be
your loved ones’ remains?
* THESE bones were said to be sold for P500 per sack and a ready buyer
lives in Rosario Heights, this city.
*   BACOLOD City may be a [...]

Mayor Bing creates body to monitor recruitment agencies

Published on: 28th July, 2010

Mayor Evelio Leonardia,has ordered the creation of a task force that will monitor the activities of all recruitment agencies based in Bacolod City in the wake of reports that 50 nursing students were swindled of P5 million by a Bacolod-based recruitment firm.
Leonardia, who expressed concern over the welfare of the students and their respective families [...]

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