SunStar Network News feed for Bacolod, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:06:05 +0800 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:06:05 +0800 SENATOR Pia Cayetano said she won’t intervene with the decision of the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental on the issue of geothermal exploration by the Energy Development Corporation (EDC). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/06/news/cayetano.won’t.meddle.on.edc.issue.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Erwin Ambo Delilan THE local National Food Authority (NFA) has suspended for a week the rice allocation of three “bigasan ni Gloria sa palengke” outlets in the Central Public Market in Bacolod. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/06/news/nfa.rice.quota.of.3.stalls.suspended.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SENATOR Pia Cayetano said she won’t intervene with the decision of the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental on the issue of geothermal exploration by the Energy Development Corporation (EDC). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/06/news/cayetano.won’t.meddle.on.edc.issue.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Erwin Ambo Delilan THE local National Food Authority (NFA) has suspended for a week the rice allocation of three “bigasan ni Gloria sa palengke” outlets in the Central Public Market in Bacolod. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/06/news/nfa.rice.quota.of.3.stalls.suspended.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE local National Food Authority (NFA) has suspended for a week the rice allocation of three “bigasan ni Gloria sa palengke” outlets in the Central Public Market in Bacolod. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/06/news/nfa.rice.quota.of.3.stalls.suspended.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SENATOR Pia Cayetano said she won’t intervene with the decision of the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental on the issue of geothermal exploration by the Energy Development Corporation (EDC). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/06/news/cayetano.won’t.meddle.on.edc.issue.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Erwin Ambo Delilan NEGRENSE cage fans are expected to troop to the Po Hang Gym of Bacolod Tay Tung High School Friday, 5:30 p.m., for the pre-season tune-up clash between Iloilo City's Ticel basketball team owned by Alberto Lopez and the Pamplona Plantations-owned Pamplona Bulls. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/sports/ticel.vs.pamplona.bulls.tomorrow.an.nba.gov.s.cup.preview.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TEAMS wanting to see action in the forthcoming Negros Basketball Association (NBA) Governor Isidro Zayco Invitational Basketball Cup '08 can now register with the NBA at Bascon Hotel or through tournament commissioner Bobby Tee, said NBA president Oscar ‘Dodong' Bascon. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/sports/list.up.of.teams.for.nba.governor.s.cup.ongoing.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified HIMAMAYLAN City native and 2006 National Milo Marathon titlist Julius Sermona failed to make it three-in-a-row in the three-leg Asian Athletics Grand Prix during the weekend with a medal miss in Hanoi, Vietnam. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/sports/sermona.atilano.tumble.in.vietnam.gp.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE 2008 NOPSSCEA (Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural and Educational Association) sports season kicks off in September yet but already, football circles in the province are buzzing with speculation on championship possibilities at the varsity level. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/sports/nopsscea.08.varsity.soccer.a.tossup.sans.stars.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Henry C. Villalva THE bacchanalian swirl in the mind soaked in the legal perspectives and, for want of normative values to cloth the arguments to be credulous, often end in enchaining form as an act of the supernatural. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/oped/gh.arinday.jr..sunfare.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 GH Arinday Jr. Sunfare SULPICIO Lines officials do not really seem to put too much credit on their statement that the sea accident involving the MV Princess of the Stars was an act of God. This is a pity, on their part; for it would have made a good defense to claim that the event was fortuitous. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/oped/george.aguilar.rational.animal.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 George Aguilar Rational animal COUNCILOR Jocelle Batapa-Sigue was the lone oppositor to the passage of a resolution authorizing Mayor Evelio Leonardia to sign the deed of conditional sale between the city and Dynasty Agricultural Corporation. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/news/councilor.opposes.purchase.of.open.dumpsite.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gil Alfredo B. Severino THE local National Food Authority (NFA) has suspended for a week the rice allocation of three “bigasan ni Gloria sa palengke” outlets in the Central Public Market in Bacolod. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/news/nfa.rice.quota.of.3.stalls.suspended.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SENATOR Pia Cayetano said she won’t intervene with the decision of the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental on the issue of geothermal exploration by the Energy Development Corporation (EDC). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/news/cayetano.won’t.meddle.on.edc.issue.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Erwin Ambo Delilan SAN Carlos City Mayor Eugenio Jose Lacson received from Vice Governor Emilio “Dino” Yulo III the P1.830 million financial assistance extended by the Provincial Government to the city for its environment and solid waste management programs. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/life/san.carlos.gets.p1.8m.for.solid.waste.management.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THREE students from among the 30 national finalists in the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) 2008 are from Western Visayas, said Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, chair of the TOSP 2008 Region VI awards. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/life/3.tosp.national.finalists.from.western.visayas.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified JUNE 13 is the feast of San Antonio de Padua or more popularly known as St. Anthony since we have been “Americanized.” http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/feat/san.antonio.de.padua.and.his.love.for.kids.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Luci Lizares THE Public Employment Service Office (Peso) Bacolod facilitated the deployment of 188 applicants to work abroad for the month of May. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/03/bus/188.ofws.from.bacolod.deployed.in.may.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PROVINCIAL Environment Management Office (Pemo) specialist Natalie Joquiño said more than 10,000 highly-poisonous salanay or crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) were harvested by trained divers and volunteer fisherfolks in Danjugan Island, overlooking barangay Punta Bulata in Cauayan. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/02/news/.salanay.infestation.in.danjugan.island.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gil Alfredo B. Severino CADIZ City rescuers halted a search and retrieval operations (S&R) for the missing fisherman in Masbate and Romblon due to the Pacquiao-Diaz boxing duel. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/02/news/city.rescuers.halt.retrieval.operations.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Erwin Ambo S. Delilan PROVINCIAL Environment Management Office (Pemo) specialist Natalie Joquiño said more than 10,000 highly-poisonous salanay or crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) were harvested by trained divers and volunteer fisherfolks in Danjugan Island, overlooking barangay Punta Bulata in Cauayan. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/01/news/.salanay.infestation.in.danjugan.island.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gil Alfredo B. Severino CADIZ City rescuers halted a search and retrieval operations (S&R) for the missing fisherman in Masbate and Romblon due to the Pacquiao-Diaz boxing duel. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/07/01/news/city.rescuers.halt.retrieval.operations.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Erwin Ambo S. Delilan PRE-EVENT favorite Eric Panique of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, a fourth place finisher in last year's 42K National Milo Marathon Finals in Manila, once again showed why he is considered by many as the top marathoner in the province when he topped Sunday's centerpiece 21K run of the 32nd National Milo Marathon Bacolod leg. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/06/30/sports/panique.tops.32nd.nat.l.milo.marathon.bacolod.leg.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified BACOLOD City natives Mia Piccio and Juvic Pagunsan posted separate triumphs in two international golf events during the weekend with the former Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) medalist Piccio posting her second win in three weeks in the American Junior Golf Association circuit. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/06/30/sports/negrense.golfers.make.waves.in.int.l.tourneys.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified JULIUS Sermona of Himamaylan City, the 2006 National Milo Marathon champion, continued his fine showing in the three-leg Asian Athletics Grand Prix series a he pocketed another bronze medal during the weekend in the 5,000 meters event last Thursday in Korat, Thailand. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/06/30/sports/sermona.grabs.another.bronze.in.thailand.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Henry C. Villalva AMAZING how tragedies can uncover dark secrets. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/06/30/oped/benedicto.q.sánchez.nature.speaks.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Benedicto Q Sánchez Nature speaks "The demand for an Ombudsman constantly recurs, and reflects a complaint of rich and poor alike that laws have become much too complex. What is irritating to the rich is often suffocating to the poor." - US Associate Justice William O. Douglas http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/06/30/oped/g.h..arinday.sunfare.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 G.H. Arinday Sunfare WITH the start of the off-milling season in Negros Occidental next month, provincial police director Rosendo Franco is expecting a sudden rise in crime rates in the entire province. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/06/30/news/crime.rates.expected.to.rise.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PROVINCIAL Environment Management Office (Pemo) specialist Natalie Joquiño said more than 10,000 highly-poisonous salanay or crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) were harvested by trained divers and volunteer fisherfolks in Danjugan Island, overlooking barangay Punta Bulata in Cauayan. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/06/30/news/.salanay.infestation.in.danjugan.island.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gil Alfredo B. Severino CADIZ City rescuers halted a search and retrieval operations (S&R) for the missing fisherman in Masbate and Romblon due to the Pacquiao-Diaz boxing duel. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/06/30/news/city.rescuers.halt.retrieval.operations.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Erwin Ambo S. Delilan THE search is on for "Honoring Our Best (50 in 50) SJI Golden Jubilee" awardees. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/06/30/life/st..john.s.to.award.50.alumni.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified NEGROS Occidental 3rd District Board Member Patrick Lacson said the clay body painting competition as part of the Mudpack Festival is one of the most unique and illustrative of habitat protection's ecological "connectivity" towards survival. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/06/30/feat/.mudpack.body.painting.is.about.habitat.protection..html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified