By Adrian Stewart Co Victorio Saludar clinched the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) world minimumweight championship with a split decision victory over fellow Filipino Robert Paradero on Saturday at the Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, Laguna. The Polomolok, Cotabato del Sur-native Saludar is a world champion anew after getting the nod of judges Aquil Tamano …
Monthly Archives: February 2021
James Yap mulls PBA retirement at 40
By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense guard James Yap of Rain or Shine Elasto Painters is planning to retire from professional basketball after the 2021 season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). In an interview with entertainment columnist Dolly Ann Carjaval, the Escalante City, Negros Occidental-native said he wanted to hang his sneakers when he reached …
Scary Terry lifts Charlotte past GSW
By Adrian Stewart Co Terry Rozier carried the load for the Charlotte Hornets for a come-from-behind 102-100 stunner over Golden State Warriors (GSW) in the 2020-2021 NBA Season on Saturday night (Sunday in the Philippines) at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Down 81-91 late in the fourth quarter, Rozier ignited a huge Hornets …
Lacson hands over stipends for project free scholars
A total of P1.7 million were released to 998 Project FREE (Flagships to Reach Educational Excellence) Paglaum teacher-scholars (Batch 2) of the Negros Occidental provincial government in a distribution held at the Panaad Park in Bacolod City on Saturday. The beneficiaries are public elementary and high school teachers in the province who avail of post-graduate …
Alleged crime group member killed in Sipalay shootout
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An alleged member of the notorious Epogon robbery/hold-up group was killed following a shootout with police who were attempting to serve his arrest warrant at Sitio Manluy-an in Sipalay City’s Barangay San Jose, early Saturday morning. Police identified the fatality as 25-year-old Eddie Epogon, a resident of the said place. …
PCG deactivates Southern Visayas District
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Negros Occidental commander, Captain Ludovico Librilla, confirmed over the weekend that the PCG Southern Visayas District has been deactivated. According to Librilla, the PCG Southern Visayas District is the only agency which has not returned to their mother region when President Rodrigo Duterte dissolved the Negros …
Construction of P2-B irrigation highway in Hinoba-an underway
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The construction of the irrigation highway worth P2 billion is now underway in Negros Occidental’s Hinoba-an town. Hinoba-an Mayor Ernesto Estrao said the project’s major purpose is to irrigate several barangays in Hinoba-an and one in Sipalay City that will cover more than 2,000 hectares with Tiabanan River in Barangay …
NegOcc not keen on relaxing border control
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz yesterday said relaxing border control at the provincial level will have “a very dangerous effect,” which the provincial government wants to avoid. Diaz said the Provincial Development Council will have a meeting on Friday, February 19, and among the topics to be discussed is …
Man killed, live-in partner wounded in Bacolod shooting
A man was killed while his live-in partner was wounded after they were shot inside their rented house at Purok Sigay in Bacolod City’s Barangay 2 around 6:30 a.m. yesterday. Officers of the Police Station 2 identified the fatality as a 29-year old Rahnz Morre Banias of the city’s Barangay Banago. Banias sustained gunshot wounds …
Calatrava man accused of raping minor nabbed
Police caught a rape suspect in Sitio Takda, Barangay Dolis in Negros Occidental’s Calatrava town around 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 15. Ryan Planas alias “Dondon” was arrested through an arrest warrant by the joint elements of the Calatrava Police Station, 1st Negros Occidental Police Provincial Mobile Company and Provincial Intelligence Unit of the Negros …