By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolodnon center Reynel Hugnatan of the Meralco Bolts has announced his retirement from playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) after almost two decades. Bolts head coach Luigi Trillo confirmed the decision of 44-year-old Hugnatan to hang his sneakers for good following the expiration of his playing contract after the 2022-2023 …
Monthly Archives: May 2023
Tay Tung’s Cortez excited to play for dream school Ateneo
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts star setter Katherine Shaine Cortez is more than excited to start her collegiate career with the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles. The Bacolod City-native Cortez said she was delighted that Ateneo was among the Manila-based schools that recruited her as wearing its blue and …
NBA: Celtics stay alive with victory at Heat
The Boston Celtics kept their Eastern Conference finals hopes alive with a 116-99 victory over the Miami Heat yesterday (Philippine time) to reduce the series deficit to 3-1. Jayson Tatum inspired the Celtics with 33 points, 11 rebounds and assists, while five other players reached double figures in what was a determined team display from …
NBA: Celtics stay alive with victory at Heat
The Boston Celtics kept their Eastern Conference finals hopes alive with a 116-99 victory over the Miami Heat yesterday (Philippine time) to reduce the series deficit to 3-1. Jayson Tatum inspired the Celtics with 33 points, 11 rebounds and assists, while five other players reached double figures in what was a determined team display from …
‘Recanted testimonies’; 4 Degamo slay suspects recanted statements —lawyer
Four suspects have recanted their testimonies in the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and nine others, their lawyer said yesterday. “So far as I am concerned, as I can only speak for my four clients, [they] had already executed an affidavit of recantation,” Atty. Danny Villanueva said in an interview with ANC. They …
BCPO: No private armed groups in Bacolod
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) said yesterday they are not monitoring any presence of “private armed groups” in the city, as security preparations continue for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. Police Major Joery Puerto, BCPO’s City Intelligence Unit head, said they have already conducted a …
Resolution seeks declaration of ‘state of calamity’ in San Enrique
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Negros Occidental’s San Enrique town passed a resolution seeking a declaration of a “state of calamity” in the locality for suspected hog cholera. Town vice mayor Carlo Raymund Magno said the resolution was passed last week after the municipality logged a total of 1,180 hog …
SRA to determine sugar volume for importation
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is now in the process of collating figures to determine the actual volume of sugar for importation this month. SRA acting administrator Pablo Luis Azcona said the directive from President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. was to ensure the final import volume must be based on …
Top 4 drug suspect in La Carlota nabbed
By Mae Singuay The Top 4 drug personality in Negros Occidental’s La Carlota City was arrested by a law enforcement team on Monday night, May 22. The suspect, identified as 35-year-old Reynaldo dela Cruz Jr., was apprehended in a drug buy-bust operation in his residence in the city’s Barangay 2. An estimated eight grams of suspected …
Victorias City probes molasses spill, foul odor in sugar refinery
The Victorias City Council in Negros Occidental will conduct a legislative inquiry on Wednesday, May 24, on the foul smell caused by the molasses spill incident involving Victorias Milling Company (VMC), the country’s largest refined sugar producer. The investigation has been set up even as Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez called for an emergency meeting on …