Gilas Pilipinas suffered another blowout defeat in the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, this time stumbling to Japan, 57-95, at the State Sports Centre in Sydney on Tuesday, June 27. Japan stifled Gilas early on, forcing turnovers that helped build a 28-14 lead at the end of the first quarter. Gilas somehow stayed in step with …
Monthly Archives: June 2023
Pag-IBIG home loan payments reach record-high P31.97B in Jan to May, up 15%; PLR climbs to 92.53%
Pag-IBIG Fund’s performing loans ratio surged to 92.53% as top executives reported double digit growth in its housing loan payment collections in the first five months of the year. From January to May, the agency collected P31.97 billion in home loan payments, which is 15 percent or P4.22 billion higher than the amount collected in …
Motion to inhibit junked; DOJ: Teves has until July 17 to submit counteraffidavit
The Department of Justice (DOJ) denied Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves, Jr.’s motion to inhibit which seeks the department to recuse itself from the preliminary investigation on the killing of Governor Roel Degamo. A panel of prosecutors insisted that it acted independently during the preliminary hearing, amid accusations about its impartiality in the case, Andres …
Unifed appeals to Marcos to ignore calls for sugar liberalization
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The local group United Sugar Producers Federation (Unifed) appeals to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to ignore calls of Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno for allowing industrial users to directly import their sugar needs as a concession to plans to increase taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages. Unifed President Manuel Lamata said they are …
Still no declaration of state of calamity in NegOcc amid hog deaths
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental provincial government still has not yet declared a state of calamity in the province as hog mortalities have already affected 17 local government units. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is confident that the current situation in the hog industry can be contained, as data from the Provincial Veterinary …
NegOcc continues preps for Palarong Pambansa 2024 bid
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental provincial government is continuing preparations as the province participates in the ongoing bid to host the 2024 Palarong Pambansa. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson revealed that a technical inspection team from the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) arrived in the province on Sunday, …
Man found dead
A man was found dead at a sugarcane field at Barangay Sag-ang in Negros Occidental’s La Castellana town on Monday, June 26. Jopoeny Morata, 50 years old, a resident of the place, was already in a state of decomposition, police said. He was identified by his live-in partner, Auring Callosa. An initial police investigation showed …
Brother stabbed dead
A 37-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by his brother during a drinking session at Barangay Tiling in Negros Occidental’s Cauayan town over the weekend. Orly Estrabela succumbed to hack wounds following a commotion with 34-year-old Ronel Estrabela, police said. The victim went out of his brother’s house, but the suspect allegedly followed and …
Student yields P1.7-M ‘shabu’
A P1.7 million worth of suspected shabu was seized from a college student during a drug buy-bust operation yesterday afternoon. Operatives arrested 19-year-old Arnold Caso, a resident of Bacolod City’s Barangay 2. An estimated P1,734,000 worth of suspected shabu, weighing 255 grams, was confiscated from the suspect. Police said they had been monitoring the suspect, …
209-K farmers in W. Visayas urged to avail P480-M crop insurance
The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) is calling on farmers to avail of the free insurance that is made available by the government for six agricultural product lines. PCIC-6 Regional Manager Eva Ulie Laud, in an interview on Monday, June 26, said that Western Visayas has an allocation of P480.69 million targeting 209,056 farmers and …