By ADRIAN STEWART CO The San Miguel Beermen scored a dominant 109-85 victory over the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots in Game 2 of the 2023-2024 PBA Commissioner’s Cup finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Sunday night, February 4. Bennie Boatwright, Jr. led the way with a double-double of …
Monthly Archives: February 2024
Kiefer Ravena’s 18 points wasted as Shiga bows to Altiri
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Ilonggo Kiefer Ravena’s impressive offensive game went for naught as the Shiga Lakes bowed to Altiri Chiba, 116-80, in Japan B.League Division 2 at the Chiba Port Arena on Sunday night, February 4. The former NLEX Road Warriors guard finished with a team-high of 18 points, including two three-pointers, to …
Petro Gazz overpowers Army in Sickle’s debut
A new-look Petro Gazz flaunted its firepower in the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) Champions League against the Philippine Army on Sunday, February 4. Behind a strong debut from Filipino-American recruit Brooke Van Sickle, the Gazz Angels cruised to a 25-11, 25-19, 25-19 sweep of the Lady Troopers at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum to …
‘Game-changer’; Lacson not in favor of abolishing NTF-ELCAC
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is not in favor of abolishing the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). This comes after United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Irene Khan proposed abolishing the task force, calling it “outdated and does not take into account the ongoing prospects for …
800 more ASF-hit local hog raisers to get financial aid
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An additional 800 hog raisers affected by African swine fever in Negros Occidental last year will receive financial assistance. Chiqui Gonzales, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, said the latest batch of beneficiaries is from the towns of Valladolid, Hinigaran and San Enrique. Gonzales said each beneficiary …
Silay hospital launches Family Planning Training Center
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Provincial government-run Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Negros Occidental’s Silay City has established its Family Planning Training Center (FPTC). The FPTC is a major strategy by the provincial government to sustainably address continuing needs for family planning training. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said local government units …
BTAO lacks traffic enforcers — exec
By Mae Singuay The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) lacks traffic enforcers, its deputy officer-in-charge Jose Antonio Robello confirmed. Robello admitted that due to the lack of traffic enforcers as of now, some streets in the city have been experiencing traffic congestion. He said the BTAO only deploys their personnel if traffic congestion is …
BFP ramps up safety consciousness drive to prevent fires during El Niño
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is calling on the public to be conscious of fire safety as the onset of El Niño may adversely affect the capability of responders to suppress fires. Personnel from the San Jose (Antique) Municipal Fire Station were recently deployed to conduct house-to-house visits to remind residents about the hazards …
Girl, 4, drowns
By Jen Baylon A four-year-old girl died after she was drowned in a pool inside a resort at Barangay Old Poblacion in Negros Occidental’s Escalante City on Saturday afternoon, February 3. The victim, a resident of the village’s Sitio Banaba, was at the resort with her family to celebrate her cousin’s birthday, city police …
Over P600-K ‘shabu’ seized
By Jen Baylon A total of P646,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized during an anti-illegal drug operation at Purok Roadside 2 in Bacolod City’s Barangay Alijis on Saturday morning, February 3. Authorities arrested 30-year-old Rejan Serillo, a resident of the said place. The operation led to the confiscation of 95 grams of suspected …