By ADRIAN STEWART CO Gilas Pilipinas leaned on a huge third quarter breakaway to defeat Hong Kong, 94-64, in the first window of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers at the Tsuen Wan Sports Centre in Hong Kong on Thursday night, February 22. Holding to a slim 41-37 lead at the half, Gilas Pilipinas …
Monthly Archives: February 2024
Negrenses Chua, Marsh make college commitments
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense volleybelles Jann Ysabelle Chua and Celine Marsh have made their college commitments to the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Golden Tigresses and the National University (NU) Lady Bulldogs, respectively. Chua formalized her moving up to the Golden Tigresses from the UST Junior Golden Tigresses on Thursday, February 22, as …
Choco Mucho shackles Nxled in straight sets
The Choco Mucho Flying Titans cloned the wins of Chery Tiggo, Petro Gazz and PLDT, and likewise swept their foes, the Nxled Chameleons, in straight sets to open their 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season. The previous conference’s runners-up bucked their slow start in Set 2 en route to a 25-12, 25-22, 25-18 victory …
Renewed skirmishes; 3 suspected NPA ‘rebels’ killed in Negros encounters
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The number of suspected New People’s Army (NPA) insurgents killed in a series of encounters in northern Negros has climbed to three. Lt. Colonel Arnel Calaogan, the Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion (79IB) commander, said they have yet to identify the three fatalities — two males and a young woman …
Pork ban in NegOcc remains
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The ban on hogs and pork products in Negros Occidental will remain as part of strict protocols against African swine fever (ASF). Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the province will continue to follow the anti-ASF policies, especially in red-coded areas, as neighboring Negros Oriental lifted their pork ban. Lacson said …
Negros Occidental makes big push for renewable energy
Negrense leaders are pushing to have renewable energy as the primary source of electric power in the province. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the launching of SecuRE Negros, a multi-stakeholder-whole-of-society approach, that aims to develop a roadmap for renewable energy development in the province. The governor urged renewable energy industries to invest in Negros …
Army reiterates ‘whole-of-nation approach’ in fighting insurgents
The commander of the 301st Infantry “Bayanihan” Brigade (IB) has recently reiterated the crucial role of having a holistic whole-of-nation approach to combat insurgents in Western Visayas. Brigadier General Michael Samson, commander of the 301st IB, said the Army alone could not eliminate the more than 50 years of communist insurgency as there is …
Cops return P1.1-M cash to families of road mishap victims
Police authorities returned more than P1.135 million in cash to the families of victims in the tragic road mishap that claimed the lives of 15 livestock buyers in Barangay Bulwang, Mabinay town in Negros Oriental on Wednesday, February 21. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) said yesterday town police …
PNP chief orders sustained illegal drug campaign in Western Visayas
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Benjamin Acorda, Jr. has ordered a sustained campaign against illegal drugs in Western Visayas under the leadership of newly installed Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) acting regional director Brigadier General Jack Wanky. Acorda presided over the turnover of command from Brigadier General Sidney Villaflor to Wanky at Camp …
Mayor orders cave shutdown following deaths of ‘treasure hunters’
Mayor Cezanne Fritz Diaz of Siaton, Negros Oriental ordered the sealing of a cave in the hinterland barangay of Apoloy and imposed a round-the-clock security following the deaths of two “treasure hunters” last week. Major Danilo Santillan, Siaton police chief, told the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday that the mayor was furious after learning …