By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Davao Occidental Tigers-Cocolife pulled off a come-from-behind 72-71 victory over the Bacolod City of Smiles in the 2024 MPBL Season at the San Andres Sports Complex in Manila on Tuesday night, April 23. Arthur dela Cruz tallied 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists, one steal, and a block to …
Monthly Archives: April 2024
Choco Mucho prevents Farm Fresh’s upset try in PVL
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Choco Mucho Flying Titans prevented an upset axe from also-ran Farm Fresh Foxies with a come-from-behind 25-15, 24-26, 21-25, 25-21, 15-12 triumph in the PVL 1st All-Filipino Conference at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City on Tuesday night, April 23. Cherry Ann Rondina finished with 29 points, built on …
When will Angel Canino make her return for La Salle?
The De La Salle Lady Spikers have made strides in their bid to earn a Final Four incentive in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. This is despite competing in their last five games without team star Angel Canino, who suffered a right arm injury in early April. With Canino on the sidelines, …
‘No-take policy’, PRO-6 urges cops to impose zero-tolerance approach vs. illegal gambling
Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO-6) director Brigadier General Jack Wanky ordered all police personnel in the region to wipe out illegal gambling activities, while asserting a “no-take policy” in their operations. Wanky said he was informed by his predecessor about the widespread illegal gambling operations in the region, including “bookies,” despite the presence of the …
Sunflower Run as a campaign on empowerment of women, children
By Dennis Gorecho On March 29, 1984, Proclamation No. 2346 was enacted declaring April 30 as “Woman Suffrage Day” to enable Filipino women to “renew their advocacy and support for clean, honest and free elections and pursue with greater zeal their efforts towards this direction.” It was on April 30, 1937 when Filipino women exercised suffrage …
Christian leaven and the Metaverse
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We have a tremendous challenge with the coming of the new digital platform called the Metaverse. It is supposed to be the Internet’s next frontier focusing on virtual and augmented reality, which is really quite a development. Like any development in the world, Metaverse offers us tremendous advantages, but we should …
NegOcc PHO logs 28 probable pertussis cases
By JEN BAYLON The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office (PHO) has reported an increase in the number of probable pertussis cases in the province with 28, from 18 cases logged last week. PHO head Dr. Girlie Pinongan, in an interview, said the specimens from suspected cases were sent for confirmatory tests at the Research Institute for …
NEA removes Negros coop execs involved in P87-M improper spending
In a statement issued during a press conference yesterday, led by Administrator Antonio Almeda, the NEA said its decision dated April 18 is based on the report and recommendation of the Administrative Committee and following a comprehensive audit covering the operations of Noceco based in Kabankalan City from August 1, 2019 to April 30, 2023. …
Negros Occidental residents to pay higher power fees
Average residential power rates of the three distribution utilities in Negros Occidental increased this month due to higher price in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), the venue for trading electricity in the country. The Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco) reported an upward adjustment of P2.5709 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), from P11.9965 in March to …
Teves camp ‘hopeful’ Timor-Leste will grant him political asylum
A lawyer for expelled congressman and fugitive Arnolfo Teves, Jr. said yesterday he was “hopeful” that his client would be granted political asylum or refugee status in Timor-Leste, as the Philippine government pushes for his deportation. Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio cited the Philippine government’s supposed political persecution of Teves, who faces criminal charges in the …