The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the camp of former Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves, Jr. are no longer allowed to release statements regarding the Degamo case. This, after the Manila Regional Trial Court issued a gag order on the case, according to DOJ spokesperson Atty. Mico Clavano. According to Clavano, this is appropriate because …
Monthly Archives: June 2024
Negros Occidental officials commit to water-secure Philippines
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led local government officials in Bacolod City in declaring the commitment of the province to the water-secure Philippines in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Safe Water project. “I stand before you to affirm our collective commitment to this cause. We accept the challenges …
Negros edges Mindoro, snaps MPBL losing skid
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Negros Muscovados leaned on a huge endgame run to defeat the Mindoro Tamaraws, 68-64, in the 2024 MPBL Season at the Caloocan Sports Complex on Tuesday night, June 25. Down 58-61 after a three-pointer by Tamaraws’ Ken Bono with three minutes left, the Muscovados responded with back-to-back hits from …
Mendoza, Alburo triumph in ICTSI Bacolod series
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Eliana Mendoza and Kvan Alburo continued their dominance in the 8-9 age category at the ICTSI-Junior Philippine Golf Tour (JPGT) Bacolod Visayas series at the Bacolod Golf and Country Club on Tuesday afternoon, June 25. Mendoza delivered 84 to win the 36-hole competition for the second consecutive week, finishing with a …
For Cone, shorthanded Gilas Pilipinas roster is no issue
The injury bug has hit three vital cogs of the Gilas Pilipinas squad bound for the 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) in Latvia. Even before their camp for the Riga qualifiers started, Jamie Malonzo and AJ Edu were already ruled out due to their respective injuries, with the former nursing a calf injury, …
Not needed but… Lacson: Cloud seeding ops in NegOcc still an option
By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson expressed mixed sentiments on the conduct of cloud seeding operations in the province. While acknowledging that there is no need to conduct cloud seeding, Lacson said it is still an option. “If you ask me now, I would say na, maybe there’s no need na,” Lacson said, …
Boat as a metaphor for our maritime culture
By Dennis Gorecho “The story of our nation began with a boat.” This was the opening statement of historian Xiao Chua — lifted from an essay titled “The Boat as a Metaphor of Nation” on our ancestors’ maritime culture — during a symposium at the Asian Institute of Maritime Studies (AIMS) last year as part of …
Let’s follow the advice of St. John the Baptist
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Even while in prison, St. John the Baptist told his disciples to go to Christ to see if Christ indeed was the expected messiah. (cfr. Matthew 11:2-11) Obviously, St. John knew about who Christ really was. He just wanted to let his disciples to know Christ and to follow him. Christ, …
Lacson endorses Benitez as NIR RDC chairman
By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson expressed his intention to endorse Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez as Regional Development Council (RDC) chairman of the newly-created Negros Island Region (NIR) when it becomes fully functional in 2025. However, Lacson said officials from the three provinces in NIR — Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental …
Negros Occidental disperses breeder swine for hog repopulation
The Negros Occidental provincial government has started distributing locally produced breeder swine for herd repopulation after losing thousands of hogs to transboundary animal diseases in the past year. The swine dispersal, which started on Monday, June 24, is the first since the massive hog deaths in 2023 that affected almost 18,000 pigs in 20 …