The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters will proceed to the 2024 PBA Governors’ Cup semifinals. The Elasto Painters finally put the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots to sleep after edging them in Game 5, 113-103, on Saturday, October 5, at the Ynares Center in Antipolo. The series went in five games that saw an alternating pattern …
Monthly Archives: October 2024
Converge downs Beermen to force do-or-die in PBA QF
The Converge FiberXers took down the San Miguel Beermen, 114-100, in Game 4 of the PBA Governors’ Cup quarterfinals on Friday, October 5, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila. The win forced the series to a do-or-die Game 5. The Beermen were trailing 89-84 early in the fourth period, but the FiberXers made a …
Robbery as motive? Deaths of truck driver, laborer ‘related’ —police
Authorities believe that the deaths of two individuals in Negros Occidental cities of Talisay and La Carlota on Thursday morning, October 3, are related. La Carlota police chief Colonel Lymel Pasquin said the deaths of truck driver Armando Sepocado, Jr. and laborer Marjun Mandala are connected because they both worked for the same construction company. …
Teach your children well
By Dr. Joseph D. Lim Students are role models too. And this is what dental student did, teaching children about proper oral hygiene. “These are excellent opportunities for students to be in the community providing prevention education and being role models for the younger students to learn about oral health care and also about how …
For all teachers who give so much for so little!
By Herman M. Lagon Imagine a world without teachers: One absent of the buzz of learning in the classroom, one excluding students from being shaped into future professionals, and one devoid of support for those looking for guidance during their formative years. We owe our teachers much more than a single day of celebration because …
Sugar milling seen to peak by end October to early November
The peak of the sugar milling season is expected to take off between the last week of October and the first week of November after a slow start in sugar production since the crop year 2024-2025 started in mid-September, based on the data of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona said …
84 W. Visayas LGUs adopt digitalized licensing system
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has been embarking on projects to pave the way for the digitalization of systems across various local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas. DICT-6 Information Systems Researcher III Michael Lagos, during the special edition of the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas in celebration of National Statistics Month, said …
NegOr biz chamber seeks options as power transmission line ‘critical’
Businessmen in Negros Oriental are pushing for the speedy energization of a new power transmission line as the current 69 kilovolt (kV) line is on the brink of reaching critical levels. “The 69kV line in Amlan town is already going beyond its limits and once it reaches its maximum, it will automatically shut down and …
2 barangays in NegOr capital identified for mall voting
Registered voters from two barangays in Negros Oriental provincial capital, Dumaguete City, Barangays Tabuc-tubig and Poblacion 3, will experience mall voting for the May 2025 midterm elections. Lawyer Ian Michael Macaraya, Commission on Elections (Comelec) city election officer told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that following the successful piloting of the mall voting in some …
Pryde Teves seeks NegOr governorship comeback
Former Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Henry Teves yesterday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for the position of governor in the May 2025 midterm elections. Teves, running under the Liberal Party (LP), was accompanied by Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo and other partymates during the COC filing at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office …