By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Creamline Cool Smashers bounced back in dominant fashion, sweeping the Galeries Tower Highrisers, 25-15, 26-24, 25-19, to close the PVL 2nd All-Filipino Conference preliminaries at the FilOil EcoOil Center in San Juan City on Thursday, February 20. Negrense Bernadeth Pons made a brief appearance in the second set and finished …
Monthly Archives: February 2025
Gilas Pilipinas falls short vs. Chinese Taipei in FIBA Cup qualifiers
Gilas Pilipinas absorbed its first defeat in the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers after falling short in its comeback attempt against Chinese Taipei, 91-84, on Thursday, February 20, at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium. This was the national team’s first loss to Chinese Taipei in men’s basketball in 12 years or since 2013. Always-spectacular Justin Brownlee, …
LeBron James pours in 40 as Lakers down Blazers
LeBron James scored 40 points for the second time since turning 40 and also grabbed eight rebounds while leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 110-102 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers yesterday (Philippine time). Austin Reaves added 32 points and seven assists as the Lakers bounced back from a dreary 100-97 home loss …
Antetokounmpo returns, leads Bucks past Clippers
Giannis Antetokounmpo returned following a six-game absence and scored 23 points in 24 minutes as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 116-110 yesterday (Philippine time). Brook Lopez scored 22 points, Damian Lillard added 15 and Taurean Prince had 14 for Milwaukee, which outscored the Clippers by 15 in the fourth quarter. Kyle …
6 dengue deaths; NegOcc dengue cases now 849, up by 387%
By JEN BAYLON Six deaths due to dengue have been recorded in Negros Occidental amid the sharp rise in cases, data from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed yesterday. A total of 849 dengue cases were recorded as of February 15, a staggering 387.93 percent increase, higher than 174 cases recorded in the same period …
Is Comelec doing enough to ensure fair, honest, credible midterm elections?
By Ignacio R. Bunye The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has been actively enforcing laws against election offenses, particularly focusing on vote-buying and campaign violations. While these efforts are commendable, one must ask: Is the Comelec doing enough to ensure fair, honest and credible midterm elections? Comelec has formed the Committee on Kontra Bigay to enforce …
Salute to schools that keep EDSA alive!
By Herman M. Lagon It takes more than just remembering a date on the calendar to uphold the spirit of the EDSA People Power Revolution. This is why we must salute the schools that suspended classes on February 25, defying the government’s downgrade of the occasion. Their decision is more than symbolic — it upholds …
Stay vigilant, Phivolcs tells residents amid Kanlaon unrest
By JEN BAYLON The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reminded Negrenses, especially those living inside Kanlaon Volcano’s danger zone, to remain vigilant as the volcano remains restless. “With Kanlaon Volcano being an active threat to the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, it is essential that both the authorities and the public …
Spare trees from campaign posters, DENR urges poll bets
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Western Visayas (DENR-6) called on candidates in the May 12 midterm elections to become environmentally conscious and spare trees from their campaign materials. “We ask all the candidates to utilize designated posting areas for their materials and spare the trees; protect our trees from harm,” said DENR-6 …
College student killed in hit-and-run
A college student was killed in a hit-and-run incident at Barangay Magallon Cadre in Negros Occidental’s Moises Padilla town on Wednesday, February 19. Police identified the victim as 22-year-old Deserie Tadena, a third year college student of the Central Philippines State University-Moises Padilla Campus. Moises Padilla police chief, Major Romulo Gepilango, said Tadena was hit …