Luka Doncic scored 29 points with six rebounds and nine assists as the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers continued their surge into March with a 108-102 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers yesterday (Philippine time). LeBron James scored 17 points with nine assists and rookie Dalton Knecht added 19 points off the bench for the …
Monthly Archives: March 2025
‘Lack of interest’: Court junks murder raps vs. 5 Moises Padilla execs
The Regional Trial Court Branch 64 dismissed the murder charges filed against five officials in Negros Occidental’s Moises Padilla town after four years of litigation. Acting Presiding Judge Ma. Anna Priscila Pareja, in an order dated Friday, February 28, granted the motion to dismiss the case against Moises Padilla Councilor Vincent Bryan Garcia, Barangay Captain Felisa …
The feared bank accounts
By Ade S. Fajardo Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to enjoin the Senate from convening as an impeachment body and hearing the articles against her. It is in her favor that the Senate has not held a caucus to discuss the elephant in the room, i.e., that when they were elected …
Ballots over bullets
By Herman M. Lagon We face a critical choice in a country where jeepneys roll through streets of joys and struggles. The midterm elections are not just about choosing leaders — they are about remembering those silenced by Duterte’s deadly drug war. These were not just numbers; they were children, parents and friends taken by a …
La Castellana seeks assistance for Kanlaon evacuees relocation
By JEN BAYLON La Castellana Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan has sought the assistance of the Bacolod City government to lobby the national government for the relocation of residents in the town living within the six-kilometer danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano. During her visit to the city government, Mangilimutan discussed her proposal, which includes plans of the …
NegOcc joins final WVRAA, eyes strong finish in Palaro
By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson expressed mixed emotions as the province marked its final participation in the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet this year. “This is the last time that Negros Occidental will participate in this regional meet because, by 2026, we will have our own regional meet in …
Over 8-K residents remain in evacuation centers amid Kanlaon threat
More than 8,000 residents living within the six-kilometer radius of the Kanlaon Volcano’s summit remain in evacuation centers since the volcano erupted in December last year, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said yesterday. In total, 8,596 people or 2,686 families have been evacuated, OCD Administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno said. Most of them have been …
Dogs hit with darts may have caused trouble, cops say
The dogs that sustained wounds from sling-launched darts (referred to locally as “Indian panâ”) may have caused trouble that enraged individuals, according to an investigation done by the Murcia Municipal Police Station. The first dog named “Tiktok” in Barangay Blumentritt, Municipality of Murcia, Negros Occidental was found to have five darts stuck in his body, …
P1-M ‘shabu’ seized in Bacolod drug sting
By MA. THERESA LADIAO Authorities seized P1,067,600 worth of suspected shabu and arrested a high-value drug suspect in an anti-narcotics operation in Bacolod City’s Barangay Taculing on Saturday night, March 1, 2025. The Bacolod City Police Office’s Drug Enforcement Unit conducted the buy-bust operation, leading to the arrest of 22-year-old Aldan Jeff Parandas, a resident …
Marcos seeks intensified biosecurity measures for ASF prevention
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has directed the Department of Agriculture (DA) to ramp up livestock consolidation and intensify biosecurity measures to control African swine fever (ASF). During a meeting with the Regional Development Council in Central Luzon at the CSJDM Convention Center in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan on Friday, February 28, Marcos …