By JEN BAYLON A college student has been charged with homicide after he allegedly stabbed a teen to death outside a bar on Lacson Street in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mandalagan on Tuesday, May 13. The suspect has been identified as 19-year-old Adrian Cagayao of the city’s Barangay Granada, while the victim was 18-year-old Hakiru Legaste of …
Monthly Archives: May 2025
EMB-6 monitors air quality around Mt. Kanlaon
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Environmental Management Bureau in Western Visayas (EMB-6) continues to monitor the air quality in communities affected by the latest eruption of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island to ensure public health and protect the environment. In the air quality monitoring at the La Carlota City and Bago City …
Lin-ay sang Silay bet dies in road mishap
By JEN BAYLON A 21-year-old candidate for the Lin-ay sang Silay pageant died after the motorcycle she was riding collided with a parked truck along Circumferential Road in Bacolod City on Wednesday, May 14. Police identified the fatality as Rahsel Tayco, a college student pursuing a Bachelor of Secondary Education degree, and a resident of Barangay …
Ordiales, NU force do-or-die Game 3
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The National University (NU) Bulldogs kept their five-peat dream alive with a 25-20, 22-25, 25-15, 18-25, 15-11 victory over the Far Eastern University Tamaraws in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s volleyball finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Wednesday, May 14. Negrense Leo Ordiales …
Negrense Jardio named finals MVP as NU retains UAAP title
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The National University (NU) Lady Bulldogs achieved their title-retention bid in the UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball tournament after a 25-19, 25-18, 25-19 sweep of the De La Salle University Lady Spikers in Game 2 of the finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Wednesday night, …
Celtics rout Knicks in Game 5, send series back to NY
Derrick White scored a game-high 34 points and the Boston Celtics extended their season by beating the visiting New York Knicks, 127-102, in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals yesterday (Philippine time). The Knicks lead the best-of-seven series 3-2, and Game 6 will be played on Saturday, May 17 (Philippine time) in New York. …
Timberwolves top Warriors to clinch series
Julius Randle scored 29 points on 13-for-18 shooting, and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 121-110 win over the Golden State Warriors to clinch their Western Conference semifinals series in Minneapolis yesterday (Philippine time). Anthony Edwards finished with 22 points and 12 assists for Minnesota, which won the best-of-seven series in five games. The …
Voter uptrend; Comelec: NIR logs high voter turnout; polls ‘generally peaceful’
By JEN BAYLON The May 12 midterm elections in the Negros Island Region (NIR) saw an impressive voter turnout, underscoring the active participation of the electorate in the democratic process. According to Jossil Macute, assistant regional director of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in NIR, the voter turnout was notably high across the provinces. The …
Reading between the Senate votes
By Herman M. Lagon It did not take a clairvoyant to read the room this election season. The 2025 senatorial results, still humming in partial tallies but clear in trend, offer more than a list of names. They whisper of change, signal a recalibration, and murmur a subtle, but telling critique of a political culture …
Doing a lot of good while passing unnoticed
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We are somehow reminded of this kind of behavior in that gospel episode where Christ told the leper whom he just cured to “tell no one anything,” but to rather show himself to the priest and to offer what Moses prescribed for his cleansing. (cfr. Mark 1:40-45) We know how that …