By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Lyceum of the Philippines Lady Pirates thwarted the Mapua University Lady Cardinals’ attempt at recovery with a 25-16, 25-15, 27-29, 23-25, 15-10 victory in the NCAA Season 100 women’s volleyball tournament at the FilOil EcoOil Arena in San Juan City on Wednesday, April 30. Negrense Joan Doguna finished with 23 …
Monthly Archives: May 2025
Negrense Canino, DLSU clinch twice-to-beat edge in UAAP Final Four
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The De La Salle University (DLSU) Lady Spikers clinched a twice-to-beat advantage in the UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball Final Four after a 23-25, 25-20, 30-28, 29-27 victory over the University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Wednesday, April 30. Negrense …
Gobert, Wolves knock out Lakers in Game 5
Rudy Gobert scored 27 points and grabbed 24 rebounds as the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 103-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 yesterday (Philippine time). Julius Randle put up 23 points as the sixth-seeded Timberwolves finished off a 4-1 first-round series win over the third-seeded Lakers. The …
Rockets get off to hot start, cruise past Warriors
Fred VanVleet scored 14 of his game-high 26 points in a runaway first quarter, and Amen Thompson produced 25 points as the Houston Rockets surged to a 131-116 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of this Western Conference first-round series yesterday (Philippine time). Houston seized control with a 15-0 run en …
Lower rice prices: NFA-Bacolod awaits guidelines for rice release to LGUs
By JEN BAYLON The National Food Authority (NFA) in Bacolod City is awaiting official guidelines from its central office for the release of rice stocks to local government units (LGUs) for the P20 per kilo of rice program under the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Food Security Emergency Program. NFA-Bacolod officer Benilda Fedil clarified in an …
Dalawang uri ng pagbibigay, niliwanag sa kwento ni Zaqueo at ng biyuda sa Bibliya
By MELANIO LAZO MAURICIO, JR. Salamat sa Diyos sa Ngalan Niyang Jesus, Amen. Dalawang kwento ng pagbibigay. Dalawang tao. Dalawang pangyayari na tunay na nangyari. Parehong pambihira at kamangha-mangha. Parehong nagbibigay ng kapangyarihan. Ito ang mga aral na minsan pa ay tumatak sa isip ng mga Kadugo ng Simbahang Anak ng Diyos Kadugo ni Kristo, AND KNK. …
Always purify our intentions
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Purifying or rectifying our intentions should be a constant concern of ours. That’s simply because our intentions play a crucial part in the moral quality of our actions and of our whole life in general. Our intentions determine whether we are with God, as we should, or we prefer to be …
Comelec to sign MOA on alternative voting centers for Kanlaon evacuees
By JEN BAYLON Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia will visit Bacolod City today, May 1, to finalize a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), aimed at establishing alternative voting centers for areas affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. Negros Occidental provincial election supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria …
Ex-Bacolod mayor, aide found guilty of falsifying reimbursement slips
By JEN BAYLON The Sandiganbayan’s 6th Division has convicted former Bacolod City Mayor Luzviminda “Joy” Valdez and her assistant, Brendo Eligio, on seven counts of falsification of public documents for systematically altering cash slips to inflate reimbursement claims. The court ruled that Valdez and Eligio manipulated seven cash slips to overstate expenses, enabling the former …
Police: Slain NPA cadres wanted for murder cases
Two top cadres of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) killed in a recent encounter with Philippine Army troops in Kabankalan City were wanted for several counts of murder, the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) confirmed yesterday. Reniel Locsin Cellon, former commander of Southwest Front, had four outstanding arrest warrants for …