By ADRIAN STEWART CO With several players from the PLDT High Speed Hitters unavailable, Negrense Kiesha Bedonia seized the spotlight in the ongoing Premier Volleyball League (PVL) on Tour. Missing the services of Savannah Davison, who remains in Canada, rookie Alleiah Malaluan, and former regulars Erika Santos and Fiola Ceballos, PLDT turned to …
Monthly Archives: July 2025
Djokovic easing into old routine as seeds hit back at Wimbledon
Novak Djokovic showed signs that he was easing into the old routine at Wimbledon as the seven-times champion sauntered into the third round on Thursday, July 3, while Barbora Krejcikova also made it through as her title defense continued. World No. 1 Jannik Sinner also eased into Round 3 as his pursuit of a first Wimbledon title gathered pace, …
Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota dies in car crash in Spain
Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car crash in northwestern Spain early on Thursday, July 3, when their Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into flames, authorities said. Evidence at the scene of the crash near the city of Zamora suggests Jota’s car suffered a burst tire while overtaking, Spanish police said …
Fast-track recovery: SRA eyes containment as RSSI threatens sugar farms
By CESAR JOLITO III Amid the growing threat of the red-striped soft scale insects (RSSI) in sugarcane farms across the Visayas, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) remains hopeful that the infestation will not drastically affect the country’s sugar output this year. “Hopefully, it won’t, but I can’t say for certain,” SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona said, …
Vision realized
By Ignacio R. Bunye In an age where infrastructure projects often arrive late and over budget, the early completion of the Upper Wawa Dam — seven months ahead of schedule — is nothing short of extraordinary. Behind this engineering triumph stands a visionary who never lost sight of its potential: Oscar I. Violago. Chairman of …
Mission over metrics
By Herman M. Lagon Some victories are quiet. A midwife from a state college opens a birthing center in the mountains. A student from Samar borrows a neighbor’s phone for online classes and finally passes the board. A public university secures clean water for its drought-hit town. These moments rarely go viral. They are not …
NegOcc Sangguniang Panlalawigan prepares for inaugural session on July 8
By CESAR JOLITO III The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan is gearing up for its inaugural session on July 8, following a caucus held on Tuesday, July 1, to finalize key preparations and committee assignments. According to Vice Governor Jose Benito Alonso, the upcoming session will formally open the new term of the provincial board and is …
DA-PhilRice unveils high-zinc rice in Negros
The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) introduced yesterday two high-zinc rice varieties to help reduce zinc deficiency, one of the leading contributors to stunting among Filipino children. The ceremonial “Unang Ani (First Harvest)” at the DA-PhilRice Negros Station experimental field in Murcia, Negros Occidental was led by Director Ommal Abdulkadil and Dr. Mallikarjuna Swamy, …
BFAR: Large fishing boats still banned in NegOr municipal waters
Large commercial fishing vessels are still banned from municipal waters and, as such, are under the radar of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Negros Oriental, an official said yesterday. BFAR-Negros Oriental chief Florencia Mepaña told the Philippine News Agency that commercial fishing is still prohibited within the 15-kilometer municipal waters despite a …
Siit Bay in Negros Oriental now red tide-free: BFAR
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 7 (Central Visayas) has declared Siit Bay in Siaton, Negros Oriental as free from the toxic red tide. BFAR-Negros Oriental provincial chief Florencia Mepaña told the Philippine News Agency in an interview yesterday that this was based from the results of the laboratory examination of …