Alas Pilipinas men just did what seemed to be impossible on the world stage. The Philippines, ranked 88th globally, showed that it can go toe-to-toe with higher-ranked squads, pulling off a 29-27, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21 shocker against World No. 21 Egypt at the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship on Tuesday, September 16, at the Mall of …
Monthly Archives: September 2025
France, Italy suffer upset losses to Finland, Belgium in FIVB Worlds
Aside from the Philippines’ upset win against Egypt in the 2025 FIVB Men’s World Championship, surprises also unfolded at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, where Olympic gold medalist France and defending champion Italy suffered stunning losses to Finland and Belgium, respectively. Both matches went the distance, with Finland defeating France in five sets, 25-19, 17-25, 29-27, 21-25, …
Renewed delay? PGN Bridge project left hanging amid SoKor loan suspension
By CESAR JOLITO III Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson described as “bad news” the decision of the South Korean government to suspend the P28.7-billion feasibility study on several rural bridge projects in the Philippines, which may directly impact the long-awaited Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) Bridge. “Definitely, it is not good news. Again, it will delay the aspiration …
Comfort women still awaiting justice 80 years after World War II
By Dennis Gorecho Eighty years ago, the pre-recorded announcement of Emperor Hirohito verbally accepting the terms of surrender that ended the Second World War reverberated throughout Japan via radio on August 14, 1945. The United States earlier detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) that killed …
When accountability leaks
By Herman M. Lagon Floodwater does not knock. It slips under the classroom door, pools on the floor, and turns the chalk tray into a narrow canal. Children lift their bags to save notebooks. A teacher, sleeves rolled, cuts the power and hoists the CPU onto a higher shelf. Outside, a tarp boasts of a …
Guv welcomes opposition to GMO ordinance
By CESAR JOLITO III Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said he respects the opinions of those opposing the proposed genetically modified organism (GMO) regulatory ordinance, including 3rd District Representative Javier Miguel Benitez and environmental groups that staged a protest at the Provincial Capitol on Monday, September 15. “I know it is not a popular …
Bacolod seeks donation of old gov’t lot for fire-hit residents
The Bacolod City government is working on the acquisition through donation of a lot in Barangay 27, titled under the name of an already terminated United States (US) agency, to set up a housing project for informal settlers displaced by a fire in the area on September 12. The affected dwellers, numbering almost a thousand, …
Lacson hopes Kanlaon status will not escalate amid unrest
By CESAR JOLITO III Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson assured residents that the provincial government is closely monitoring the situation at Kanlaon Volcano as seismic activity continues, with hopes that the alert status will not escalate. “Right now, it’s Alert Level 2. It means that nobody should be in the four-kilometer permanent danger zone,” …
LPA now ‘Mirasol’; parts of Northern Luzon under Signal No. 1
The low pressure area (LPA) east of Quezon has developed into a tropical depression (TD) and was named “Mirasol,” the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said yesterday afternoon. “Mirasol” was located 210 kilometers east northeast of Infanta, Quezon as of 4:00 p.m. It packs maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour …
2 nabbed, ‘shabu’ seized
By CESAR JOLITO III Two alleged drug personalities were arrested while about P680,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation at Purok Lilang in Bacolod City’s Barangay Banago on Monday, September 15. The suspects were identified as 18-year-old alias Teodolo, a resident of Barangay Tangub, and 26-year-old alias Veronica, a resident of Barangay Banago. …