By ADRIAN STEWART CO Pauline del Rosario brings both prestige and promise to the ICTSI Bacolod Golf Challenge that started yesterday at the Bacolod Golf and Country Club in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town. Currently campaigning on the Epson Tour, Del Rosario’s return to the local circuit isn’t just a reunion with familiar faces — it’s …
Monthly Archives: September 2025
NORFA Champions League U17 q’finals cast complete after cluster elims
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The NORFA Champions League U17 category has finalized its quarterfinal cast following a decisive two-day cluster elimination round held at Victorias National High School in Negros Occidental’s Victorias City. Don Bosco Technical Institute of Victorias City and Colegio de Santo Tomas-Recoletos of San Carlos City secured early berths after topping their …
Gilas Youth narrowly escapes Indonesia to break through in FIBA U16 Cup
Luisito Pascual and Prince Cariño connived in the endgame to power Gilas Pilipinas Youth to a 65-60 win against Indonesia in the 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup on Monday, September 1, at the MBank Arena in Mongolia. Cariño sank a pair of free throws before Pascual knocked down a booming corner triple off a bounce …
Djokovic makes Grand Slam history with commanding US Open win
Novak Djokovic made Grand Slam history at the age of 38 on Sunday, August 31, with a commanding 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jan-Lennard Struff, but the triumph came at a cost — his quarterfinal match fell on his daughter’s birthday. “Yeah, she was not very happy about it, me being absent from the birthday …
Hundreds displaced: Heavy rains, flooding trigger evacuation in 4 NegOcc localities
By CESAR JOLITO III Continuous heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon or habagat over the weekend have affected 871 families or 2,832 individuals while displacing hundreds across four local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said. As of 5:00 p.m. yesterday, PDRRMO reported that at least 222 …
An intergenerational response to climate change
By Sonny Angara The issue of our changing climate can be a matter of a few degrees — specifically, about 1.5 degrees Celsius. A report from the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stated that at only 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer across the world, about 14 percent of the global population will experience severe …
The cross is necessary in our life
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We have to realize that we need the cross. Whether we like it or not, the cross will be unavoidable in our life due to our wounded human condition. We should, therefore, develop the proper attitude toward it, and that can only be the attitude Christ had toward the cross. The …
UN: 1 in 4 people worldwide still lack access to safe drinking water
A quarter of the world’s population, or 2.1 billion people, still lack access to safe drinking water, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) have warned in a new report released during World Water Week 2025. The joint study, Progress on Household Drinking Water and Sanitation 2000-2024: Special Focus on Inequalities, …
Bacolod eyes resumption of P20 per kilo rice program this Sept.
The Bacolod City government is processing the procurement of stocks for the second tranche of the “Benteng Bigas Meron Na!” program, expected this month. Secretary to the Mayor Marty Go said in a press briefing yesterday that they are preparing the purchase request for additional rice supply, following the launch of the P20 per kilo of …
La Castellana renews appeal to speed up creek dredging
By CESAR JOLITO III La Castellana Vice Mayor Rhummyla “Mhai” Nicor-Mangilimutan is calling on concerned government agencies to speed up the clearing and dredging of Tamburong Creek in Barangay Biak na Bato, after rising waters forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents from three barangays over the weekend. The local government has repeatedly requested assistance from the …