By CESAR JOLITO III A 49-year-old carabao broker was killed in a hacking incident at Barangay San Isidro in Negros Occidental’s E.B. Magalona town, prompting police to arrest the suspect hours after the attack on Sunday, February 8. Police identified the victim as a resident of Sitio Ronel in the village. The suspect, 47-year-old alias …
Monthly Archives: February 2026
Army seeks community support to end NPA presence in south Negros
The Philippine Army’s 15th Infantry Battalion (15IB) yesterday enjoined community cooperation to put an end to the presence of the New People’s Army (NPA) in southern Negros. The 15IB, based in Cauayan town, issued the call after a 74-year-old woman, Leonora “Leonor” Anguit, was executed by armed men who claimed to be NPA rebels in …
Para chesser Severino dies at 40
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense para chess standout and FIDE Master Sander Severino has died of heart failure at the age of 40, just days after a triumphant campaign in the Asean Para Games. Severino passed away in his hometown of Negros Occidental’s Silay City. His death came shortly after returning from the regional meet …
Puentevella leads PSA lifetime achievement awardees
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Former sports commissioner and Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas President Monico Puentevella headlines the list of distinguished personalities set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in the San Miguel Corporation – Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) 2025 Awards Night at the Diamond Hotel Manila on February 16. Puentevella joins four other honorees — …
Obiena cops bronze at INIT Indoor Meeting
Filipino pole vault star EJ Obiena secured a bronze medal after clearing 5.70 meters at the INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe in Germany. Norway’s Sondre Mogens Guttormsen claimed the gold medal with a successful jump of 5.84 meters, while American Cole Walsh settled for silver after clearing 5.78 meters. The podium finish came after a demanding …
Brunson leads scorching Knicks past Celtics
Jalen Brunson scored 31 points and had eight assists to lead the visiting New York Knicks to a 111-89 victory over the Boston Celtics yesterday (Philippine time). The victory ended Boston’s five-game winning streak and moved the Knicks into a second-place tie with the Celtics in the Eastern Conference standings. Both teams are five games …
Who mauled the kids? | Probe ordered into girl’s death, siblings’ attack
By CESAR JOLITO III The Police Regional Office in the Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has ordered a thorough and impartial investigation into an alleged mauling incident involving three minor siblings in Negros Occidental’s Silay City that left one child dead. Authorities said a nine-year-old girl was found lifeless, while a 14-year-old girl and a three-year-old …
Impeachment Round 2 vs. VP Sara
By Ade S. Fajardo The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives filed fresh impeachment raps against Vice President Sara Duterte. This jumps the gun on possibly weak impeachment complaints from other parties. The move follows the Supreme Court resolution denying the motion for reconsideration filed by the House that sought the reversal of the …
‘Tigkiliwi’ hits home
By Herman M. Lagon I went to the fifth Iloilo screening of “Tigkiliwi” last Sunday afternoon, February 1, because a friend invited me, and because the title itself sounded like a dare. Rynshien Joy Olivete — a spirited colleague from Dakila Collective — invited me to come, and I did, partly out of support, partly …
Social media registration to burden ordinary users, curtail speech: rights advocates
Digital rights advocates are urging the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to scrap its planned mandatory identification verification for social media users, citing “serious effects” on free speech and the potential for censorship. DICT in January said it is eyeing requiring social media users to register or be verified, similar to the SIM …