While familiar faces are set to star in the latest PBA finals clash between the TNT Tropang 5G and the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings, Chris McCullough believes this installment will be one for the books. “I think this is going to be one of the PBA finals that will be remembered for a long …
Monthly Archives: June 2026
Clarkson, Harper ensure Filipino NBA champ
No player from the Philippines has won an NBA title, but two with Filipino heritage — New York’s Jordan Clarkson and San Antonio’s Dylan Harper — meet in this month’s NBA finals. And one of them will be part of a championship squad. Clarkson, whose mother was a Filipina-American, signed with the Knicks last July …
Suntrust Cup Marks 14th Year with Stronger Partnerships and Community Support
Suntrust Properties, Inc. successfully held the 14th Suntrust Cup on May 15, 2026 in the prestigious fairways of Sherwood Hills Golf Club, Inc., a Jack Nicklaus signature course, in Trece Martires, Cavite. Now in its 14th year, the Suntrust Cup continues to serve as more than just a golf tournament. It has become an annual …
BSKE will push through | No basis for poll postponement: Comelec
By CESAR JOLITO III The Commission on Elections in the Negros Island Region (Comelec-NIR) has dismissed circulating online claims that the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) set for November this year will no longer push through, calling the information inaccurate and misleading. Comelec-NIR Director Lionel Marco Castillano clarified that the Facebook post claiming the …
The political economy theory of Karl Marx
By Dennis Gorecho LONDON, United Kingdom — While travelling around London, I saw some posters promoting a Karl Marx walking tour as part of “A Journey Through London’s Revolutionary History.” Karl Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He developed the …
Welcome to the wheelchair club
By Herman M. Lagon I knew exactly where the conversation was heading the moment I saw the headline. Not because I am a medical doctor. Certainly not because I know anything about knee replacement surgery beyond what friends and relatives have gone through. I knew because I am Pinoy. Like many Filipinos, I have seen …
More Filipinos aware of climate change, but only a few take action
If there’s any place in the world that can clearly illustrate just how much impact climate change has had in recent years, look no further. In just a little less than seven decades, the Philippines has, unfortunately, seen various changes in terms of rising temperatures, intensity of extreme weather events and sea level rise. According …
Who gets the P100-K reward for robbery suspects’ info?
By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA The Bacolod City government is now coordinating with the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) for the release of the P100,000 reward to informants in helping the arrest of the suspects who allegedly robbed a female doctor at her apartment in Bacolod City’s Barangay 19 on May 28. Mayor Greg Gasataya said …
CLO serves notices to vacate vs. 21 stall owners
By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA The Bacolod City Legal Office (CLO) served demand letters or notices to vacate against 21 stall owners at the Asenso Market in Bacolod City’s Barangay Alijis on Monday, June 1. City Legal Officer Karol Joseph Chiu said they also sent a letter to Barangay Alijis Captain Deogracias dela Vega to remove …
Soldier killed in clash with rebel remnants
By CESAR JOLITO III A soldier from the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) was killed following a brief encounter with remnants of the Northern Negros Front (NNF) at Barangay Tamlang in Negros Occidental’s Escalante City on Monday afternoon, June 1. The identity of the fallen soldier was withheld at the request of his family, 79IB civil …