By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Cebu Greats battered the Negros Hacienderos, 124-77, to extend their hot run in the SportsPlus Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City on Monday night, July 6. With 14 Greats scoring, Cebu started with a 10-0 spurt and was never headed to notch its …
Monthly Archives: July 2026
Spain eliminates rival Portugal in Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup exit
Substitute Mikel Merino scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time to lift Spain into the World Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 victory over Portugal in the Round of 16 clash in Arlington, Texas. Merino’s goal six minutes after his insertion takes La Roja to their first quarterfinals since winning their only World Cup …
Gilas absorbs 43-pt beatdown from Australia
Gilas Pilipinas’ turnover woes proved too much to overcome as it absorbed a 49-92 beatdown from Australia to close the third window of the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers at RAC Arena in Perth. The Justin Brownlee-less nationals will head into the second round with just two wins in six matches after committing 19 …
Bacolod ‘smokey mountain blues’ | Group says no to Victorias waste disposal pact
By CESAR JOLITO III Alyansa Kontra Basura (AKB), a newly formed civic coalition, has stepped up its campaign against the proposed memorandum of agreement (MOA) that would allow Victorias City temporary access to Bacolod City’s sanitary landfill in Barangay Felisa. In separate statements released on July 5 and July 6, AKB urged the Bacolod City …
Landfill access to proceed if it has support: councilor
By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA The proposed memorandum of agreement (MOA) to allow Victorias City to temporarily dispose of its residual waste at the sanitary landfill in Bacolod City’s Barangay Felisa should proceed only if the Bacolodnons support and accept it, Councilor Wilson Gamboa said yesterday. Gamboa said the legality of the Bacolod Solid Waste Management …
National Autism Program Bill
By Emmanuel Canto Two decades ago, my friend, a batchmate in high school, based in Thailand, had two wonderful kids. However, the sad thing about his story is that his children were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They are now grown-up in their late 20s, but they are still under their mother’s care and …
We are light-bearers
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We have to be more aware of this great responsibility of ours if we are to be consistent with our Christian identity. We should not be shy or afraid to show our Christian identity to everyone. Let’s show it in such a way as to inspire others to follow and love …
Clamping down on bureaucratic red tape
By Sonny Angara Over the years, the country has done a lot to improve its internal processes as part of its efforts to bring in more investments. We continuously introduce new policies and pass new laws to support these efforts, specifically to streamline the procedures for doing business in the country. We constantly make public …
NIR records 4.1-M voters for BSKE
More than 4.1 million voters are registered in the Negros Island Region (NIR) for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on November 2, according to data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec-NIR data showed a total of 4,151,396 registered voters for the BSKE polls. “We received the final list of registered voters for …
547-ha Kanlaon park rehab to start soon
The Negros Occidental provincial government is urging Negrenses to join efforts to rehabilitate the 547 hectares of forest area within the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II said Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson gave instructions “to get the work started on the ground as soon as possible and restore forest cover in this …