At Galaxy Unpack 2026, Samsung has unveiled three new foldable devices. These are the Fold8, Fold8 Flip, and the new kid on the block, the Fold8 Ultra. The Fold8 Ultra features the same design seen that brought foldables out to mainstream appeal in the past, only now it gets stamped with the...
BACOLOD CITY – Laboratory examination of suspected illegal drug recovered from a 17-year-old Grade 9 student in a school in Barangay Banago here on Monday, July 20, tested negative for shabu. Police Lt. Benjo Ballo Allo, head of Police Station 3, confirmed on Wednesday, July 22, that the item...
BACOLOD CITY – Suspected shabu worth P204,000 was seized from a 17-year-old Grade 9 student during a routine security inspection in a school in Barangay Banago here on Monday, July 20. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) reported that a school guard noticed suspicious items...
Representatives from Region 9 emerged as champions in the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Season 2 Walang Gutom Kusinero: Cook-Off Challenge 2026 National Finals held Friday, July 17, at the Quezon City M.I.C.E. Center. The national cook-off gathered 12 regional champions...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected illegal drugs were recovered from a 14-year-old Grade 9 student inside a public high school in Javier, Leyte on Thursday. Police identified the child in conflict with the law (CICL) as CMC in compliance with laws protecting the identity of minors. The Javier Municipal...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 conferred a posthumous award on a police officer who was killed in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur last week. PRO-9 Director Police Brig. Gen. Dennis Esguerra visited the wake of Police Patrolman Armejo Jornadal of the 2nd Zamboanga del Sur Provincial...
Jonas Magpantay stamped his class and annihilated Chinese Taipei’s Chang Sheng Yi, 13-5, to reign supreme in the 2026 Universal 9-Ball Open in Jakarta, Indonesia Sunday, June 28. Coming off as one of the top Filipino cueists in the four-day meet, Magpantay, 32, overcame a lackluster start after...
With so much poetry in the lines, repeated refrains, and the dialogue, 9 Works Theatrical’s translation and stage adaptation of "Yemaya’s Belly" by Quiana Alegria Hudes, is not only an aural delight, but also a visual wonderland. Translated by Eljay Castro Deldoc, and now simply called...
The strand of global music labeled as Latin Pop is now firmly part of the mainstream. One only has to look at artists like Shakira and Bad Bunny, who regularly perform at major international sporting events, to see how far the genre has come. Even those who are not avid fans would likely recognize...
The Philippines marked Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day on Tuesday, June 9, an annual observance commemorating the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the two countries and highlighting their longstanding cultural, economic, and people-to-people ties. Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day...
The Sandiganbayan’s Sixth Division has denied the motions for leave to file demurrer to evidence filed by nine co-accused of former congressman Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co in a malversation case, ruling that granting the requests would only delay the proceedings. In a resolution promulgated on June...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Dennis Esguerra is the new Police Regional Office-9 chief. Esguerra replaced Police Brig. Gen Edwin Quilates who has retired. Police Lt. Gen. Bernard Banac, Philippine National Police deputy chief for administration, representing PNP chief Police Gen. Jose...
