TACLOBAN CITY – The 8th Infantry “Stormtroopers” Division mourned the death of a soldier in an encounter with the New People's Army in Barangay Lourdes, Las Navas, Northern Samar, on May 16. SOLDIERS pay tribute to Corporal Isagani Balmes from the 19th Infantry Battalion who was killed in an...
NEW YORK (AP) — When the Indiana Pacers compiled one of the best offensive seasons in NBA history, they were just getting warmed up. Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton reacts during the first half of Game 7 in an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the New York Knicks, Sunday,...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Yes, I know last Sunday, May 12, was officially Mother’s Day 2024; but hopefully, you’ll give me some slack if I insist that today, May 19, is my Mother’s Day. It’s my late mother’s birthday, and she’d have been 90 this year - if...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle challenged his team to play more physically and more tenaciously Friday night, May 17. New York Knicks' Mitchell Robinson watches as teammates Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo defend against Indiana Pacers' Pascal Siakam. (AP Photo/Frank...
BACOLOD CITY – Enhance the conduct of investigation. WANKY (Glazyl Masculino) This was the directive of Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, director of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Western Visayas, to Police Col. Rainerio de Chavez, Negros Occidental police director, on the recent killings claimed...
Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Secretary Frederick Go said that he is pushing for a bill that will help make Clark and New Clark City an attractive investment hub in the near future. In a statement, Go expressed his support for the Corporate Recovery and Tax...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Eleven New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the government from May 1 to 14 in Central Luzon. Police Regional Office-3 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. identified the surrenderers as Ka Gurang, Ka Leonila, Ka Lyn, Ka Ayana, Ka...
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks have one more step to climb to reach the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000. New York Knicks' Jalen Brunson gestures to fans after making a three-point shot during the second half of Game 5 in an NBA basketball second-round playoff series...
SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC), a member of the Meralco Group of companies, has turned profitable in the first quarter of 2024 with a net income of P156 million and an attributable net income of P47.5 million from a loss of P24.57 million in the same period last year. Based on its disclosure to...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will conduct a motu proprio investigation on the death of civilians tagged by the New People’s Army (NPA) as military assets in Negros Occidental. The NPA has claimed responsibility for the killings of eight civilians in various areas in the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 37-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) was gunned down by the New People’s Army (NPA) in La Castellana, Negros Occidental on May 9. Police Major Sherwin Fernandez, La Castellana police chief, said the victim, who was partially blind, was on his way to his sister’s house...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Malcolm Gladwell once wrote that he considers Victor Gruen to be the most influential architect of the last half of the 20th century; and this is because Gruen is credited with having created the first modern indoor mall. This was a mall in...
