November 27, 2020

Football legend Diego Maradona dies at 60

            Football legend Diego Armando Maradona died Wednesday, suffering cardiac arrest at home in Tigre, Argentina. He was 60.             The Argentine football legend underwent successful surgery on November 4 for a blood clot in his brain, his doctor Leopoldo

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Hit show sparks chess frenzy

            Hit miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit” has led to a surge of interest in chess, with one popular website registering millions of new players and academies reporting unprecedented demand.             Netflix said the show, which follows the turbulent career of

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Tropang Giga, Fuel Masters clash in deciding Game 5

            TNT seemingly caught Phoenix Super LPG by surprise their last time out.             The question of whether the Tropang Giga could continue to take the Fuel Masters off-guard or the latter would be more ready would be known tonight

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2 additional fiber landing stations eyed

            PLDT and its wireless subsidiary Smart will ramp up broadband and data services by adding two more fiber cable landing stations in the country next year.             In a statement, PLDT chairman and chief executive officer, Manuel Pangilinan, said

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DA assures stable fish supply amid typhoons

            The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has assured stable supply of fish until yearend despite the series of typhoons that hit the fisheries sector.             DA Undersecretary for Agri-Industrialization and for Fisheries, Cheryl Caballero, in a

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Negros First Food Terminal reopens

          The provincial government-run Negros First Food Terminal market at the North Capitol Road in Bacolod City is now open to the public, after 19 of its employees and security guards were tested negative for Covid-19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz

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Benitez in bicameral conference committee

          Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has named Negros Occidental Rep. Francisco Benitez among the 21-member contingent to the bicameral conference committee on the proposed P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021.           Velasco said the House contingent will make sure the 2021

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TLJPH upgrading looms

          Good news for Negrenses.           The increase in bed capacity, upgrading facilities and services of the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, Negros Occidental, may soon be a reality.           This was after the House Committee on

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Owner of dismembered, dumped body parts identified

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The owner of the dismembered human body parts left outside the office of the National Bureau of Investigation in March has been identified by the NBI. NBI Bacolod chief Atty. Renoir Baldovino yesterday identified the victim

E.B. Magalona pavilion Panaad ready

The E.B. Magalona Pavilion at the Panaad Park has been spruced up and is ready for visitors and festival-goers when the 28th edition of the Panaad sa Negros Festival kicks off today. Mayor Marvin Malacon invited everyone to visit the

‘Christy Love’ marks 80th birthday

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Elizabeth Felicias Gaston-Puey, popularly known as “Christy Love,” celebrated her 80th birthday recently at Nature’s Village, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Beth started her career as a disc jockey at the Manila Broadcasting Company-Bacolod (DYEZ) in 1980,

Assuming God’s attitude toward sinners

This is a great challenge for us! Since we are God’s image and likeness, we should also try to assume the very same attitude God has towards sinners, or towards anyone with whom we have some differences and conflicts. And