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Nard John Pinto (left) has been voted by fans to be part of the 2024 PBA All-Star Game slated to take place on March 24 at the University of St. La Salle Gym in Bacolod City. PBA PHOTO

Ginebra’s Pinto grateful for 2nd straight PBA All-Star stint

MANILA – Veteran guard Nard John Pinto was grateful to the supporters of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings for making his second consecutive PBA...

‘All set’ for the 28th Panaad sa Negros

BY JEN BAYLON BACOLOD City – Festivities for the much-anticipated 28th Panaad sa Negros Festival 2024 will officially commence this Monday, March 18. Cheryl Decena, Provincial...
Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Mayor Javi Benitez of Victorias City in Negros Occidental inaugurate the Victorias City Command and Evacuation Center on Thursday, March 14. VICTORIAS CITY INFORMATION OFFICE / FACEBOOK, 2 MAE SINGUAY/PN

Victorias City inaugurates state-of-the-art disaster response center 

BACOLOD City – The newly built state-of-the-art Victorias City Command and Evacuation Center (VCCEC) was unveiled yesterday, March 14. No less than Benjamin Abalos Jr.,...
Workers groups picket outside a market in Quezon City on July 3, 2023, calling for wages to be further increased to family living wage levels. MARK DEMAYO, ABS-CBN NEWS/FILE PHOTO

DOLE, biz groups warn of wage hike’s impact on economic growth

DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary Bienvenido Laguesma still has reservations on the proposed P100 minimum wage hike. The labor chief said the proposed...

Drug suspects fall in buy-busts

BY NYARIKA DOMANAIS ILOILO – Two successful anti-illegal drug operations in Iloilo city and province led to the arrest of two individuals on Wednesday, Jan....

Legarda welcomes Iloilo City recognition by UNESCO

Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda lauded the inclusion of Iloilo City in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) for its one-of-a-kind gastronomic experience. Legarda,...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) says all 42 commercial airports in the country are ready for the passenger surge during Undas. Photo shows the CAAP-operated Bacolod-Silay Airport. CZYRO VANN HULLEZA ALBAY FB PHOTO

CAAP airports remain on heightened alert during ‘Undas’

ALL 42 commercial airports operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) will remain on heightened alert in time for the expected...
Photo by Alejandro Luengo on Unsplash

‘China losing interest in funding PH infra projects’

ONE of the most ambitious Philippine railway projects, the 100-kilometer Mindanao Railway Phase 1, is dead in its tracks, based on a letter of...
Photo courtesy of Senator Lito Lapid

FPJ’s Batang Quiapo Nagbigay-Sigla sa Masskara Festival 2023 sa Bacolod!

NAKABIBINGING sigawan at hindi mahulugang karayom ang mga kababayan nating nanood sa stars ng FPJ's Batang Quiapo sa Masskara Festival 2023 Kapamilya Karavan dito...
People fall in line at the check-in counters of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City. The Manila International Airport Authority expects around 1.2 million passengers at the NAIA during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections and Undas break. GEORGE CALVELO/ABS-CBN NEWS PHOTO

Airlines ready for long BSKE, ‘Undas’ break

MAJOR airlines in the Philippines said they are ready for the anticipated increase in the number of passengers for the long break which begins...