Brunei News Gazette

Day: August 19, 2023

Family of 3 killed in Negros town road accident

A family of three and another person were killed while one was hurt in a road accident along the national highway in Barangay North Poblacion, Bacong town in Negros Oriental Saturday morning. A report from the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office …

Little League to retire No. 24 jersey of Bago City softbelle

With a record 85 strikeouts in the just-concluded 2023 Junior League Softball World Series, pitcher Erica Arnaiz of this city in Negros Occidental earned a spot in the Hall of Fame of the Little League international headquarters in South Williamsport,…

Bulgarian reaches Women’s Chess World Cup final

International Master Nurgyul Salimova qualified for the final of the Women’s World Chess Cup in Baku with a prize fund of USD676,250. Thus, the 20-year-old Bulgarian chess player also secured a spot in the 2024 Candidates Tournament, held to determine…

Niyogyugan Festival back in Quezon after 3-year halt

The Niyogyugan Festival, Quezon province’s annual event to celebrate its coconut farmers, resumed after a three-year halt, bringing in an average of 20,000 tourists daily. The 11-day long festival that ended Saturday is part of the province’s commemor…

PSA: Pilot test of nat’l ID verification app successful

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Negros Oriental has successfully piloted the testing of its national identification verification application program with no problems encountered.
‘We have conducted the required 30 test subjects for the Ci…

Gilas clobbers Ivory Coast in tune-up

Gilas Pilipinas got a huge morale booster ahead of the FIBA World Cup after trampling Ivory Coast, 85-62, in a closed-door tune-up match at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig on Friday night.
In his first game back with Gilas, Jordan Clarkson exploded earl…

Nearly P7-M suspected shabu seized in Dumaguete

Anti-illegal drug operatives seized suspected shabu with an estimated street value of almost PHP 7 million and arrested two alleged drug pushers during a buy-bust in Barangay Calindagan here at dawn Saturday.
An initial report from the Negros Oriental …

Cloudy skies, some rains Saturday due to ‘habagat’

Southern Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao will continue to experience the effects of the ‘habagat’ or southwest monsoon, the weather bureau said Saturday.
In its 4 a.m. weather forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services…