By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. A beauty queen from Leon, Iloilo recently earned a gold medal in the secondary girls high jump event at the ongoing 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique. Registering a leap of 1.63m, Alexie Mae Caimoso Brooks fell short of the 1.66m record, set last year by Cherry Mae Banatao of the …
Monthly Archives: April 2017
2017 Palarong Pambansa Bago City discus thrower breaks 10-year-old record
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Kate Julianne Martinez of Bago City recently earned a gold medal in the elementary discus throw, the 10th for the Negros Island Region (NIR), in the ongoing 2017 Palarong Pambansa, breaking a record that has stood for ten years. Martinez’ toss landed at 35.56m, breaking the previous record, set by …
2017 Palarong Pambansa NIR wins elementary boys’ badminton
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Negros Island Region (NIR) picked up a gold medal in elementary boys badminton during the ongoing 2017 Palarong Pambansa. The team, comprised of Joshua Miguel Cuarte of Talisay City, Clarence Villaflor and John Vincent Saturninas of Cadiz City, and Lance Gabriel Vargas of Bacolod City, beat out Southern Luzon, …
STAI bowling clinic underway
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Sugarbowl Tenpin Association, Inc. (STAI) Summer Tenpin Bowling Clinic began earlier this week at the Lopue’s East Bowling Center, attracting 38 participants. Veteran bowler and instructor Herman Santos said the event will introduce the game to interested players, who are currently taking part in basic drills practice. The clinic …
2017 National PRISAA Championships NIR to meet Dipolog in football semifinals
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Negros Island Region (NIR), represented by the University of St. La Salle (USLS), meets Dipolog today in the semifinals of the men’s football competition of the ongoing 2017 National PRISAA Championships in Zambales. If successful, the defending champions will meet the winner between the Western Visayas and Cebu in …
2017 Palarong Pambansa Racket sports prove lucrative for NIR
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Negros Island Region (NIR) athletes picked up silver medals in both table tennis and lawn tennis at the ongoing 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique. The region took home silver in secondary girls table tennis, runner-up to the National Capital Region (NCR). Meanwhile, in lawn tennis, NIR took the bronze, behind …
2017 Palarong Pambansa NIR remains undefeated in softball
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Negros Island Region (NIR) softball teams remained undefeated after the elementary team went into extra innings to defeat the National Capital Region (NCR), 5-4, in the ongoing 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique. The defending champion NIR secondary girls team earlier defeated Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and the Ilocos …
2017 Palarong Pambansa NIR slips to 4th place in medal count
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. As of 5:30 p.m., yesterday, the Negros Island Region (NIR) fell from third place to fourth place in the medal count, swapping spots with Southern Tagalog. NIR has garnered a total of 10 gold, 12 silver, and 11 bronze medals; while Southern Tagalog is up to 10 gold, 22 silver, …
‘Devil’s vehicles’
“We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell.” –Vicente del Bosque We congratulate the Iloilo City Council for putting an end to abusive motor vehicle owners who modify their mufflers in order to cause terrible noise, inconveniences, and irritation. Pedestrians and observers have referred to …
Former mayor calls Lopez audacious, not a good example for the public
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga In response to the Office of the Ombudsman ordering the dismissal of former Bacolod City Councilor and 2016 Liberal Party candidate for Bacolod Lone District representative Carl Lopez, former Bacolod City Mayor Monico Puentevella said Lopez was audacious by giving orders to traffic authorities in the city. According to the …