By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. Raphael Joseph Paz stole the spotlight with a right-footed strike in the 9th minute of the extra time to lift Central Philippine University (CPU) Golden Lions to a 1-0 victory over Barotac Nuevo National Comprehensive High School (BNNCHS) and claim the JR Robles U16 title at the Iloilo Sports Complex. …
Monthly Archives: May 2017
CPU repeats over Tay Tung, wins Isuzu volleyball tourney
By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. Central Philippine University (CPU) Golden Lions came out with another superb performance late Sunday to sweep Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts in the finals and capture the 2017 Isuzu 17U Girls Volleyball League title at the Ateneo de Iloilo gym. Eventual MVP Chrisann Susbilla led the Golden Lions in …
400 teams expected in 4th Ceres Cup
By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. Around 400 teams across the country are expected to converge at three different football fields in Talisay City on May 20-21, 2017 for the staging of the 4th Ceres Cup. With only 306 teams in 2014, the competition expanded to 408 teams in 2015 and 446 teams last year. Ceres …
Asian Grains, Akasya post wins in Boston Finance Cup
By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. Hard court actions continue at the STI-West Negros University gym with BAPRO-Asian Grains and Akasya securing victories in the ongoing D League-Boston Cup Basketball Tournament. BAPRO-Asian Grains dominated FilSino-ESJ, 74-66, while Akasya ruled over Bacolod Basketball Club, 68-62. Asian Grains kicked off with a huge 22-9 blast in the opening …
Can we still forgive Msgr. Tuvilla?
“For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?” – Bell Hooks Because they are humans, priests and other spiritual leaders will also commit the same mistakes …
Mysteries and Miseries
After we grew up in Davao City, our family flew back to native land Negros Occidental. The first Catholic Church we saw in Bacolod City was the Queen of Peace where my cousin Noel Jimenez brought us for our first mass in the city. More known as Hua Ming Church, we were awed by its …
Magsie to sue local paper for P20M ‘They are setting me up for another ambush’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Moises Padilla Mayor Magdaleno ‘Magsie’ Peña, in an expletive-laden phone interview yesterday, vehemently denied he was behind a statement published in a local paper last week, in which he allegedly called the boycott of Coca-Cola as “stupidity,” and said he plans to file charges against the publication amounting to P20 …
DOT: Huge tourism potential for Negros ‘Niche attraction’ needed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A top official of the Department of Tourism (DOT) said Negros Island Region (NIR) has significant tourism potential during the Tourism Summit held at the Social Hall of the Capitol building yesterday morning. “It is 99.9 percent,” said DOT Assistant Secretary Frederick Alegre. Alegre together with Department of the Interior …
American arrested for uploading sex video with local woman
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An American citizen was recently arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) after he allegedly uploaded sex videos of him and a local woman in the internet. NBI Special Investigator William de Arca identified the suspect as 63-year-old Lee David Colglazier, a pensioner and temporarily residing in the country. …
PNP in W. Visayas to get new chief
By Tara Yap Effective May 15, the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Western Visayas region will have a new chief with a turnover ceremony at the regional headquarters of Camp Delgado in Iloilo City. Supt. Gilbert Gorero, spokesman of Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6), said Chief Supt. Cesar Hawthorne Binag will assume the post. Outgoing PNP-6 …