By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Ted Ian Montoyo of Bacolod City defeated fellow Bacolodnon Police Officer 3 (PO3) Ernie Abanco, 2-1, in the third round of the ongoing 2017 Negros Closed Chess Tournament at the District North Point in Talisay City. Montoyo lost in the previous round to Danny Mangao. Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) …
Monthly Archives: May 2017
LOPTTA La Salle takes part in friendly table tennis match in HK
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Lopue’s Table Tennis Association (LOPTTA) La Salle team took part in a friendly match against La Salle College-Kowloon in Hong Kong last week. The local team called it a “learning experience,” as some of their members played against foreign players for the first time. The friendly also strengthened the …
3rd Albee Cup Victorias City leads
Victorias City currently leads the ongoing 3rd Albee Cup Inter-LGU Sportsfest, following basketball and volleyball events, which took place over the weekend at the Natalio G. Velez Sports and Cultural Center in Silay City. Victorias City won in both the 39-and-below and 40-and-above men’s basketball categories, defeating EB Magalona and Silay City, respectively; along with …
Ang Ilongga Awards nominations deadline extended until tomorrow
By Jezza A. Nepomoceno The nominations deadline for the Search for Outstanding Woman Community Leader 2017, or the Ang Ilongga Awards, has been extended until tomorrow, May 31. Now in its second year, the annual search, organized by the Junior Chamber International Iloilo Ilang-Ilang, in coordination with the Gender and Development Unit of the Province …
DOT Secretary Teo ‘backs out’ from New York City parade
Dr. Prospero Lim, president of the New York City-based Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. (PIDCI), confirmed, in an exclusive May 28 phone interview, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo “backed out” from the Philippine Independence Day Parade, set to take place on June 4. Lim said, “I do not exactly know what happened, but …
500,000 Witnesses Attend Three-Day Conventions
About half a million Jehovah’s Witnesses and interested ones in the country will attend 142 three-day Bible conventions in various cities and towns in June, July and August this year. The first such gathering will be held on June 2-4 at the Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Novaliches, Quezon City. Eleven others will follow …
Thaddy: Greg cheated, VCM results dubious Recount of tight ‘16 congressional race passes legal hurdle
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Former Bacolod City Vice Mayor and defeated congressional candidate Jude Thaddeus Sayson welcomed the recent decision of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) dismissing for lack of merit the legal defenses of Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya. Sayson stressed the ruling “proves the validity of my petition for a recount.” …
Catholic priests call for vigilance, prayers amid Martial Law
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Presidents of Jesuit schools throughout the country issued a joint a statement yesterday calling for vigilance amid Martial Law in Mindanao and slamming religious extremism, while the Diocese of Bacolod asked for prayers in war-ravaged Marawi. The joint statement signed by the Jesuit administrators of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University, …
PRO-18: Security situation in Negros Oriental being monitored
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Regional Office-18 (PRO-18) Director, Police Chief Superintendent Edmund Gonzales, said they are currently monitoring the security situation in Negros Oriental, following recent terror acts in Mindanao. In an interview yesterday with Bombo Radyo-Bacolod, Gonzales said Negros Oriental has been tagged as a “frontier” of the Negros Island Region (NIR) …
Minoyan road construction probed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to an order signed by Engineer Leandro Caymo, director of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Bureau of Land Tenure, the agency is ordering one of their local offices in Negros Occidental to investigate an allegedly illegal road construction at Purok 9, Barangay Minoyan, Murcia. The order was made …