Runners across Negros Occidental are invited to take part in the upcoming Panaad Road Races, which are scheduled to take place on April 15, 21, and 22. The men’s and women’s 13K run will be contested on April 15; the Under-17, open, and executive 48.9km Panaad Team Relay will take place on April 21; while …
Monthly Archives: April 2018
200 attend WWII documentary screening, lecture
A World War II lecture and documentary screening brought around 200 people to the Bacolod City Government Center earlier this week as part of the Araw ng Kagitingan observance in the city. United States National Archives head researcher Marie Vallejo discussed “Finding Our Heroes: The Brigadier General Francisco Licuanan, Jr. Memorial Collection, Philippine Guerrilla Files …
2018 AFC Cup
Marañón hat trick keeps Ceres atop Group F By Paulo Loreto Lim Ceres-Negros FC are set to go into their final 2018 AFC Cup group stage match atop Group F, following their 4-0 win, thanks to a hat trick from midfielder Bienvenido Marañón, over Cambodian outfit Boeung Ket Angkor FC earlier this week …
Negrense athletes take runner-up spots in Manila table tennis tournament
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Lopue’s Table Tennis Association (LOPTTA) athletes took runner-up positions in several divisions of the Uni-Orient 15th TATAND Inter-Scholastic Table Tennis League, which took place recently at San Beda College in Manila. Ann Gella Borbon, Mariella Mabaquiao, and Micah Tanate finished second place in the high school girls’ team …
Fil-Sino AACI Inter-Color Basketball Tournament
Competition opens on Monday By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Fil-Sino Athletic Club will be opening the 2nd Fil-Sino All Asian Countertrade, Inc. (AACI) Conference Inter-Color tournament on Monday, April 16, at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School gym. The competition will be divided into Class A and Class categories with 10 teams …
Mere buzzwords
Ever since the 2016 election, many have gotten into the habit of using words like “discipline,” “enforcement,” “implementation,” among other synonyms associated with the no nonsense approach to policy taken on by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. However, regardless of how one may believe the administration is performing, the unfortunate side effect has left …
Iloilo always survives
“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.” –Dalai Lama In every economic and political upheaval in the Philippines, Ilonggos have always survived since time immemorial. When the political situation turns wild and “wolly,” and deteriorates in Metro Manila, Ilonggos are unfazed; capitol and city hall officials offer …
The fierce discussions at SC are truly amazing
Kakampi Mo Ang Batas Atty. Batas Mauricio “…Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free…” –Ephesians 6:7-8 The country may be aware of what was behind the heated (and …
Phivolcs director recommends preparing for Mt. Kanlaon, earthquakes
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga During a visit to Bacolod City yesterday morning, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) director and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary Renato Solidum recommended Negros Occidental local government units prepare for the possibility of a Mt. Kanlaon eruption, along with earthquakes from the newly-discovered fault lines …
One killed, one injured following head-on collision in Kabankalan City
Motorcyclist not wearing helmet, operating with student license –Police By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least one person is confirmed dead, while another was seriously injured, after a motorcycle slammed head-on with a cane truck along the national highway in Barangay Binicuil, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, yesterday morning. Police identified the fatality as …