By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine men’s national football team, the Azkals, saw their rankings drop by seven spots in the recently released FIFA world football rankings. The Azkals dropped from 116 last year to 123 this year. The Philippine team recently competed in their first AFC Asian Cup but exited the competition winless. …
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Philippines beats HK anew in the ABL
By Adrian Stewart Co San Miguel Alab Pilipinas beat the Hong Kong Eastern basketball team, 96-81, in the 2018-2019 ASEAN Basketball League over the weekend at the Southorn Stadium in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai area. Renaldo Balkman led the way with 32 points, while Bobby Ray Parks, Jr. added 23 markers and seven rebounds …
San Miguel routs Magnolia, 113-92
By Adrian Stewart Co The San Miguel Beermen cruised to its second straight win in the 2019 Honda PBA Philippine Cup after their 113-92 win over Magnolia Hotshots last Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Arwind Santos led the way with 29 points and seven triples for the Beermen, while Terrence Romeo and June …
Negrense leads UST over DLSZ
By Adrian Stewart Co Mark Nonoy of La Carlota City capped off his high school career by leading the University of Santo Tomas (UST) to an 85-64 rout over the De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ) in the 81st UAAP juniors basketball season last Sunday at the San Juan Arena. The Negrense guard …
Owners are the major source of family conflict
Jon Ramon Aboitiz offers this advice, “First of all, the most important in a family corporation is that you have to build up rules and regulations for the family and the business. We have built a constitution. We have a family council. We have rules of engagement, who can join the family business because not …
Concerns over NPA rebels being used as ‘goons’ in elections –3ID
Dolina: Negrense politicians have used NPA rebels before By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With the campaign period set to begin tomorrow, Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) commander, Major General Dinoh Dolina, expressed concerns over the possibility of politicians using New People’s Army (NPA) rebels as “goons.” According to Dolina, based on historical monitoring, some …
Three injured after multiple vehicle pile up in Murcia
One-year-old child reportedly among the injured By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Three people were injured yesterday afternoon following a multiple vehicle pile up in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Negros Occidental. As of press time, police have yet to reveal the names of the injured but it was confirmed that one of the victims was one …
Ayala buys Negros Grace Pharmacy
Lo matriarch cries foul, sues two sons By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Grace Pharmacy stockholder Corazon Lo recently filed a writ of preliminary injunction, which is submitted in the early stages of a lawsuit, after the company was sold to Ayala Healthcare Holdings, the healthcare arm of the Ayala Corporation. According to documents related …
Suspects arrested in DSB are not a private armed group –Lawyer
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The lawyer for the five suspects recently arrested in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental denied claims by police suggesting they are members of a private armed group. Atty. Ariel Malunes, who is representing Armando Remotigue, Joel Condes, Julito Tanoco, Antonio Bularan, and Bernie Bantilan, released a statement yesterday claiming police …
Bacolod City lawyer refutes ‘drug protector’ allegations
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the release of a list, which was reportedly sent to a local radio station by a certain “Macario Dima,” naming 24 local individuals as “drug protectors,” a Bacolod City lawyer on the list yesterday denied the allegations. “That is farthest from the truth,” Atty. Cesar Beloria, Jr. affirmed. “That …