By Adrian Stewart Co SMDC-NU Bulldogs remain winless in the 2019 PBA D-League following yesterday’s 82-70 loss to Diliman Blue Dragons at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Diliman got a huge lift from Joseph Brutas in the second half as they erased a 12-point first half deficit and turned a slim …
Monthly Archives: March 2019
2020 AFC U-23 Championship
Philippines begins qualification campaign By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine men’s national U-23 football team begins their qualification campaign for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship today in Malaysia. The qualifying rounds are expected to run until Tuesday, March 26, while the competition itself is scheduled to take place in Thailand from January 8 …
AdMU player sets UAAP women’s volleyball record in win over UST
By Adrian Stewart Co Madeleine Madayag of Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) recently set a record for blocks during their 19-25, 22-25, 27-25, 25-22, 15-11 win over the University of Santo Tomas in the 81st UAAP women’s volleyball season at the San Juan Arena. Madayag posted 11 blocks, alongside 11 attacks and a service …
We can help solve water shortage
“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.” –Mitch Hedberg The public should be paying attention to what those who are in charge of the local water supply are saying as El Niño conditions continue to wreak havoc across the Philippines. If they say water levels as local dams have …
Dry spell causes P15M in crop losses across Negros Occidental
Governor calls on local residents to ‘pray for rain’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Office of the Provincial Agriculturist recently released a report showing the province lost P15.7 million in crops between January and last month as a result of the ongoing dry spell. According to the data, 408.53 hectares …
Earthquakes shake Antique, Negros
Three earthquakes were recorded last Tuesday with an early morning quake striking Antique and two afternoon tremors hitting both Negros provinces. At 5:00 a.m., the first earthquake, a 2.3-magnitude tremor, was recorded north of Belison, Antique. According to a subsequent Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) bulletins, no damages were reported nor were there …
Bacolod City pushes for ‘drug-cleared’ declaration
After the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) earlier confirmed the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) had re-declared all 61 barangays in the city as drug-affected, the Bacolod City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) recently called for a “drug-cleared” declaration for the city. “Try to see to it that we get the barangays declared drug-free,” stated Bacolod …
Nearly 400 Western Visayas barangays declared ‘drug-cleared’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga During the 14th Regional Oversight Committee Deliberation, which recently took place at the Casa Real de Iloilo in Iloilo City, 393 barangays in Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental were declared “drug-cleared.” The nearly 400 neighborhoods were cleared out of a total 522 initially submitted for review. The …
1,929 dog bites recorded in Bacolod City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Recently released data from the Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) Animal Bite Center showed, between January and last Tuesday, March 19, there have been 1,929 recorded dog bites in the city. CHO Rabies Coordinator Gloria Parreño pointed out a downward trend in the number of dog bites reported …
Medical, dental mission held in San Carlos City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The San Carlos City Department of Health conducted a medical and dental outreach mission last Tuesday in the city’s Barangay Codcod. According to the local public information office, the event was part of the barangay’s health center inauguration, which is located in the barangay’s Sitio Tuod. The P1 million …