By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense boxer Joepher Montano aims for the vacant ABF light welterweight championship when he battles Rodel Wenceslao today at the Gaisano Grand Mall in Bacolod City. This could be the Bago City native Montano’s bounce back match after losing his last two matches in Thailand and Japan. Wenceslao was …
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Ateneo topples FEU in UAAP men’s football
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Jacob Liao fired two goals as Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles got back on the winning track in the UAAP Season 81 men’s football with a 4-1 victory over Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws on Thursday, march 28, at the FEU Diliman pitch. Tamaraws got the upperhand early …
Hua Siong-Iloilo holds basketball
tryouts in Himamaylan today By ADRIAN STEWART CO Hua Siong College of Iloilo Red Phoenix is set to hold an open tryout for its basketball varsity team this afternoon at the Gatuslao Gymnasium in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Red Phoenix assistant coach Rey Ann Taocta Tupas said the one-day tryout slated at 2:00 p.n. is …
Bacolod Tay Tung athletics team competes in Pangasinan
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts athletics team are set to compete in the Filipino-Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation (FCAAF) Track and Field Invitational Cup starting today at Lingayen, Pangasinan. Last year’s MVP awardee Antonette Jay Aguillon will spearhead the defending overall secondary division champions Thunderbolts along with graduating standouts Franz …
Belga, Guevarra keeps obstacle, slam dunk titles; Simon new 3-pt king
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Beau Belga and Rey Guevarra kept the Obstacle Challenge and Slam Dunk titles, while Peter June Simon emerged as the new Three-Point Shootout king in the 2019 PBA All-Star Weekend last night at the Calasiao Sports Complex in Pangasinan. Belga of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters overcame an early …
Is inherited wealth evil?
In 2011, movie star Jackie Chan announced that he had decided to give away half his money to charity when he dies. Chan added that he was not planning on leaving his son Jaycee any of the millions of dollars he has made during his film career. “If he is capable, he can make his …
Ka Frank’s arrest ‘likely to affect polls, rebel activities in Negros’
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA The arrest of National Democratic Front (NDF) spokesman Ka Frank Fernandez will likely affect the May 13, 2019 midterm elections, according to 303rd Infantry Brigade (303IB) commander Brigadier General Benedict Arevalo. The intelligence division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines is now digging up information – like records …
Stop the killings, Peña urges Ka Frank
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA Mayor Magdaleno Peña of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental said he urged National Democratic Front (NDF) spokesman Ka Frank Fernandez to order the New People’s Army (NPA) to stop its killing spree in Negros Island. Peña was able to talk to Fernandez, convincing the latter to tell the NPA to …
SP approves Bredco’s 300- hectare reclamation project
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Bacolod City approved the request made by Bacolod Real Estate Development Corporation (Bredco) president Jon Alonte for a Resolution of No Objection (RONO) over a proposed 300-hectare reclamation project in the city. Bacolod City Councilor Caesar Distrito said the proposed project will reclaim …
Stop the killings, Peña urges Ka Frank
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA Mayor Magdaleno Peña of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental said he urged National Democratic Front (NDF) spokesman Ka Frank Fernandez to order the New People’s Army (NPA) to stop its killing spree in Negros Island. Peña was able to talk to Fernandez, convincing the latter to tell the NPA to …