By ADRIAN STEWART CO Barangay Singcang clinched the crown in the Congressman Greg Gasataya Basketball League Inter-barangay Open Category after a 71-63 win over Barangay Sum-ag in Game 2 of the best-of-three finals at STI-West Negros University Gym. Jan Nermal led the way with 29 points while Louie Badilles added 9 markers for back-to-back champions …
Monthly Archives: March 2019
2020 AFC U-23 championship qualifier
Philippines bows to Laos By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Philippine men’s national U-23 football team failed to hang on to its early lead to suffer a 2-3 defeat to Laos in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifier on Tuesday at Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, Malaysia. Jarvey Gayoso put the young Azkals on top after …
2019 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix
Petron outduels Generika By ADRIAN STEWART CO Petron Blaze Spikers stretched their unbeaten streak in the 2019 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix to 12 after a 25-23, 25-13, 25-21 sweep over Generika-Ayala Lifesavers on Tuesday at the San Juan Arena. Stephanie Niemer top-scored with 19 points, while Mika Reyes and Katherine Bell chipped in 14 and …
Ceres-Negros Youth FC falls short in 7s Football League
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Ceres-Negros Youth FC fell short anew in the Season 3 Philam Life 7s Football League after a 1-2 defeat to the Futbol Funatics at the McKinley Hill Stadium in Taguig City. Futbol Funatics banked on the heroics of Abel Gboko, who scored a goal and made an assists on the other …
Singcang edges Sum-ag to rule inter-barangay basketball tourney
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Barangay Singcang clinched the crown in the Congressman Greg Gasataya Basketball League Inter-barangay Open Category after a 71-63 win over Barangay Sum-ag in Game 2 of the best-of-three finals at STI-West Negros University Gym. Jan Nermal led the way with 29 points while Louie Badilles added 9 markers for back-to-back champions …
Blood is not thicker than water?
Most offspring fights can be embarrassing, ridiculous and petty. Some may wonder why family members just can’t get along. But there is a compelling explanation why a family member will go to the full extent of hurting a family member. Some may think physically hurting a blood relative is a stretch but the story of …
Bus falls off ravine in DSB; 4 killed, 8 hurt
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA At least four people were confirmed dead while eight others were seriously injured after a bus fell off a ravine in Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB), Negros Occidental on Monday evening. Authorities identified the fatalities as Irene Flores Alo, Jason Manaba, Rinera Leonida, and Christian Jude Leonida. Don Salvador Benedicto …
‘Man kills wife, then himself’
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA He allegedly killed his wife then himself. The 47-year-old Gerald Lozada was found dead hanging with a nylon rope tied around his neck in a rented house in Purok San Roque, Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City yesterday. Lozada – a native of Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City – allegedly stabbed dead …
Negros Oriental Board member gunned down
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA A Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member in Negros Oriental was ambushed by motorcycle-riding suspects in Dumaguete City on Monday. SP member Miguel Dungog died of a gunshot wound on the head, police said. Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office director Senior Superintendent Raul Tacaca said Dungog was walking on his way …
File raps vs Ka Frank, Army leader urges victims of NPA
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA The 303rd Infantry Brigade (303IB) called on the victims of rebel atrocities in Negros Island to surface and file charges against Ka Frank Fernandez, the National Democratic Front (NDF) spokesman who was arrested in Laguna last Sunday. Brigadier General Benedict Arevalo, commander of the 303IB, yesterday said it is …