UP beats DLSU in OT By Adrian Stewart Co Former De La Salle University (DLSU) player Ricci Rivero powered the University of the Philippines (UP) in a 92-85 overtime defeat of his former team last Sunday in the 2019 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup at the San Juan Arena. Rivero dropped 10 …
Monthly Archives: May 2019
AFF U15 Girls’ Championship 2019
Philippines beats Myanmar, 5-0 By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine girls’ U-15 national team bounced back from their earlier 2-0 loss to Vietnam by clobbering Myanmar, 5-0, at the ongoing AFF U15 Girls’ Championship 2019 last Sunday in Chonburi, Thailand. Mikaela Jacqueline Villacin, Jenny Perez, Cherry Mae Danoso, Maegan Andrea Alforque, and Rea …
2019 PBA Cup Finals
SMB forces decider By Adrian Stewart Co The San Miguel Beermen forced a decider after their 98-86 victory over the Magnolia Hotshots in Game 6 of the 2019 Honda PBA Philippine Cup finals over the weekend at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. June Mar Fajardo led the win with a double-double on 23 points …
493 teams expected for this year’s Ceres Cup
By Adrian Stewart Co A total of 493 teams from across the country are expected to compete in the upcoming Ceres Cup, which begins this weekend in Talisay City. The competition will be played across various venues including the Ceres FC North Field, Sta. Maria Football Field, and Carlos Hilado Memorial State College football …
Find better culinary tourist attractions
Travelers who visit Bacolod City and Negros Occidental should be well-education on the local culinary line-up. Culinary tourism is prevalent in Bacolod City and Iloilo and the public must take pride in knowing the region has made such a name for itself. During a recent convention, a Filipina hotelier, who claimed she was never informed …
2019 Midterm Elections
1.8M Negros Occidental voters expected to cast ballots today By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to provincial elections supervisor, Atty. Salud Milagros Villanueva, there are approximately 1.8 million registered voters in Negros Occidental, noting, it is the fourth-largest voting population in the Philippines. She added, there are a total of 2,353 clustered precincts …
2019 Midterm Elections
Local Comelec: We are praying for smooth elections After final testing was conducted on the vote counting machines and voter registration verification machines expected to be used during today’s midterm elections, Bacolod City Commission on Elections (Comelec) supervisor, Atty. Ann Janette Lamban, said they are praying for the smooth conduct of elections. “We are praying …
2019 Midterm Elections
Reports of vote buying surface in Bacolod City By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following reports of rampant vote buying and vote selling in Iloilo last week, information recently provided to Watchmen Daily Journal suggest similar activity is taking place in Bacolod City. A resident of the city’s Barangay 39 allegedly received P1,000 to …
One dead, one seriously injured after Cadiz City grenade explosion
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga One person was confirmed dead, while his live-in partner was left in critical condition, after a grenade explosion Friday night at Purok Paradise in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City. Police identified the fatality as Boyet Celiz, while the injured was identified as 22-year-old Leslie Prudente. Cadiz City police chief, Police …
Several earthquakes detected over the weekend
The Western Visayas, along with Negros Oriental, experienced several earthquakes over the weekend. The first tremor, which measured 1.9 in magnitude, was recorded Saturday morning, just after 3:00 a.m., with an epicenter located south of Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental. Less than 15 minutes later, a 2.3-magnitude quake was recorded south of Dumangas, Iloilo. Meanwhile, a third …