By Adrian Stewart Co Athletes from the Western Visayas recently medaled as part of Team Philippines during the 2019 ASEAN Taekwondo Championships at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall in Pasay City. Julio Miguel Zapata and Leigh Andee Rodriguez of Negros Taekwondo Union-Tigers New Gen each took home gold. Both triumphed in the kyorugi …
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Che’Lu beats Ironcon-UST in the D-League
By Adrian Stewart Co The Che’Lu Bar and Grill Revellers kept their 2019 PBA D-League after their recent 92-80 win over the Ironcon-UST Growling Tigers at the JCSGO Gym in Cubao, Quezon City. Rey Suerte led the win with 27 points, while Gabriel Dagangon scored 17, and Alfred Batino added 14 markers. The Revellers started …
DLSU men’s football team beats FEU, advances to ‘Final 4’
By Adrian Stewart Co A late goal from Xavi Zubiri was all De La Salle University (DLSU) needed in their recent 1-0 win over Far Eastern University (FEU) at the FEU-Diliman Pitch. The win earned DLSU a spot in the UAAP Season 81 men’s football “Final 4.” The stoppage time goal was Zubiri’s first in …
2019 Palarong Pambansa
WVRAA wins 11 medals in table tennis By Adrian Stewart Co The Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) finished the 2019 Palarong Pambansa winning 11 medals, including three gold and seven bronze medals, along with one silver. In the elementary level, Dirk Atilano, Vincent Dominguez, Shaun Jardinico, and Kristian Magallanes won gold in the boys’ …
Silay City basketball player transfers to DLS-CSB
By Adrian Stewart Co Miggy Corteza of Silay City recently transferred from De La Salle University (DLSU) to the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB), where he will play as guard for their basketball team. “I was offered to stay with DLSU but my opportunity to play [would] be limited,” he said. “I am …
Rotarians are ‘true champions for people in need’
“…Love your neighbor as yourself…” –Mark 12:31 For District Governor of Rotary International District 3810 Liza Vicencio Elorde, whose sixth term begins on July 1, she wants to see more Rotarians become true champions in helping the less fortunate by being selfless heroes who will battle grinding poverty, lack of knowledge, ailments, sickness and diseases, …
2019 Midterm Elections
Truck carrying vote counting machines crashes in Cauayan By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A truck carrying vote counting machines for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) crashed in Cauayan yesterday morning. In a radio interview with Aksyon Radyo-Bacolod, Comelec-Sipalay City registrar Jesusa Paler said the truck was bound for Sipalay City and Hinoba-an. The Comelec official …
Sanctions readied against arrested Negros Occidental provincial employee
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Government is preparing sanctions against Francisco Nuñal, an employee of the Negros Occidental Provincial Accounting Office, who, alongside Waren Abalos and Marvic Diolay, was recently arrested in a police operation after the suspects handed over one sachet of suspected shabu in exchange for P500. According to …
Iloilo City approves fourth water franchise
After previously approving water franchises for South Balibago Resources Inc., the Prime Water Infrastructure Corporation, along with a joint submission by Manila Water Philippines Ventures Inc. and Tubig Pilipinas Group Inc., the Iloilo Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) yesterday granted a water franchise to New Earth Water System Inc. (NEWS). According to the SP, the franchise for …
2019 Midterm Elections
Comelec-Bacolod: Show up early to the polls By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Commission on Elections (Comelec) advised the public to show up early to the polls on Monday, Election Day. Comelec-Bacolod elections supervisor, Atty. Ann Janette Lamban, said voting precincts will open at exactly 6:00 a.m. and will close at 6:00 p.m. …