UPHSD Altas beats Mapua, 80-78 By Adrian Stewart Co Ilonggo player Edgar Charcos delivered for the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA-Atlas (UPHSD Altas) in the closing minutes of their 80-78 win over Mapúa University in the 95th NCAA senior men’s basketball season last Tuesday at the San Juan Arena. With the score tied at …
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Rain or Shine outduels Magnolia in the Commissioner’s Cup
By Adrian Stewart Co A second half spurt pushed the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters ahead in their 86-82 victory over the Magnolia Hotshots in the 2019 Honda PBA Commissioner’s Cup last night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Beau Belga scored conference-best 22 points for Rain or Shine, including four triples; while Carl …
Insatiable, spoiled brat
“Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.” –Joseph de Maistre The last time I interviewed Taguig-Pateros lone district Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano …
Isuzu joins LTFRB’s Modern PUV Caravan 2019
Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC), the country’s leading assembler and distributor of brand-new Isuzu trucks, joined the LTFRB Modern PUV Caravan 2019, a multi-sectoral program aimed to promote the nationwide adoption of modernized public utility vehicles (PUVs) towards a cleaner, safer, more convenient, more efficient, and more organized mass transport system, and thus realizing the …
Vallacar employees express support for Leo Rey Yanson
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 3,000 employees of Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI), parent company of the Ceres Bus Liner, gathered yesterday in a show of support for Leo Rey Yanson, who was recently ousted as company president by his older brother, Roy Yanson. The workers also expressed support for family matriarch Olivia Yanson. …
MMDA to begin studying Iloilo City traffic next month
After a fatal car accident last month along Diversion Road in Iloilo City’s Mandurriao district, which prompted Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas to seek assistance from the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to review the city’s traffic situation, the agency announced they would begin their evaluations next month. “A 12-man MMDA team will be …
Negros Occidental Provincial Board yet to tackle coal issue
Ferrer hopes UNegA’s PCL-Negros candidate runs unopposed By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer yesterday revealed the Provincial Board has yet to tackle the coal issue, in particular, the proposed San Carlos City coal-fired power plant. The vice governor also noted, he is unable to take a position as of yet …
20 Bacolod City students said to be ‘possessed’
Classes suspended in order to conduct exorcisms By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least 20 female Fr. Gratian Murray Integrated School students in Bacolod City’s Barangay Granada have been allegedly possessed by an evil spirit. While local media has been barred from entering the school, local residents claim the incidents have been happening since …
National Disaster Resilience Month
Bacolod City hosts motorcade In recognition of National Disaster Resilience Month, which was declared by President Rodrigo Duterte via executive order in 2017 and is observed throughout July, the Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) hosted a motorcade around the city earlier this week. The event, which started at the Bacolod City …
Bacolod City mall continues ‘No Plastic Wednesday’ campaign
The Ayala Capitol Central Mall revealed they will be continuing “No Plastic Wednesday,” a program that began last March and seeks to limit the use of plastics. In observance of the campaign, stores are discouraged from using plastic items such as shopping bags, straws, and utensils. “We want to help in raising awareness about how …