By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), a recent report projected prices for locally-produced palay, or rice, will see a continuous drop. OPA head, Atty. Japhet Masculino, yesterday said, if there is no intervention by the local government, prices will proceed to go down. “The average farm gate …
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Bacolod falls to Rizal in the Maharlika League
By Adrian Stewart Co Bacolod Master Sardines failed to hold on to a fourth quarter lead and fell 89-84 to the Rizal Golden Coolers last night in the ongoing Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League Lakan Cup at the Batangas City Coliseum. After trailing early in the game, Jopher Custodio led the Bacolod offense to pull to …
CEU remains undefeated
in the D-League CEU Scorpions maintained their undefeated record in the ongoing 2019 PBA D-League Foundation Cup after cruising to a 126-76 win over the Hazchem Green Warriors last Monday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Maodo Malick Diouf finished with 19 points, 21 rebounds, and seven blocks for CEU, with Dave Bernabe …
UAAP men’s basketball kicks off today
The 82nd UAAP men’s basketball season is set to kick off today with a triple header at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The University of Santo Tomas faces the University of the East at 10:30 a.m., the University of the Philippines meets Far Eastern University at 12:30 p.m., while Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) plays Adamson …
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Serbia thumps PHL, 126-67 The Philippine men’s national basketball team, Gilas Pilipinas, was trounced last Monday in the ongoing 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, falling 126-67 to Serbia at the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center in China. The loss eliminated Gilas from the competition. Despite surrendering five early points, Gilas went on to take …
Milojević named Azkals head coach
Sixth national team coach since March 2018 Goran Milojević was officially announced as the new head coach for the Philippine national football team, the Azkals. The former midfielder for the Yugoslavian national football team has experience as a player with various clubs such as Serbian club Red Star Belgrade, Club América in Mexico’s Liga MX, …
Massacro
“A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That’s how I want you to play.” –Mike Krzyzewski It is not news if the Philippines loses a game in the ongoing FIBA Basketball World Cup. Fans should refrain from bellyaching and …
Bacolod City dengue cases up 106%
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) released new records this week that showed a 106.1 percent increase in the number of dengue fever cases in the city. Based on the CHO’s recent morbidity week, a weekly report documenting issues related to various diseases, from January 1 to August 17, they …
Regional Napolcom begins probe into Negros Occidental cops
The National Police Commission-Region VI (Napolcom-6) has begun their investigation into two Negros Occidental police officers. Napolcom-6 director, Atty. Joseph Celis, said the cases surrounding Patrolman Bryn Jephtha Gimotea, who was arrested for smoking marijuana, and Police Corporal Romnick Pacificar, who was involved in triple shooting incident, have been turned over to the Internal Affairs …
Around 700 evacuated following NPA clash in Escalante City
Following last weekend’s gun battle between government forces and New People’s Army insurgents at Escalante City’s Sitio Morino, located in the city’s Barangay Paitan, the number of those forced to evacuate has ballooned to at least 700. According to Philippine Army 79th Infantry Battalion (79IB) commander, Lt. Colonel Emelito Thaddeus Logan, they counted at least …