By Adrian Stewart Co NorthPort Batang Pier cruised to the semifinals of the 2019 PBA Governor’s Cup after a 126-123 win over NLEX Road Warriors in the do-or-die quarterfinals on Wednesday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Sean Anthony drained the go-ahead shot, Christian Standhardinger converted two free throws as the Batang Pier became the …
Monthly Archives: November 2019
Alab Pilipinas topples Foshan in ASEAN basketball
San Miguel-Alab Pilipinas leaned on the exploits of Khalif Wyatt to score a come-from-behind 114-110 overtime win over Foshan Wolf Warriors in the ASEAN Basketball League on Wednesday night in Foshan, China. Wyatt towed his squad from 10 points down to barge into the win column following a tough season opener against Mono Vampire of …
PHL U-22 Azkals bows to Myanmar
The Philippines U-22 football team suffered a 1-2 defeat against Myanmar in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games on Wednesday at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium. Unlike in their 1-1 draw against Cambodia on Monday evening, there was no endgame equalizer for the Azkals against Myanmar with the latter tightening its defense to escape with the …
2019 SEA Games
PHL beach volley teams blast off today The Philippines women’s and men’s beach volleyball teams are set to blast off in the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games beach volleyball competition today at the Subic Tennis Court. Negrense Bernadeth Pons and Cebuana Cherry Rondina will comprise the first women’s pair, while the other tandem is composed …
Tay Tung sweeps Malaysia
Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts stretched its winning streak in the 2019 Rebisco Volleyball League National Finals after a 26-24, 25-16 sweep over Sibu of Malaysia on Wednesday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Alyssa Bertolano regained her dominant ways for the Thunderbolts while also drawing support from Shane Carmona and Katherine …
Proposed airport needs a godfather
“I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did, and I get the sweats, I go in and start working, I’m not sure where I’m going.” – Frank Gehry Unless Iloilo leaders will step on the gas and aggressively support and endorse the proposal of Passi City …
Leonardia mulls task force to investigate pension house fire
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday had called for the formation of a task force which will investigate the Java Pension House fire which killed six people. In a press conference called by the mayor prior to a meeting with the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bacolod City Police …
Man found dead in Taculing vacant lot
A 26-year-old man was found dead yesterday morning in a vacant lot inside St. Francis Village in Bacolod City’s Barangay Taculing. Police identified the fatality as Arjay Espinase, a resident of Sitio Sibucao in Bacolod City’s Barangay Banago. Based on initial investigation carried out by Police Station 6 (PS6), Espinase was said to have …
Provincial board unanimously approves 2020 budget
The provincial board of Negros Occidental unanimously approved the P4.3 billion budget of the provincial government during its regular session yesterday. On motion by Board Member Rommel Debulgado, chair of the Committee on Budget and Finance, the budget underwent public hearing for three weeks, wherein the departments, offices and programs defended their proposed budgets. Vice …
2.5T expired meat handed to Task Force Botagoy
Approximately 2.5 tons or 2,500 kilograms of expired imported meat products such as chicken and pork were turned over yesterday by a local food distributor to officials of the city’s Task Force Botagoy in Barangay Singcang-Airport. Task force head Edward Martin Pinaga, said the expired meat products were stored by the local food distributor, which …