Bacolod City earns three golds The track and field team for Area 7, which represents Bacolod City, won three gold medals at Palarong Panlalawigan 2019 earlier this week in Bago City. Kyla Joe Loredo won the secondary girls’ 400-meter dash, Jennifer Hudierez captured the secondary girls’ 100-meter hurdles, and Franzine Alamo took the secondary girls’ …
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Filipino hurdler wins gold in photo finish
Filipino hurdler Clinton Bautista won the men’s 100-meter hurdles event earlier this week at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games by a photo finish, edging out Malaysia’s Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian at the New Clark City Athletics Center in Capaz, Tarlac. The two clocked in at 13.97 seconds but Bautista was found to have come in …
12-of-13 Pinoy boxers win medals
12 out of the Philippines’ 13 boxers earned medals at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. Aside from Negrense boxers Rogen Ladon and James Palicte, other gold medal winners include Eumir Marcial taking the men’s middleweight division, Nesthy Petecio winning in the women’s featherweight division, and Charly Suarez capturing the men’s lightweight division. Silver medalists included …
Palarong Panlalawigan 2019
Tay Tung wins volleyball opener Bacolod Tay Tung High School, which is representing the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association, recently opened the Palarong Panlalawigan 2019 secondary girls’ volleyball with a 25-7, 25-7 win over Area 1, comprised of San Carlos City, Escalante City, Calatrava, and Toboso, at the Montalbo Residence in Bacolod …
2019 SEA Games
PHL takes bronze medals in beach volleyball Both the Philippine men’s and women’s beach volleyball teams finished the 2019 Southeast Asian Games with bronze medals. The ladies pairs of Cherry Rondina and Negrense outside hitter Bernadeth Pons and Angelique Gervacio and Dij Rodriguez secured their medals after beating Singapore; while the men’s teams, comprised of …
2019 SEA Games
Negrense boxer wins bronze By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense boxer Ian Clark Bautista secured a bronze medal at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in the bantamweight division falling to Thailand’s Chatchai-decha Butdee via split decision at the Philippine International Convention Center Forum in Pasay City. The Binalbagan native was the early aggressor and …
Actually…
It was probably in high school when the excessive use of the word “actually” was first called to my attention. There was always the stereotypical “valley girl” intonation on the end of the word, which was used to start nearly every sentence. Those who used it in such a manner were often seen as either …
PHL vies for men’s volleyball gold tonight
By Adrian Stewart Co After their shocking upset win over defending Southeast Asian Games champions Thailand last Sunday, the Philippine men’s volleyball team is set to face Indonesia in the gold medal match tonight at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. In their 17-25, 25-20, 23-25, 27-25, 17-15 win over the weekend, Bryan Bagunas tallied …
Philippines beats Malaysia in women’s basketball
By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine women’s national basketball team scored an 81-75 win over Malaysia in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games last Sunday at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. After seeing their 12-point third quarter lead turn into a six-point deficit, Ana Castillo drained back-to-back triples to tie the score …
Philippine women’s football team loses bronze medal match
By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine women’s national football team, the Maditas, fell short of capturing a medal in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games after falling 2-1 to Myanmar in the bronze medal match over the weekend at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium in Manila. After a scoreless first half, Quinley Quezada put the Philippines …