Schröck: We can produce an upset By Adrian Stewart Co Ahead of next week’s 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying playoff round match against 2019 J1 League runners-up FC Tokyo, Ceres-Negros FC midfielder Stephan Schröck, who scored the decisive goal in their 1-0 victory over Thai League 1 club Port FC in the second preliminary round, …
Monthly Archives: January 2020
2021 FIBA Asia Cup
Iloilo City native added to Guam roster Ilonggo guard Jericho Cruz was recently called up by the Guam national basketball team to compete in the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers. The first qualifying round begins on February 20, when they take on Hong Kong. The Iloilo City native, who currently plays for NLEX Road Warriors, …
Negrense player leads Davao Occidental past Parañaque
Negrense forward Mark Yee came up with a double-double for the Davao Occidental Tigers last Wednesday in their 78-70 win over the Parañaque Patriots in the ongoing 2019-2020 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League-Lakan Cup at the San Andres Sports Complex in Manila. Behind the Sagay City native’s 17 points, 17 rebounds, and six assists were Emman …
NU holding basketball tryouts in Talisay City this weekend
National University (NU) will be holding tryouts for their senior and junior basketball teams this weekend, January 26, at St John’s Institute-Northpoint in Talisay City. NU assistant coach Marvin Lito Caro said tryouts will begin at 3:00 p.m. and will be led by head coach Goldwyn Monteverde. “This is the chance for basketball aspirants to …
Bacolaodiat 2020
LOPTTA table tennis competition begins today The Lopue’s Table Tennis Association (LOPTTA) will host the Bacoloadiat Invitational Table Tennis Championship starting today at the LOPTTA venue located at Lopue’s San Sebastian. The competition is expected to attract hundreds of players from across the province. “It is our mission-vision to host and organize world class quality …
The ‘silent terrorist’ should be feared the most
“Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.” –Gore Vidal Dinagyang Festival revelers should not be scared of some bomber the Philippine National Police is so concerned about but the …
Beware of particular friendship
We, of course, should as much as possible be friends of everyone. We have to be very friendly with everyone, knowing how to properly show affection which is a human necessity. But we have to be careful with what is known as particular friendship. This is the kind, as any dictionary would say, that involves …
She dreamed and dared
Last year’s valedictorian at the Ateneo de Manila University is Reycel Hyacenth Bendana – daughter of a hard-working jeepney driver who lost his job. This is her inspiring and heart-warming story as only she can tell it. The following are excerpts from a pre-qualification essay for valedictorian selection which Reycel submitted. The essay has since …
To floss or not to floss
Speaking of the floss, here’s another take on the popular dental tool. It’s been conventional wisdom that the floss reaches the spaces between teeth that the toothbrush is unable to, well, brush. And that’s good because unreachable plaque is flossed and prevented from building up on the enamel and causing cavities. Floss can prevent both …
P765K worth of shabu seized in Leganes
The Western Visayas Regional Drug Enforcement Unit (RDEU) seized P765,000 worth of suspected shabu yesterday at Purok 5 in Leganes’ Barangay San Vicente. Police identified the arrested suspects as 47-year old Isagani Basbaño of Barotac Viejo’s Barangay San Lucas and 33-year-old Sheila Mae Alvarez of Barangay Boulevard in Iloilo City’s Molo district. Both are currently …