Club also signs ‘homegrown’ LA Galaxy player Global Makati FC recently announced the signings of three new players ahead of the upcoming 2020 Philippines Football League (PFL), including 27-year-old John Cofie, a former Manchester United youth player, who went on to play for the senior squad from 2011 to 2013. Throughout his career he has …
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Yap not thinking about retirement
By Adrian Stewart Co Rain or Shine Elasto Painters shooting guard James Yap said he is giving himself at least two more PBA seasons before considering retirement. The Escalante City native recently told CNN Philippines, he will assess himself after that period. “Sakali namang magretire na ako eh handa na ako dahil may mga investments …
Iloilo beats Biñan City in the Maharlika League
The Iloilo United Royals moved closer to securing a spot in the 2019-2020 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League-Lakan Cup playoffs after scoring a 67-63 win over the Biñan City Heroes earlier this week at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City. Al Francis Tamsi drained five triples and finished with a game-high 24 points for Iloilo, along …
The correlation between body and soul
Though there is a distinction between our body and our spiritual soul, we always have to remember that these two are both constitutive of our being. They are meant to be together. We are neither body alone nor soul alone. We are at once body and soul. There might be some separation of the two …
Developing winning national athletes
Our beloved weightlifting champion, Hidilyn Diaz, started out as a 12-year-old girl who became interested in lifting weights when she saw her cousin Allen Jayrus Diaz exercising and practicing in the gym. She made do with barbells made from PVC pipes and concrete, and she persevered. Our Pambansang Kamao, Sen. Manny Pacquiao, started his path …
Mga Chinoys ang namamayagpag sa yaman at pulitika sa RP
INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “… Ang mga dayuhang nakikipamayan sa inyo ay aangat sa kanilang mga kabuhayan, samantalang kayo ay mahihirapan. Sila ang magpapautang sa inyo, hindi kayo magpapautang sa kanila. Sila ang inyong magiging pinuno sa inyong sariling bayan, at tagasunod lamang nila kayo…” (Deuteronomio 28:43-44, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya). *** MGA CHINOYS ANG …
DSB prepares to celebrate the Kali-Kalihan Festival
Don Salvador Benedicto, dubbed the “Summer Capital of Negros Occidental” with a climate similar to Baguio City, will celebrate the annual Kali-Kalihan Festival and founding anniversary from January 31 to February 9. I attend the event every year and remember Nehemias dela Cruz, a former town mayor and provincial board member, always welcoming his guests …
San Enrique man stabs his son
A 48-year-old man stabbed his son over the weekend in Barangay Imbang Pequeño, located in San Enrique, Iloilo. Police identified the suspect as Arnel Arellano, a resident of the said community. According to authorities, he was arrested around 9:30 p.m. last Sunday for stabbing his 26-year-old son, Ronel Arellano, after the two engaged in a …
Six-foot-long python found in Miagao
A six-foot-long python, weighing 1.5 kilograms, was recently found at a poultry farm in Miagao’s Barangay Kirayan Tacas. The snake was eventually turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR-CENRO) in Guimbal, where it was identified as a reticulated python. The python was temporarily kept at the …
Four injured after Guimbal tricycle accident
Four individuals are currently confined at Rep. Pedro Trono Memorial District Hospital after the tricycle they were aboard was struck by a pick-up truck yesterday along the highway in Guimbal’s Barangay Nanga. Authorities identified the injured as tricycle driver Segundito Segador; and the family of Liza, Rhea Estrella, and Jeff Geolagiois. All are residents of …