Philippine Cup games Negrense forward Joe Devance is set to miss the early portion of the upcoming 2020 PBA Philippine Cup as he is scheduled to undergo a stem cell procedure in Germany. “I’m getting four shots and [have to sit out] three weeks,” the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel player explained. “I take pain relievers …
Monthly Archives: March 2020
NBTC qualifiers
Western Visayas regional finals this weekend The Western Visayas National Basketball Training Center regional finals are set to take place this weekend in Ibajay, Aklan. The event was initially scheduled for last month but was postponed amid the ongoing threat from the coronavirus disease, or Covid-19. This year’s competitors include Bacolod Tay Tung High School …
Goodbye fillings: Tooth enamel regrows
Chinese researchers have created a new gel that enables the tooth enamel to repair itself. The research was led by Dr. Ruikang Tang of the Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomaterials and Biopathways, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. The co-researchers were from the Department of Physics, Research Institute for Biomimetic and Soft Matter, Jiujiang …
Improving the Philippine economic engine
A country’s economy can be likened to a big engine. And just like an actual engine, it has to be fine-tuned, tweaked, or even upgraded, to be as efficient a machine as it can be. Lately, there have been some actions to make sure that the Philippine economic engine will, potentially, become a more efficient …
The twins of war and peace
\Because of our earthly condition, marked by our call to holiness in the middle of our wounded, if not sinful, condition, we cannot help but have war and peace in this life. They may be considered as fraternal twins, looking different from each other, but bound intimately from conception to birth and to the whole …
Duterte, malambot sa mga hepe ng mga ahensiyang korap
INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “… ‘Sa lupa, ang mga bansa ay masisindak at malilito dahil sa ugong at mga daluyong ng dagat’…” (si Jesus, ang ating Diyos at Tagapagligtas na Siyang Diyos Ama, Anak, at Espiritu Santo, sa Lucas 21:25, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya). *** DUTERTE, MASYADONG MALAMBOT SA MGA PINUNO NG MGA AHENSIYANG KORAP: …
Therapeutic art workshop held in Iloilo City
Iloilo City Health Office (CHO) health education and promotion officer Yanie Rose Noble Tuazon hosted a therapeutic art workshop last week at Iloilo City National High School, where 30 students used art to express emotions. “The workshop was a combination of creating forms and drawing creativity out of students [and], at the same time, therapeutic …
Iloilo City business registrations up 5.5%
The Iloilo City Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) recently revealed business registrations rose by 5.5 percent between 2019 and last year. A total of 16,391 business permits were issued last year, up from the 15.558 the previous year. “We created Business One-Stop Shop, or BOSS, for the clients’ convenience wherein they can process, submit, …
15 hurt in Mandurriao incident
Fifteen were injured after two vans crashed into each other on Tuesday night in Barangay Hibao-an, located in Iloilo City’s Mandurriao district. According to Mandurriao Police Station traffic investigator, Police Staff Sergeant Jessie Cabial, a passenger van driven by 39-year-old Ramy Cajilig of Leon’s Barangay Talacuan was struck by a delivery van driven by 22-year-old …
Iloilo City bans single-use plastics from City Hall, parks
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas recently issued a memorandum order banning single-use plastics from City Hall and parks. “As part of the effort of the city government to educate and curb the use of single-use plastic items that pollute waterways, kill marine life, and contribute to our country’s increasing solid waste, you are hereby …