By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense Samjosef Belangel displayed his defensive game as the Daegu Korea Gas Corporation Pegasus prevailed over the Goyang Sono Skygunners, 76-56, in the Korean Basketball League (KBL) at the Goyang Sono Arena on Sunday, January 26. The former Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles guard finished with a team-high of five …
Monthly Archives: January 2025
Negrense Daja shines in OT as DLSZ edges Ateneo in UAAP
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense Bonn Daja stepped up in the overtime period as the De La Salle Zobel (DLSZ) Junior Archers prevailed over the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eaglets, 73-65, in the UAAP Season 87 boys basketball tournament at the FilOil EcoOil Arena in San Juan City on Sunday, January 26. Trailing 65-64 …
Magnolia guts out crucial win over Eastern to bolster playoff hopes
The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots turned to its defense in silencing an offensive-minded Eastern, hacking out a key 107-78 victory over the guest team in the PBA Season 49 Commissioner’s Cup on Sunday, January 26, at the Ynares Center Antipolo. The Hotshots improved to 5-6 to remain in hunt for the last two remaining quarterfinal …
West-leading Thunder halts Blazers’ win streak
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points and Jalen Williams added 24 as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 118-108, to snap the Trail Blazers’ season-high four-game winning streak yesterday (Philippine time). Isaiah Joe had 16 points off the bench for Oklahoma City, which led by as many as 19 in the second quarter. …
PAGCOR, AFPMC UNVEIL PHP53.22-M DORM FOR PATIENTS’ WATCHERS
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Medical Center inaugurated on Friday, January 24, a new halfway house for families and caregivers of patients at V. Luna Medical Center (VLMC) in Quezon City. The five-story watchers’ dormitory, which received a Php53.22 million funding from PAGCOR, features 35 …
Pag-IBIG Fund named among GCG’s Top Performing Government Firms for Good Governance
Pag-IBIG Fund was recognized as one of the top performing government owned companies by the Governance Commission of GOCCs (GCG) in an awards ceremony held in Pasay City recently. Based on its evaluation systems, the GCG named Pag-IBIG Fund in the Top 10 Government Owned and Controlled Corporations or GOCCs for earning the highest ratings. …
Safe housing options: Vacant Yolanda housing units eyed for Kanlaon evacuees
By JEN BAYLON The Office of Civil Defense in Western Visayas (OCD-6) is conducting an inventory of unoccupied housing units as temporary shelters for evacuees should Kanlaon Volcano erupt. OCD-6 Regional Director Raul Fernandez said he had talked with local government units in northern Negros Occidental, where there are Yolanda housing projects of the National …
Hypocrisy in drug war
By Ade S. Fajardo The House of Representatives quadruple committees investigating the Duterte war on drugs will reportedly reconvene today. Congress will probe further into the drug smuggling activities that were allowed during the previous administration, and hopefully uncover the sheer hypocrisy beneath its law-and-order platform that resulted in tens of thousands of mindless …
The power of grounding
By Herman M. Lagon In a world where success often comes wrapped in medals and titles, we tend to assume we are somehow immune to frailty when things are going well. But if there is one truth that the humbler among us knows, no amount of success, intelligence or acclaim erases our faults. In fact, …
PH Army guards evac camps vs. CTG recruitment
The 62nd Infantry “Unifier” Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army (PA) is keen on guarding internally displaced individuals (IDPs) taking shelter at the evacuation centers from potential recruitment by communist terrorist groups (CTGs). One of the Army’s initiatives to protect the IDPs from the influence of CTGs is an anti-insurgency information, education and communication (IEC) …