The Basilan Steel labeled as “unfair” the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League’s ruling to forfeit their supposed South Division Finals Game 3 against the Davao Occidental Tigers due to positive Covid-19 cases. This, as the vastly improved squad confirmed on Tuesday
The Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines (PhilCycling) has to call off its plans to hold the national cycling championships over the midyear due to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases. Although PhilCycling initially scheduled the national championships for road
Senators yesterday allowed Ivorian cager Kakou Ange Franck Williams Kouame and Spanish footballer Bienvenido Morejon Marañon to play in international leagues under the Philippine flag. All 23 senators present voted to approve on third and final reading House Bill No.
As expected by fans and observers alike, Joshua Munzon was the first pick of the regular Philippine Basketball Association Draft held virtually on Sunday night. And for the Philippines’ No. 1 3×3 player, it is a great privilege that he
Filipino e-kata player James De Los Santos won his ninth gold for 2021 after ruling the Katana Intercontinental League #2. The world No. 1 defeated Matias Domont of Switzerland, 27.44-26.32, in the final to win it all. It was the
Boxing legend Marvin Hagler, the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987, died on Saturday at age 66, his wife said. In a posting on the famed fighter’s Facebook page, Kay G. Hagler said her husband passed away at the
Filipina-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso will headline this year’s Philippine Sportswriters Association Awards. The country’s oldest media organization announced on Sunday that Saso, who quickly made waves in her rookie season as a pro last year, has been named the Athlete
Rain or Shine alternate governor Edison Oribiana maintained that only Chris Gavina will be calling the shots for the team ahead of the upcoming PBA season. This, as there is still a confusion among the fans about Caloy Garcia’s new
The Philippine Dancesport Federation (PDSF) is set to bring back the same team that racked up golds in the previous Southeast Asian Games for the upcoming edition in Hanoi. In a memorandum dated March 4 but was made public on
Talk ‘N Text guard Ray Parks revealed on Saturday that he will not play in the upcoming Philippine Basketball Association season due to personal reasons. “It is with a heavy heart that I will have to excuse myself and not
The bust of Marine junior military officer, 1Lt. Lolinato To-ong Sr., a Medal of Valor awardee, was unveiled in Brgy. Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental yesterday, led by AFP chief of staff, Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Mayor Rhumyla Mangilimutan, and Lt. Gen. Roberto Ancan, AFP Central Command chief, in the presence of To-ong’s family and other officials* Gilbert Bayoran photo
World number one Novak Djokovic overcame a “strange” lengthy rain delay to beat American Taylor Fritz 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) to reach the third round of the Italian Open on Tuesday. Title holder Djokovic waited three hours to finish off the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The giving of rewards to anybody who can provide information leading to the identification and arrest of those behind the killing of provincial consultant Mariano Antonio “Marton” Cui is being considered by the provincial government of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Following the success of the Tomongtong mangrove eco-trail tourist attraction, another tourist destination is soon to open in the coastal barangay of Madalag in EB Magalona, Negros Occidental. This time, it will feature a Bangkok-inspired floating
Isn’t the United Nations sanctioning China for its irresponsible game of sending a rocket into space, unknowing where it will land? Anyone watching the reports on TV couldn’t help worrying about the repercussions in case that rocket misfired and landed
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday that he will issue an executive order creating a provincial peace panel for localized peace engagements in Negros Occidental. The creation of the multi-sectoral group peace panel, that will include
