Games today: Cebu Coliseum 4 p.m. – Ave Maria vs. Talisay 5:30 p.m. – SCSIT vs. ACT AFTER AN ABBREVIATED elimination round, the M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-Cebu Basketball Association resumes with the semifinal round as four teams start their battle for the two coveted slots in the finals today at the Cebu Coliseum. The Ave [...]
Memphis — Zach Randolph is doing everything he can to keep the Memphis Grizzlies’ memorable playoff run going as long as possible. Randolph had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and the Grizzlies avoided elimination by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 95-83 Friday night to push their Western Conference semifinal to Game 7 — the first [...]
SAN Francisco, Southern Leyte — Jether Oliva of the ABA Boxing gym of Davao beat Fernando Ocon of RWS Stable of Cebu by unanimous decision in their 12-round battle for the vacant WBO Oriental miniflyweight title last Friday at the San Francisco multi-purpose gym. Oliva (17W-0L, 11 KOs) had Ocon on unsteady legs in the [...]
THE Adamson Lady Falcons and the Ateneo Lady Eagles will begin their battle for the title in the Shakey’s V-League first conference as the best-of-three series kicks off today at the Arena in San Juan City. The Falcons swept the Eagles in the 2008 first conference finals to annex their first-ever crown. They then toppled [...]
Dapitan City— Region 7 came up with a better harvest in the 2011 Palarong Pambansa but still couldn’t get a ranking better than fourth place. Region 7 once again finished fourth, ending the weeklong competition with 329 points, 100 points behind third-placer Region 4-A, which gathered 429.50 points. Powerhouse National Capital Region (NCR), as expected, [...]
SOUTHWESTERN University (SWU) runners Mary Joy Tabal and John Philip Dueñas ruled the 2nd South Road Properties (SRP) Sun Down Run yesterday. Tabal and Dueñas topped the 15-kilometer race held at the SRP. Tabal clocked one hour, four minutes and one second to rule the women’s side while Dueñas finished in 52 minutes and 47 [...]
After finally closing down the Inayawan landfill site and buckling down to actual garbage segregation last April 1, the Cebu City government now has another waste problem in its hands. Inayawan landfill site head Randy Navarro said a large volume of leachate or wastewater produced from soiled garbage flowed out of the site and into [...]
The Cebu City Mayor’s office alone has 40 consultants earning P9,000 to P18,000 a month, but the Cebu City government plans to hire more. In last Wednesday’s session, the City Council approved the hiring of former city administrator Francisco Fernandez as housing consultant for three months with a P9,000 monthly compensation. Socorro Atega and Vicente [...]
WAS the takeover of the Compostela Municipal Hall by Mayor-elect Joel Quiño, his officials and followers planned or “spontaneous”? If one were to ask Rep. Ramon Durano IV of Cebu’s 5th district, last week’s takeover attempt was planned. “They may have planned it for a week, but what happened was a result of the pent-up [...]
TWO police officers are in hot water due to separate cases in Cebu yesterday dawn. A Mandaue City police officer was arrested in Lapu-Lapu City for allegedly robbing a Japanese national who figured in a vehicular accident, while another police officer was placed under custody for a gunfight that broke out in a disco held [...]
Focus on the goal. Do not spend excessively. Do not treat it as vacation spree. These were the reminders of Department of Interior and Local Government Central Visayas (DILG-7) Director Pedro Noval Jr. to Cebu City department heads who are organizing strategic planning in hotels and resorts in various parts of Cebu province during the [...]
The Cebu Provincial government has allocated P50 million for this year’s upgrading of facilities in 16 district hospitals. Gov. Gwen Garcia announced on Friday that she has authorized the release of P3 million to each of the district hospitals. The Department of Health (DOH) is also allocating P2 million each for 10 district hospitals that [...]
