Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla carried the Laguna Heroes on his shoulders as they ripped the Camarines Soaring Eagles in Armageddon play to emerge the first ever Professional Chess Association champions Saturday, April 3. Barcenilla, a many-time Battle of the GMs champion, smashed Christian Mark...
The Laguna Heroes and the Camarines Soaring Eagles are set to meet in the PCAP grand finals to be held virtually Saturday night, April 3. Northern kings Laguna, led by GMs Banjo Barcenilla and John Paul Gomez and FIDE Master Austin Jacob Literatus, will clash against the southern rulers...
Top seeds Laguna and Iloilo bested their rivals to advance to their respective division finals of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All Filipino Conference Saturday, March 27. The Laguna Heroes edged the fourth-seeded Manila Indios Bravos in their Armageddon duel in the...
Former Stallion players Jhan-Jhan Melliza (right) and Fitch Arboleda are joining Kaya-Iloilo for the AFC Champions League preliminary round and the PFL season. (Photo from PFL) Kaya-Iloilo officially signed former Stallion-Laguna mainstays Fitch Arboleda and Jhan-Jhan Melliza ahead of its domestic...
Top seeds Laguna Heroes and Iloilo Kisela Knights routed their rivals to lead the semifinalists in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All Filipino Conference Wednesday, March 24, via chess.com. The Heroes crushed the eighth-seeded Antipolo Cobras with 16-5 and 19-2 set...
Top-seeded teams Laguna Heroes and Iloilo Kisela Knights banner the field when the quarterfinals of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference fires off on Wednesday, March 24. Laguna and Iloilo claimed the No. 1 seeding in the Northern and Southern...
The Laguna Heroes bounced back from a stinging defeat to the Caloocan Loadmanna Knights by crushing the Caavite Spartans, 17.5-3.5, to reclaim the share of the North lead in the first Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference. Many-time Battle of the...
The Laguna Heroes downed the Rizal Batch Towers and San Juan City Predators to share the Northern Conference lead with Caloocan going into the final stretch of the regular season of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference Wednesday night, March 3....
Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla Grandmasters Banjo Barcenilla and John Paul Gomez powered the Laguna Heroes to a 12.5-8.5 victory over a GM Mark Paragua-led Camarines Soaring Eagles in the clash of the league titans in the PCAP All-Filipino Conference Saturday night, Feb. 27. Barcenilla, a many-time...
The Laguna Heroes displayed grit in trounced the Mindoro Elgin Tamaraws, 16-5, to remain at third in the All Filipino Conference Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) online tournament over the weekend. The Heroes rode on Grandmasters Banjo Barcenilla and John Paul Gomez to...
By Liwliwa Malabed One realization from the pandemic is how interconnected our everyday life is with the vital work that our farmers do. Filipino families are learning how to be sustainable by growing their own vegetables in pots or for the lucky ones, in their backyards. Even in the tourism...
We have all answered a ton of contact tracing forms at the entrance of restaurants, coffee shops, malls, and even the market. So, it was a pleasant surprise to fill up a "gender-friendly" contact tracing form in this hidden hot spring resort in Brgy. Pansol, Calamba, Laguna. RR Resort Hot Springs,...
