BUTUAN CITY – Soldiers from the 36 th Infantry Battalion seized New People’s Army guns and bullets in an encounter in Calatngan, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur on Friday afternoon, September 6. Lt. Col. Francisco P. Garello Jr., 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division Public Affairs Office chief,...
BACOLOD CITY – One-hundred six families or 424 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Friday night, September 6. A FIRE hits a residential area in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Friday night, September 6. (Photo courtesy of...
San Beda flexed its championship muscle as it routed host Lyceum of the Philippines, 79-63, Saturday, Sept. 7, that launched its back-to-back title bid in NCAA’s historic Season 100 at the MOA Arena. Yukien Andrada of San Beda Red Lions (NCAA Images) Bryan Sajonia, a transferee from Far Eastern...
WORD ALIVE The gospel episode for this 23rd Sunday relates about Jesus healing a deaf and, simultaneously, a mute man (Mark 7,31). In his commentary on the episode, a biblical author William Barclay wrote, “Most people find deaf folks a nuisance. They sympathize with people who are blind...
SAN PASCUAL, Batangas – A man was punched dead during a drinking session in Barangay Laurel, this town, before dawn on Friday, September 6. Police identified the victim as Freddie Marasigan. The victim was having a drinking spree with his friends Dieto Ortil, Aaron Pol Cabral, and Demetrio...
The Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP), in partnership with San Miguel Corp. (SMC), is hosting the first aviation forum. The EJAP-SMC Aviation Forum will be held on Monday, Sept. 9 at the Makati Diamond Residences. The forum precedes the management transfer of...
New season, same mentality for San Beda as it defends its crown when NCAA Season 100 fires off this weekend at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. San Beda skipper Yukien Andrada (NCAA Images) With all of the teams eager to topple the Red Lions, new captain Yukien Andrada said they will try to stick...
BAGUIO CITY – San Miguel Corp. on Tuesday, September 3, turned over a donation of 140 chairs, five teacher’s tables, and 242 gallons of paint to the Department of Education-Schools Division Office here. SAN Miguel Corp. special projects manager Micaela Rosales (fourth from left) and Mayor...
Reigning champion San Beda University is expecting a tough task against its familiar rivals when it opens its title defense in the NCAA Season 100 on Saturday, Sept. 7, at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. After defying odds to reclaim the crown and notch their 23rd overall crown in Season 99, all...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – A 57-year-old housewife was gunned down while washing clothes in her house in Barangay Del Remedio, this city, on Saturday afternoon, August 31. SAN Pablo City, Laguna welcome arch Police identified the victim as Zoila, unemployed. Investigation said the victim was...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga – Gov. Dennis Pineda of this province awarded P1 million to an informant who provided information that led to the discovery of the remains of beauty queen Geneva Lopez and her Israeli fiancé Yitzhak Cohen in Tarlac in July. A TIPSTER (third from left) receives a cash...
NLEX displayed great character and poise, outlasting San Miguel, 112-108, in the first overtime thriller of the PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup at the Aquilino Pimentel International Convention Center in Cagayan de Oro City on Saturday, Aug. 31. Heroes were plenty for the Road Warriors with...