Chris Gavina, in file photo, confirms his application as head coach for the UST Tigers. (PBA) Rain or Shine assistant coach Chris Gavina confirmed Friday that he is applying for the coaching job at University of Santo Tomas' men’s basketball team, joining a list composed mostly of alumni. Gavina...
Dr. Jun Ynares THE VIEW FROM RIZAL “Kakanta na ba ko?” That was the caption of a funny social media meme which has flooded Facebook timelines a few weeks ago. With that caption was the picture of a smiling Jose Mari Chan. The combination of the caption and the photo of the recording artist...
UST men's basketball coach Aldin Ayo has tendered his resignation in light of the Sorsogon training bubble controversy. (UAAP Images) The casualty countdown begins for shell-shocked University of Santo Tomas as the dust settles after a best intentioned but ill-conceived Sorsogon training bubble...
Jun Asuncion becomes the fifth and latest player to leave University of Santo Tomas. (UAAP) Jun Asuncion became the recent player to part ways with University of Santo Tomas, having reportedly moved to Mapua University. The Varsitarian , UST's official student publication, reported the recent...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Tomorrow, the last Monday of August, the nation will observe “ Araw ng mga Bayani ,” or National Heroes Day. When we were still kids, we looked forward to this day for one simple reason – it is a holiday, which means having the chance to have one more day to...
The beach is closed. No swimming allowed. Organizers of the 6 th Asian Beach Games have postponed the event to April 2 to 10 next year due to the ongoing pandemic. In a letter to National Olympic Committees across the region, organizing committee deputy secretary general Zhou Jun said the safety...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares The month of August is associated by most Filipinos with the “Buwan ng Wika.” It is also the time when the nation remembers the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth and the man considered to be the father of the Philippine national language....
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Would you trust the vaccine from Russia?” There has been a rash of text messages recently coming from friends. They wanted to know if I have inside information on Sputnik V – the vaccine against COVID 19 which the Russian government claims it has developed...
Jun Vicera joins the team photo of the North All-Stars led by Robert Jaworski before the 1992 PBA All-Star Game. (Photo courtesy of San Miguel Beer utility member Edwin Cortez) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel mourned the loss of long-time utility man Jun Vicera who passed away Saturday. Veteran Mark...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL (Part 2) Two Sundays ago, we shared with our readers the first part of our piece on Finding Joy. In that column, we wrote about the sentiment of some of our friends and colleagues. They expressed what they described as the difficulty of “finding joy” in these times. “There...
These days, face masks are lifelines during the Covid-19 pandemic. And there’s no better way for artists from all over Panay Island, particularly Iloilo, to honor them than by making creative interpretations of rather lifeless objects that have become a significant part of our daily lives under...
This new Korean series is exclusive to Netflix HELLACIOUS A glimpse at Hellbound webtoon Netflix recently confirmed that Yoo Ah-in , Park Jeong min , Kim Hyun-joo , Won Jin Ah , and Yang Ik-jun as the leading cast of an original and exclusive series about supernatural angels that come from the...
