Day: October 19, 2024

Manila: Arellano University banked on Lorenz Capulong to prevail over Lyceum of the Philippines, 91-86, in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 100 men’s basketball at FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Saturday. Capulong delivered 30 points and 16 rebounds to tow the Chiefs to a 4-8 record. ‘My coaches gave me the confidence,” Capulong said. Arellano led by as much as 15 points late in the third, 69-54, until Lyceum tied at 86-all, only a minute and 26 seconds left. Ernest Geronimo then sank a floater, the Pirates failed to score in the next play and

Manila: Nicola Queen Diamante claimed the 50-meter butterfly gold in the girls’ 14 years division of the Go Full Speedo Swim Series 2 Championships at the Teofilo Yldefonso swimming pool inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila on Saturday. Diamante, a Grade 9 student from Augustinian Abbey School in Las Piñas City and top swimmer of the RSS Dolphins coached by Anthony Reyes, clocked 31.70 seconds to beat Rielle Aislyn Antonio of PCA Stingray (32.13) and Caelyn Dane Salac of Modern Aquatic Swim Club (34.02). Ricielle Maleeka Melencio and Aishel Evangelista also topped their respective categories in the tournament

Manila: The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is seeking the help of its private partners to fulfill the government’s commitment of addressing the 6.5 million housing backlog. ‘The government cannot do it alone. We need the support of all stakeholders. We need private partners including CREBA (Chamber of Real Estate Builders’ Association Inc.) and other developers’ groups,’ DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said during CREBA’s annual convention in Clark, Pampanga on Friday. ‘Now more than ever, we need to work together, we need to unite, collaborate and continuously engage to ensure we complement each other’s efforts,’ he

Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will attend the inauguration of Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto and Vice President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka in Jakarta, on Oct. 20, Malacañang announced on Saturday. Indonesian President Joko Widodo invited Marcos to attend the inauguration of his successor, the Palace said in a statement. Marcos will be accompanied by First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos. ‘The attendance of President Marcos and the First Lady at the inauguration of the Indonesian President and Vice President reaffirms the deep and enduring friendship between the two nations, founded on close people-to-people ties,’ Malacañang said. ‘The President’s attendance in the inauguration

BACOLOD CITY – Declared as the ‘largest building in the shape of a chicken’ by the Guinness World Records, the ‘Manok ni Cano Gwapo’ inside the Campuestohan Highland Resort in Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City, Negros Occidental is the newest tourism icon in the province. The 115-foot hotel structure, which depicts a rooster, is a nod to the province’s multi-billion game fowl industry, with a number of fighting cock farms located near the resort. ‘Why I adopted the rooster design? My answer is very simple. Our fighting cock industry is second to sugar. When the sugar industry slumped and threatened our