Negros Muscuvados naga handa na para sa Chooks-to-go MPBL basketball tournament
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San Carlos opens 2nd Pintaflores table tennis tourney
The San Carlos City Sports Office opened the three-day 2nd 2021 Pintaflores Table Tennis Tournament at the City Sports Park on Oct. 29.A total of 60 participating players will be playing under the categories 12 under boys and girls; 25-up boys and girls and 35-up mixed category boys and girls.Participants were divided into 20 players per day to observe minimum health and safety protocols due to the ongoing pandemic.Jesus Facundo Combate, Jr. Officer-In-Charge of the City Sports Office gave the inspirational message on behalf of City Mayor Renato Gustilo and Vice Mayor Christopher Paul Carmona.Darwin Uy, an international table tennis coach and Region 6 coordinator, said he saw a lot of potential players who can compete in other tournaments.He also said that four of them ...
Negros Open Chess Champions named
Capitol photoNegros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the awarding ceremony of the champions of this year's Negros Open Chess Championship, held at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City, Saturday, October 30.The winners are Lorenzo Mark Raffaele of Kabankalan City (10 boys), Summer Ellaine Abanco of Bacolod City (10 girls), Christian Pelione of Bacolod City (13 boys), Jasmine Tanizin Mijares of Bacolod City (13 girls), Clark Ken Pelione of Bacolod City (19 boys), Arnie Joanne Suravilla of Bacolod City (19 girls), Amalio Bayot of Sagay City (open category), and Joshua Panes of Pontevedra (25 boys).Leo Romitman is the tournament manager.The activity is spearheaded by the Provincial Sports Office led by Anthony Carlo Agustin, Executive Assistant to the Governor and...
Abanse Negrense badminton tourney opens in San Carlos
Capitol photoNegros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Lacson Lacson led the opening of the two-day Abanse Negrense Badminton Tournament held in San Carlos City Saturday, Oct. 23, that was participated by players from the different LGUs of the province.The activity was spearheaded by the Provincial Sports Office led by Executive Assistant to the Governor and Provincial Sports Coordinator Tony Agustin.About 70 players from the LGUs of Himamaylan, Cadiz, Hinigaran, San Carlos, Talisay, Bago, Silay, Calatrava, Sagay, and Bacolod participated in the tournament.The sports competition is composed of Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles (Open and Level D).Lacson said that the provincial government is committed to continue promoting the different sports programs in the provinc...
Hidilyn named adopted daughter of Negros Occidental, arriving Friday
Hidilyn Diaz and Monico Puentevella*The Negros Occidental provincial government will honor weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, the first Filipino to ever win an Olympic gold medal in 97 years, at the Capitol in Bacolod City at 2 p.m. Friday, September 10, Monico Puentevella, Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas president, said.The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan Thursday, Sept. 9, passed a resolution congratulating Diaz for her gold medal win in the Tokyo Olympics and conferring on her the title of adopted daughter of the province of Negros Occidental.The Filipino nation is proud of the achievement of Diaz for bringing pride and glory to the Philippines, SP Resolution 0751 Series of 2021, said.The province of Negros Occidental acknowledges the hard work, determination and ...
Pacquiao should go for Olympic gold: guv
Monico Puentevella and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas.*Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said he would like to see Senator Manny Pacquiao win the first boxing gold for the Philippines in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.If ever Pacquiao considers fighting again, Lacson said he hopes it will be in the Olympics that now allows professional boxers to join. In the Olympics he will only have to fight three rounds, Lacson said, when it was pointed out that the boxing icon would be 45 by then.Pacquiao, 42, was defeated by Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas, 35, during their WBA welterweight title fight in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sunday.“I think it was convincing win for Ugas,” Lacson said.Lacson said maybe the senator will consider hanging up his gloves, but if he decides to fight again he h...
Gov Lacson luyag nga maka hampang si Pacman sa Olympics
Gobernador Eugenio Jose Lacson nagsiling nga kun may isa pa gid ka hampang si Senador Manny Pacquiao luyag niya nga ini ang mangin sa 2024 Olympics kag paga dag-on sang People’s Champ ang nahauna nga gold sa patag sang boksing.Suno kay Lacson isa ka convincing win para kay Yordenis Ugas ang nangin match nila ni Pacquiao.Pero sa tanan nga record ni Pacquiao, ilakip na ang nahatag sini nga dungog sa pungsod, ini ang kabahin na sang maragtas. Mahimo nga tion naman nga panumdumon ni pacquiao nga mag retiro na.Dugang pa sang gobernador, nangin masako man si Pacquiao sa ensayo para sa iya nga mga hampang, wala naman sini napabay-an ang iya nga mga katungdanan bilang senador.Para naman kay Mayor Evelio Leonardia, bisan pa nga nalutos ang adopted son sang Bacolod sa hampang kontra ...
Pacquiao called living legend, people’s champ despite defeat
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who was defeated by Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas during their WBA welterweight title fight in Las Vegas, Nevada, “will always be our people’s champ”, Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Sunday, August 22.It was 42-year-old Pacquiao’s first fight after a two-year absence from the ring, against Ugas, 35, who won by unanimous decision.“Our good senator lost to the better boxer today. Obviously, the lapse of two years from his last fight has not helped him in this fight plus the fact that he has aged by another two years,” Lacson said.Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leoardia said, “While we are stunned by the unexpected result of the fight of our adopted son, Senator Manny Pacquiao, in his WBA title… we saw that he put up a gallant fight worthy of resp...
Three Tokyo Olympic winners mentored by 2 Bago coaches
Two coaches from Bago City in Negros Occidental are behind the silver medal win of boxer Nesthy Petecio in the Tokyo Olympics and of two others who are assured of bronze medals.Bago City congratulates Petecio, who made history as the first Filipina to win in the Olympics, and her coaches Nolito “Boy” Velasco and Olympian Reynaldo Galido from Bago City, Mayor Nicholas Yulo said Wednesday, August 4.Yulo said Velasco was also instrumental in the successful Olympic boxing bids of his brothers.Roel Velasco won a bronze medal in Barcelona in 1992 and Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco won a Silver medal in Atlanta in 1996.Petecio said she had wanted to win the gold in Japan so she could dedicate it to Coach Boy.“Behind every great athlete is a masterful coach that inspires the athlete ...
Bacolod-based firm rewards Hidilyn with one year supply of liniment
A Bacolod-based firm is rewarding Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz with one-year free supply of its liniment.The weightlifter made history Monday by becoming the first athlete from the Philippines to win gold at the Olympics, which has led to her being heaped with numerous rewards.Diaz also set an Olympic record when she lifted a combined weight of 224 kilograms, to win the top spot in the women's 55-kg class in Tokyo.Aldrtz Corporation in a press release said it salutes all Filipino athletes and thanks Diaz for the hard work and perseverance to achieve her goal of winning the Olympic gold medal for the Philippines.“There will be year na ‘Walang Aww’ for Diaz as Aldrtz Corporation rewards her with one year supply of Pau Liniment, which is considered as the country’s ‘Pamb...