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Oct302021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Negros Open Chess Champions named

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Capitol photo Negros 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 an...

Oct242021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Abanse Negrense badminton tourney opens in San Carlos

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Capitol photo Negros 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 provin...

Sep102021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Hidilyn named adopted daughter of Negros Occidental, arriving Friday

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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...

Aug242021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Pacquiao should go for Olympic gold: guv

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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...

Aug232021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Gov Lacson luyag nga maka hampang si Pacman sa Olympics

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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 ko...

Aug232021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Pacquiao called living legend, people’s champ despite defeat

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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...

Aug52021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Three Tokyo Olympic winners mentored by 2 Bago coaches

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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 ath...

Jul302021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Bacolod-based firm rewards Hidilyn with one year supply of liniment

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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 ...

Jul272021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

‘Hidilyn’s win proves Filipinos can rise above worst of times’

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Former Bacolod City mayor and representative Monico Puentevella, Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas president, with Hidilyn Diaz as she wins the Philippines first Olympic gold in Tokyo, Japan, Monday night, July 26.*Contributed photo Hidilyn Diaz winning the Philippines’ first-ever Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, Japan, proves that Filipinos can rise above the worst of times, Monico Puentevella, Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) president, said Tuesday, July 27. “It is an inspiring story of a Pinay from humble beginnings who has overcome poverty and misery through hard work, faith in God and oneself,” said Puentevella, former Bacolod mayor and congressman. Diaz edged out world champion Liao Qiuyun of China in the women's 55kg weightlifting competition to win the gold. Pu...

Jul262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Hidilyn’s Olympic gold medal inspiration to PH athletes: guv

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Hidilyn Diaz and a jubilant Monico Puentevella after she won the Olympic gold medal Monday night, July 26.* Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Hidilyn Diaz winning the Philippines' first-ever Olympic gold medal in Tokyo Monday night, July 26, should be “an inspiration to future athletes, that we Filipinos can compete against the world’s best.” Diaz edged out world champion Liao Qiuyun of China in the women's 55kg weightlifting competition to win the gold. Former Bacolod mayor and representative Monico Puentevella, Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas president, earlier expressed confidence that Diaz would bring home the gold. “Congratulations to Hidalyn Diaz on our very first Olympic Gold for the Philippines,” Lacson said. Lacson also congratulated Puentevella, ...

May222021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negrense-led Philippine team wins Ironman Asia Pacific VR challenge

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Team Philippines led by Negrense Ines Lovina Santiago beat athletes from Japan and Australia to win the Ironman Asia Pacific Virtual Race Team Challenge Friday morning. The Philippine Team won $5,000, which they are donating to the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) Foundation, said Santiago, who grew up in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental. “Our team raced for the benefit of the NVC Foundation's Mingo Feeding Program. This initiative has continued to feed and monitor malnourished children in impoverished parts of the Philippines while at the same time providing livelihood to local farmers”, she said. The $5,000 will provide 40,000 Mingo meals, a nutritious instant complementary food made of rice, mongo (mung beans), and malunggay (moringa), to malnurished children, she said. ...

May122021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

7 ka mga Negrense na qualify sa national team sang Philippine National Volleyball Federation

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Pito ka mga Negrense ang napili-an nga mangin kabahin sang national team sang Philippine National Volleyball Federation. Isa ka virtual press conference ang ginhiwat sini nga hapon sang PNVF kun sa diin ila ginpagwa ang mga ngalan sang mga players nga mangin kabahin sang national team nga magatiglawas sa pungsod sa nagkalain-lain nga mga international tournaments sa hampang nga volleyball. Kabahin sang women’s beach volleyball nanday Alexa Polidario, Erjane Magdato kag Jennifer Cosas.Nalakip man sa juniors boys beach volleyball nanday Alexander Iraya kag Jayrack dela Noche.Nadala man si Leo Ordiales sa men’s volleyball team. Ginpatigayon ang tatlo ka adlaw nga try outs sa Subic Bay Freeport Zone sang nagligad nga Abril 28 tubtub 30. Ang national team ang magapaidalum sa li...

Feb272021 by Marty GoNo Comments

Bacolod City Prosecutor’s Office holds first ever shootfest

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Marty Go photos Lawyers, law enforcement agents, and gun enthusiasts in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental showed off their shooting skills in the first ever Shooters Invitational Shooting Competition organized by the Bacolod City Prosecutor's Office. The opening ceremony of the two-day shootfest this morning, February 27, at the Negros Sports Exchange Gun Club firing rage along Circumferential Road in Barangay Mandalagan was attended by members of the Office of the City Prosecutor of Bacolod, different gun club members with Don Salvador Benedicto Mayor Marxlen De La Cruz and Bacolod City Legal Officer Atty. Joselito Bayatan as guests of honor. Bacolod Chief City Prosecutor Ma. Theresa Ditching said they organized the shootfest even in the middle of the pandemic to provide a venu...

Feb212021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Negros volleyball team to join Subic challenge

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Capitol photo The Volleyball Association of Negros Island Inc. team will be playing in the Philippine Superliga Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup 2021 in Subic Bay, Zambales, on February 26-28, which is the first bubble tournament for volleyball this year. The players are Alexa Polidario, Erjane Magdato, Jennifer Cosas, Gelimae Villanueva and their coach is Coach Jason Delmo, a press release from the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol said. The team led by the their team manager, Carmela Gamboa, paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City, Friday. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz and Provincial Sports Coordinator Tony Agustin also welcomed the team.*

Feb182021 by Eric T. LoretizoNo Comments

Marañon inching closer to becoming naturalized Filipino

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AFC photo Former Negros-Ceres Football Club topscorer Bienvenido Morejon Marañon is inching closer to his bid to become a naturalized Filipino citizen following the approval on third and final reading by the House of Representatives of House Bill 8631 late Tuesday night, February 16. The lower chamber’s approval of HB 8631, which was defended by House Justice Committee chairman, Rep. Vicente Veloso III during the plenary, was confirmed by Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya, one of the original authors of the Spanish football ace's bid for Filipino citizenship. "The concurrence of the House to grant Marañon's naturalization is a recognition of his invaluable contributions to Philippine football since he donned the national colors in multiple international outings during the last five year...