FACES OF CEBU: Jared Bahay, 18, rising basketball player

Dale Rosal 09/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Amidst the highly competitive and demanding local basketball scene, Jared Bahay is emerging as one of the country’s top high school prospects. The 18-year-old incoming 12th grader from Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City stole the spotlight…

Cebu’s Henry Kristoffer Suico to suit up for Ateneo Blue Eaglets in UAAP

Dale Rosal 07/18/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebuano high school basketball prospect Henry Kristoffer Suico officially announced that he’s suiting up for the Ateneo Blue Eaglets in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). The Mandaue City native who played the…

History at your fingertips

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 07/12/2023

Preparing to teach face to face, the first time in the Ateneo since the pandemic lockdown, I look back on the last semester I taught at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. I taught an undergraduate…

Coach Rasmo’s advice to his UAAP-bound players: Finish college

Glendale G. Rosal 04/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Multi-titled high school basketball coach Rommel Rasmo of the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) Magis Eagles has a reminder to his prized players who recently committed to play in some of the…

Playing with the Blue Eagles is a dream come true for Celis, Asoro

Glendale Rosal 04/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—- Two of the country’s best high school basketball players are slowly making their dreams come true. Raffy Celis and Michael Asoro of the vaunted Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) Magis Eagles shared the…

Pasasalamat 2022

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 12/24/2022

Pasasalamat is what Social Weather Stations, a consciously nonsectarian institution, calls its annual holiday season party. We started using the name 20-plus years ago, upon discovering that a staff member’s religion forbade attending any party and receiving…

World Cup to UAAP

Michael L. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 12/20/2022

I’ve told the story many times over about how, until I became UP Diliman chancellor in 2014, I was your typical nerd who knew virtually nothing about sports. I have to admit it wasn’t just ignorance, but…

Ateneo reclaims UAAP title, fends off UP in thrilling finale

June Navarro - Reporter / @junavINQ 12/19/2022

MANILA, Philippines—Ateneo gingerly traveled the road to redemption strewn with obstacles throughout the season that the Blue Eagles cautiously removed one after the other. With one big fight on Monday night, they finally got rid of one…

Tab Baldwin braces for ‘wild,’ more physical decider for UAAP crown

Lance Agcaoili - @inquirerdotnet 12/17/2022

MANILA, Philippines — With a chance to regain their place atop the UAAP men’s basketball, the Ateneo Blue Eagles will leave everything on the floor as they battle University of the Philippines in another Game 3 ending…

UP nears back-to-back UAAP titles, beats Ateneo in Finals Game 1

Philippine Daily Inquirer 12/11/2022

MANILA, Philippines–University of the Philippines fired too many weapons Ateneo found hard to neutralize as the Fighting Maroons seized Game 1 of their UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball tournament championship showdown with a compelling 72-66 win on…

UAAP: Carl Tamayo, UP edge Ateneo in OT

June Navarro - Reporter / @junavINQ 10/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines—Carl Tamayo proved his worth in another cliffhanger as University of the Philippines downed Ateneo in overtime, 76-71, on Sunday night in the UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball tournament. Tamayo scored six of his game-high 20 points in…

Deadly hatemongering

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 07/29/2022

Hate begets hate, and hatemongering further fuels one’s own hate until it becomes deadly and is consummated in a bloody carnage. Hatemongering is defined as stirring up feelings of hatred by inflammatory speech or writing. These feelings…

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