Green Hawks, Mustangs, Baybay I Central School overall champs in OCCCI D-League basketball tourney

Glendale G. Rosal 03/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The St. Joseph College of Maasin (SJC) Green Hawks,  Western Leyte College (WLC) of Ormoc Mustangs, and Baybay I Central School were hailed the maiden overall champions in the OCCCI D-League Interschool Basketball…

Green Hawks, Baybay SHS off to a 3-0 start of south division hoops competition 

Glendale G. Rosal 02/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Saint Joseph College of Maasin Green Hawks and Baybay Senior High School put on dominating performances over the weekend in the OCCCI D-League Inter School Basketball Tournament South of Leyte Division at the…

Baybay priest opens charity basketball tourney for Typhoon Agaton victims

Glendale G. Rosal 11/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A priest in Baybay City, Leyte is organizing a fund-raising basketball event to uplift the downhearted victims of Tropical Storm Agaton. Father Arthur Duarte, the chaplain of the Franciscan College of the Immaculate…

Consultant creates sports academy in Baybay: Giving back to my hometown

Glendale G. Rosal 10/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sisters of Mary School Boystown and Girlstown sports consultant Van Halen Parmis brought his passion in sport to his hometown in Baybay, Leyte by establishing its first sports academy. Parmis known for…

‘Don’t defy entry ban, you’ll get caught, penalized’

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Don’t try to enter Cebu by sea or your boat will be impounded, you will be penalized and you will be sent back to where you came from.” Lieutenant Junior Grade Eric Salcedo,…

C. Visayas booters rout E. Visayas team in PFF Under 15 elims match

Mars G. Alison 08/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Central Visayas Football Association (CVFA) nailed its second straight win in the ongoing Visayas elimination of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) Under 15 Boys National Championships via an 11-0 thrashing of the…

Cebu-based runners win in Baybay City Marathon

Glendale G. Rosal 01/07/2018

CEBU-BASED runners Paul James Zafico and Ruffa Sorongon emerged champions in the Baybay City Marathon 2018 in Baybay City, Leyte yesterday. The 31-year-old Zafico from Cagayan de Oro City who is based in Cebu City and works…

Cebu-based runners sweep categories of Baybay Bubble Run

Glendale G. Rosal 06/19/2017

CEBU-BASED runners made the Baybay City Bubble Run their virtual playground by sweeping all six titles disputed in Sunday’s race which started and finished at the Baybay City Veteran’s Park in Baybay, Leyte. Leading the Cebuano juggernaut…

Alforque bags three titles in Baybay netfest

John Carlo Villaruel 05/14/2017

CEBUANO tennis prodigy Venz Anton Louise Alforque walked away as the biggest winner in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala (PPS-PEPP) regional age-group tennis tournament at the Maasin City Tennis Courts in Leyte over the weekend. The…

A town in grief Hundreds join funeral rites for Espinosa Sr.

Joey Gabieta 12/04/2016

ALBUERA, Leyte- Around 1,500 supporters, family and relatives formed a kilometer-long funeral procession that brought the remains of mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. to his final resting place at the Catholic Cemetery yesterday afternoon. A poignant aura pervaded…

The Emirates is no haven for Kerwin

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/14/2016

Less than a month after he was arrested in Abu Dhabi, Kerwin Espinosa, the alleged biggest drug lord of Eastern Visayas, is expected to arrive in Manila on Thursday to face charges linking him to the illegal…

PALMA WANTS ANSWERS

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/13/2016

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has joined the growing call for an impartial investigation into the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. which a number of senators have described to be a premeditated killing by a…

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