PBA Finals: San Miguel nips Meralco in thriller, ties series 1-1

Denison Rey A. Dalupang 06/08/2024

San Miguel played with steely nerves down the stretch to survive plucky Meralco, 95-94, leveling the championship series of the PBA Philippine Cup to a game apiece. The Beermen rode the hot hands of CJ Perez all…

Power outages hit 3.2 million in Metro Manila, environs

Jordeene B. Lagare 10/30/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Power interruptions hit over 3 million customers in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces due to Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae). In its advisory, Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) reported that 3,279,416 customers experienced momentary and…

Bohol residents get more aid

Doris C. Bongcac 01/01/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – More help has arrived for the province of Bohol. Governor Arthur Yap said in a social media post that a donation of 40 generator sets and assorted solar lamps are scheduled to arrive…

Meralco, TNT force decider

Denison Rey A. Dalupang 11/26/2020

They say the greatest two words in sports are “Game Seven.” For a Meralco squad that faced the end of its season twice in the stretch, Game 5 sounds just as sweet. The Bolts, after all, have…

The end is near for Meralco

Denison Rey A. Dalupang 01/16/2020

Even one of the gutsiest stands by a player in years failed to stop a rampaging Barangay Ginebra, which is now within a win of claiming a third PBA Governors’ Cup title in four years. The Gin…

Ginebra takes 2-1 lead over Meralco in PBA Governors’ Cup Finals

Dennison Rey A. Dalupang 01/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Barangay Ginebra slipped past Meralco, 92-84, for a 2-1 series lead in the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals Sunday night at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao. Stanley Pringle emptied 17 of his 21 points in…

‘Road Kings’

Dennison Rey Dalupang 01/10/2020

Meralco coach Norman Black knows Barangay Ginebra counterpart Tim Cone and his charges will be bringing more than a winning feeling when they shoot for a 2-0 lead against his Bolts in the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals…

Ginebra draws first blood in PBA Finals

Denison Rey A. Dalupang 01/08/2020

Justin Brownlee shouldered much of the offensive load early on for Barangay Ginebra—and then some late in the game. In the end though, Japeth Aguilar delivered the play that mattered. Brownlee had four free throws in the…

BATTLE BEGINS

Dennison Rey Dalupang 01/07/2020

Barangay Ginebra’s Tim Cone and Meralco’s Norman Black have seen a lot of things transpire in their very long careers in the Philippine Basketball Association, and know that the Governors’ Cup Finals, which they will be a…

It’s going to be Meralco vs Ginebra in the finals again

Denison Rey A. Dalupang 12/24/2019

ANTIPOLO—With its defense clicking in the final three periods, Meralco on Monday night, December 23, 2019, took the best that TNT could offer and beat the KaTropa silly in the end, with an 89-78 victory in the…

TNT nears finals berth in PBA Governors’ Cup

Dennison Rey A. Dalupang 12/20/2019

TNT used a fiery third period to pull the rug from under Meralco, 101-97, and seize control of their PBA Governors’ Cup race-to-three semifinal duel on Thursday night at Araneta Coliseum in Cubao. The KaTropa outscored the…

Durham’s triple-double helps Meralco tie series with TNT

Musong Castillo 12/18/2019

A day before Game 2 of this PBA Governors’ Cup Final Four series was to be played, all the talk was on how Allen Durham should be contained. It was all that—talk. The workmanlike Meralco import had…

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