Scrabble open in Cebu: More than 100 word wizards expected to compete

Glendale G. Rosal 04/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over a hundred word wizards from around the country are expected to converge at the SM Seaside City Cebu for a major scrabble event slated on May 6 to 7. This developed as…

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…

Bahay, Cebuano high school basketball star, to play for UP Fighting Maroons

Glendale G. Rosal 03/30/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano champion point guard Jared Bahay promises to bring in not just his elite basketball skills, but his leadership and competitiveness to the University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons. This was after…

Delos Santos to law enforcers: ‘Step up’ efforts in capturing killers of public servants

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu City councilor is urging law enforcemers to “step up” their efforts to apprehend those responsible for crimes involving the murder of public servants. Cebu City Councilor Mary Ann delos Santos vented…

UP Sunflower Run in honor of women and children

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/14/2023

“Pagpugay sa Kababaihan, Pag-asa Para sa Kabataan”. The first ever UP Sunflower Run was held last March 11, 2023 at the Academic Oval of Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines (UP) as part of the…

UP Fair as a music festival on social issues

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 02/21/2023

Music serves as a vehicle for social change with its power to emotionally, morally, and culturally affect society. Political expressions always had their place in music as artists often use their creative talents to send message on…

UP professor arrested for ‘violating’ SSS law

Abby Boiser 02/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The arrest of a university professor for an alleged labor violation drew outrage in her own community, which cited an accord with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) restricting police presence…

Rio, Talisic rule Cebu leg of Philippine Scrabble Caravan

Glendale G. Rosal 01/30/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Odette Carmina Rio and Lord Garnett Talisic emerged as the champions in the Philippine Scrabble Caravan Cebu Leg over the weekend at the Arts and Sciences Hall of the University of the Philippines…

Eraserheads and nostalgia of UP college life

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/27/2022

The reunion concert of the Eraserheads dubbed “Huling El Bimbo” is peppered with elements associated with our college life at the University of the Philippines (UP). Eraserheads performed before a huge crowd of 75,000 people on Dec. 22, 2022…

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…

‘UP Fight’ reverberating during UAAP games

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/21/2022

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) games galvanized an extraordinary sense of solidarity for constituents of the University of the Philippines (UP), often described as the microcosm of a highly diverse nation. An academic community…

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…

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