Sipalay to host PNG triathlon
AFTER its successful hosting of the National Age Group Triathlon last March 24, Sipalay City once again plays host to another prestigious national triathlon event, the Philippine National Games (PNG) Triathlon on May 27.
The PNG Triathlon 2012 will serve as the National Triathlon...
Roadgasmic Bikers Party hits Bacolod City
KAWASAKI Motors (Phils) Corp. introduced bikers to its latest models of leisure bikes and celebrated the brotherhood of big bikers with an all-night party at Dugout Club, Bacolod City on Sunday.
To kick off the event, a contingent of bikers pulled out from Dumaguete to meet with their...
School launches countdown to Diamond Jubilee Year
THE University of St. La Salle launched on Tuesday the 52-day countdown to the Diamond Jubilee Year.
The “USLS @ 60” is dubbed “Transforming Lives, Building Communities, Shaping Futures” and it will officially kick off on July 5.
Ushered in by a Eucharistic celebration at the...
Sun.Star Bacolod top finalist in national photojourn award
MANILA - Sun.Star Bacolod was recognized Tuesday as one of the three finalists in the Best in Photojournalism (Daily) category in the Philippine Press Institute's (PPI) Annual Community Press Awards for Excellence during the awards night of the 16th PPI National Press Forum at the Traders Hotel...
ALA Promotions presents ‘Pride of Negros’ on May 4
ALA Promotions officially launched yesterday its latest offering for to Negrense boxing fans dubbed the ‘Pride of Negros’ fight card slated May 4 (Friday) at the La Proa Ballroom of L ‘Fisher Hotel, Bacolod City.
Panaad Golf Tourney tees off today at NOGCC
MORE than 100 golfers from all over the country troop to the greens of the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club, Bacolod City, as the Governor’s Cup Panaad National Golf Tournament tees off today.
The two-day tournament is a yearly event sponsored by the Vice-Mayors League of the...
Silay City’s Lin-ay Cel Marie A. Lachica wins Sunstar Readers’ Choice Award
LIN-AY sang Silay Cel Marie A. Lachica loves to read and Sunstar newspaper is also a paper of her choice.
“I’m very happy and very proud that I was awarded as the Sunstar Readers’ Choice awardee. I would like to thank my family and friends for supporting me in this pageant,” said Lachica...
Escalante runners dominate 27-km Mambukal Relay
RUNNERS from the City of Escalante dominated Monday’s 2012 Mambukal Relay which is part of the activities to jumpstart the 19th Panaad sa Negros Festival.
The 27-kilometer (27K), nine laps relay started at the Mambukal Resort in Murcia and ended at Pannad Park and Stadium in Mansilingan,...
Tibiao’s Fish Spa
ANTIQUE is where I was born. Though I grew up and raised my family here in Sugarlandia, I still consider Antique home. When ‘the darkest hour of the soul’ comes, I always find myself heading home to commune with my roots and open my being to the flow of the elements.
Something about the...
NegOcc athletes get cash incentives from Capitol
NEGROS Occidental Governor Alfredo G. Marañon Jr. and Vice Governor Genaro M. Alvarez Jr. personally led on Tuesday the distribution at the Capitol of the incentives to athletes who garnered medals for the province during the 2012 West Visayas Regional Athletic Association Meet hosted by Negros...
Mambukal Team Relay attracts 16 teams
SIXTEEN teams composed of four male and five female runners each are expected to participate in the 2012 Mambukal Team Relay slated on April 9 as part of the “19th Panaad sa Negros Festival” this year.
Playing and dining with the stars
LAST March 17, Universal Harvester Inc. (UHI) brought a basketball team of showbiz stars headed by Derek Ramsay to play an exhibition game at Colegio de San Agustin – Bacolod.
With Ramsey were Jason Abalos, Aaron Villaflor, Young JV, Jose Sarasola, Marco Alcaraz, Joross Gamboa, Luis...
18th Sugar Tee Golf Tourney winners named
WINNERS of the 18th staging of the annual Sugar Tee Golf Tournament at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club (NOGCC), Bata Subdivision, Bacolod City were awarded during the tourney's culminating activity at the NOGCC last night.
The roster of champions was led by the team of Meck...
NegOcc maintains dominance in WVRAA
NEGROS Occidental emerged champion in both elementary and secondary levels as well as in the special events of the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association Meet which was hosted by the province at the Panaad Park and Stadium from March 12 to 16.
Iloilo came in second in both...
18th Sugar Tee Golf Tourney tees off today
ONE hundred seventy eight teams from all over the country are set to tee off Friday in the 18th staging of the annual Sugar Tee Golf Tournament at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club (NOGCC), Bata Subdivision, Bacolod City.
Hosted by NOGCC in partnership with Bacolod Golf and...
Lambunao lass breaks Palaro 3,000m record
JONEZA Mae Sustituedo, the petite 4’11” barefoot runner from Lambunao, Iloilo, assured Western Visayas of a very likely gold medal finish in her event at the Palarong Pambansa this May at Pangasinan, as the 13-year-old first year high school student of Sun Yat Sen High School in Iloilo City...
Derek Ramsay to banner Universal Harvesters vs San Agustin hoopsters on Saturday
SHOWBIZ heartthrob Derek Ramsay will banner his team of showbiz personalities donning the Universal Harvester, Inc. (UHI) colors against the Colegio de San Agustin College of Nursing in an exhibition basketball match at the San Agustin Gym 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Ramsay will be backstopped by...
Western Visayas meet opens today
THE Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) meet, which is meant to serve as a dry run for the province’s hosting of the annual school-based competition next year, opens today, Monday.
“Negros Occidental will definitely bid for the hosting of the 2013 Palarong Pambansa. The...
Cuello toys with foe, scores R4 TKO
DENVER “The Excitement” Cuello-Singwangcha displayed world-class speed and power, totally dominating Indonesian foe Kid Suryana from the get-go of their scheduled ten-round fight last Saturday at the Jaro Gym, Jaro, Iloilo City.
Cuello-Singwangcha showcased his fancy footwork, throwing...
Bacaoco: It’s more fun in Ceneco
FORTUNATELY for Ceneco general manager Sulpicio Lagarde, Jr., he was in the United States on official travel when the daring hold-up at Ceneco main office occurred at around 9:15 in the morning last Friday, March 2.
Eight men, armed not only with short, high-powered firearms but also...
Hold-up well-planned, organized
THE suspects in the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) robbery seem to be familiar with the office. They knew where to go because they immediately went inside the cashier's office. They have executed the heist without panic, without intention to hurt or kill those inside, an official...
Bacolod power coop loses P3.6 million to robbers
BACOLOD CITY (Updated) -- Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) lost P3.6 million in a brazen robbery staged by eight armed men at its main office in this city Thursday morning.
In a radio interview, Ceneco employees who witnessed the five-minute heist said one of the...
Sugar leaders draw timeline to finalize action plans
SUGAR industry leaders have set a timeframe within which to finalize their action plans for the sustainability of the industry beyond 2015 when the country might be flooded by cheaper imported sugar.
“Two weeks to a month would be the time frame for these initiatives to materialize,”...
Nikki Servando wins NCAA MVP plum
NEGROS Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural and Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) and Palarong Pambansa multi-titled tennis player Bacoleña Nikki Therese Lim Servando stamped her mark as a freshman at De La Salle College of St. Benilde by bagging the Most Valuable Player (MVP) plum in her...
LOPTTA holds 3rd Marell’s Cup Age Group Tourney
FORTY participants from all over Negros saw action in the recently concluded 3rd Marell’s Cup Age Group Tournament held at Lopue’s Table Tennis Association (LOPTTA) Event Center last February 18.
Paddlers from Binalbagan, Ma-ao, Andres Bonifacio Elementary School (ABES) 1, Trinity...
