Against all odds By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   BY the time you read this, the second game of the best-of-three championship series of the First Governor’s Cup Inter-Town Basketball Tournament between Manaoag and Binmaley is already over. I talked to some keen observers in the tournament after the first…

Manaoag snatched the first match By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   THE odds were even for finalists Manaoag and Binmaley before the start of their first game in the best-of-three championship series at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) of the very successfully organized First Governor Amado “Pogi’…

It’s Manaoag vs Binmaley in finals By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   AFTER Alaminos City and Urdaneta City convincingly subdued their foes in the second game of their best-of-three semifinal series of the First Governor’s Cup Inter-Town Basketball Tournament on March 26 to force a knockout game on April 1,…

Urdaneta, Alaminos avenge defeat, force final match By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   AFTER both teams of Urdaneta City and Alaminos City suffered humiliating defeats in the hands of Binmaley and Manaoag teams, respectively, on March 25 in their first of the best-of-three semifinal games of the First Governor’s Cup…

Guv Pogi’s sports programs By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   BY the time you read this piece, the first and second twin semifinal games in the best-of-three series of the First Governor’s Cup Inter-Town Basketball Tournament between Binmaley versus Urdaneta City and Manaoag against Alaminos City are already over. And…

Manaoag vs Alaminos, Binmaley vs Urdaneta in semis By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   THE dust has cleared and only the teams of Alaminos, Binmaley, Manaoag, and Urdaneta City are in the winners’ circle to play in the semifinals of the First Governor’s Cup Inter-Town Basketball Tournament of Gov. Amado Espino…

Perplexing, Pacman’s next fight By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   FROM Australian Jeff Horn to Briton Amir Khan. From Brisbane, Australia to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. From five to thirty-eight million dollars. From April 23 to May 20. And now Manny “Pacman”s promoter Bob Arum said the Manny Pacquiao-Amir…

Scrambling to enter semis By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE  quarterfinals of the Inter-Town Basketball Tournament organized by Governor Amado “Pogi” Espino lll is now at the homestretch. The sixteen teams are bracketed into two groups and only two teams will enter the semifinals. As of February 25 and 26,…

Guv Pogi’s advocacy By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. OUR young and energetic province chief executive Amado Espino III with less than a year governing our province, is obviously showing his fervent love for sports not only for the young ones but also to aging people. He already organized a province-wide…

Binmaley five stays unblemished By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 2017 Inter-Town Basketball Tournament is now at the halfway mark. Sixteen of the 38 towns that originally participated are now in the quarterfinals bracketed in two groups, eight teams apiece. I managed to watch the second day of the quarterfinals…