San Carlos News

Children celebrate Mission year
SAN CARLOS City, Feb. 1, 2011—The Missionary Community in San Carlos City celebrated the feast of Sto. Niño and the Holy Childhood Sunday last January 15 through a children “Sinulog” presentation. Around 150 missionary children gathered at Balay sa Nazaret and held a procession to the chapel. The children prayed for the whole world represented by the five continents. read more

Police: Palparan sighting in San Carlos untrue
THE regional office of the Philippine National Police declared that the reported presence of retired major general Jovito Palparan Jr. in San Carlos City is untrue.

USC surprises Sacred Heart in CYBL
THE University of San Carlos (USC) South took over the solo lead in Group B of the 16-Under division following a 31-28 come-from-behind win over Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu 1 (SHS-AdC) last weekend in the Cebu Youth Basketball League...

Neil Young company sued over warehouse fire
A company founded by Neil Young is facing a lawsuit over a fire in the San Francisco Bay Area that authorities say started in a vintage car the rocker had converted into a hybrid vehicle.

Utzurrum: Of historic bells and a book on Cebuano ties
MY GOOD friend Cecilia ‘Baby’ Manguerra-Brainard has done it again—for the ninth time that is—writing her ninth book entitled, Out of Cebu, Essays and Personal Prose. The book released by the University of San Carlos Press, will be launched on Sunday, Feb. 5, at 2:30 pm at the Granada Room of Casino Español de Cebu.

Learning to kick the ball: The different football styles
Football is the world’s most popular sport and has been dubbed “the beautiful game.” Though it may seem like you can boil the sport down to” kick the ball hard,” there’s actually a lot going on in a game of football. In this series, “Learning to Kick the Ball,” we bring you the football basics to help those new to the sport learn to become beautiful, or at least be part of the beautiful game.

Olympics: Not about medals for cash-splashing Sweden
STOCKHOLM—Sweden's sports and culture minister has told Reuters the government does not expect a gold rush of Olympic medals despite investing almost 200 million euros ($264 million) in sport.

Australia, Japan football hit by Olympic setbacks
Australia's Olympic hopes were dealt a major blow with away defeat to Uzbekistan, while Japan were knocked off the top of Group C with an upset loss to Syria.

Crazyhorse demolishes Sumaba FC in Aboitiz Football
CRAZYHORSE logged a 25-0 annihilation of Sumaba FC yesterday to take over the top spot in bracket A of the men’s open category of the 14th Aboitiz Football Cup at the Aboitiz Sports Field in Subangdaku, Mandaue.

From heaven to hell, Greek sport in freefall
ATHENS (Reuters) - Peeling paint flakes from Athens' Olympic park. Its entrances locked, this once sparkling edifice to sporting greatness lies rotting and largely unused -- maintenance costs too high for near-bankrupt Greece to operate.