San Juan News

Violence mars San Juan demolition
MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – Violence erupted between residents and a demolition team in San Juan City Wednesday morning in an attempt by the city government to reclaim land intended for the new city hall.

Street renamed Pope John Paul II Ave.
Juan Luna Avenue (formerly known as San Jose dela Montana Avenue) is now Pope John Paul II Avenue.

NLEX Goes for D-League crown
source: Jonas Terrado | mb.com.ph North Luzon Expressway shoots for its second straight title Tuesday as it takes on Freego Jeans in Game 2 of their PBA D-League Aspirants Cup title series at The Arena in San Juan. Coming off a masterful 75-51 rout of the Jeans Makers in the series opener last Thursday, the Road Warriors are again expected to reassert their dominance having assembled the best ...

Even children became victims of violent demolition in San juan
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL “They (police) treated us like animals. They were beating us to death. But we did not give up, the youth are unshaken. We fought back.” – Gerry, 17, a resident of Corazon de Jesus.

San Juan solon, residents clash on FB
Activists and residents opposed to the construction of the new San Juan City Hall and the demolition of houses in Barangay (village) Corazon de Jesus—an area beside the Pinaglabanan Shrine—have brought their campaign to the social networking site Facebook.

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.