Bruising Gym, in Stony Hill, one of Jamaica’s most successful boxing gyms, celebrates its seventh anniversary on Saturday night, with an eight-bout amateur boxing card, at the Stony Hill Primary and Junior High School, that will see boxers from that gym going up against those from other gyms in Jamaica. “Our boxers will be matching their skills against those from several other gyms in Jamaica, to see how we match-up, and fans should see a very exciting and competitive night of boxing” the gym’s Founder and head coach, Carl Grant told The Gleaner yesterday. Grant, who is former Jamaica amateur boxing representative, had a brief professional career, in which he won five fights and lost two. He then turned his attention to training young boxers, and decided to set up his own gym in 2008. The gym, which is located at the Community Centre in Stony Hill, started with nine boxers and now has 23 enrolled. It has turned out two boxers who moved to the professional ranks and have done well in the Wray and Nephew Contender series. They are, Sakima Mullings who won the welterweight title in 2014 and middleweight Richard Holmes, who was the runner up this year to Kemahl Russell. Two of their most outstanding amateurs are welterweight Kestna Davis and middleweight Michael Gardener, both of whom have represented Jamaica.
Binnie ranked among top 100
MUCH TO CHEER ABOUT In spite of financial challenges, Binnie had much to cheer about this year as, in addition to scoring his second professional title, he won the All Jamaica Championships for the sixth time and claimed a record-breaking sixth Caribbean Area Squash Association title. Already focused on his next objective, the Jamaican champion is looking to move up to the top 75 by next May, before cracking the top 50 before the end of 2016. Squash ace Chris Binnie is now among the top-100 players in the world after vaulting up to 93 on the Professional Squash Association’s (PSA) rankings. The six-time Jamaican and Caribbean champion reached the career-high ranking in the players standings posted by PSA this week. The major achievement is another feather in the cap of the decorated player, who set out to crack the top 100 during 2015. Binnie set the goal earlier in the year as he continued his comeback from major surgery in 2013, which led to a nine-month layoff that caused his ranking to drop as low as 300. “Getting into the top 100 is personally satisfying … because it’s been a long road back since the surgery, but now I’m on the rise and the best is yet to come,” he said. News of his new ranking came just after Binnie scored his second international professional squash title when he won the Securian Indian Summer Tournament in Minnesota last month. Next up, he plays the St Louis Open, which kicks off on November 11. He’ll contest the Florida Open in the first week of December. “Between my recent tournament win and my new ranking, I’m really motivated, and I’ll be looking to win both tournaments,” Binnie said. He also pointed out that he continues to experience challenges finding funding to offset training and competition expenses. Earlier this year, he received sponsorship from Wisynco, through their WATA brand. However, more financing will be necessary for him to keep up with the demands of the PSA Tour. “I cannot express how thankful I am to WATA for boosting my career. The sponsorship has helped to cover travel, training and accommodation costs on the pro tour. Now, I am hoping other corporate entities will come on board because I definitely need support to take my career to the next level,” Binnie said.
Richardson looks to motivate inexperienced West Indies ahead of Aussie series
BRISBANE, Australia (CMC): Team manager Richie Richardson says the West Indies, dominated by a crop of young players, must maintain a strong and positive outlook as they confront the mighty Australia in a threematch Test series starting next week. The largely inexperienced and lowly ranked West Indies Test team, led by 23-year-old captain Jason Holder, is considered underdogs to the top-ranked Aussies, who are overwhelming favourites to sweep the series despite the absence of some key players, including front-line pacer Mitchell Starc, who is injured. “Obviously, Australia is a top side, they have top players, world-class players. But on any given day you can get the better of somebody and you’ve got to back yourself, you’ve got to believe that you can get somebody out, you have to believe you can score a hundred against the best bowlers in the world,” said Richardson. “When I speak to the players, that’s how I talk to them. It does not matter who you are playing against. It does not matter how good somebody is. You’ve got to believe you can get the better of them, and if you do that then you start to gain respect, and you will find yourself at the same level with them, probably even past them.” The West Indies squad for the tour does not include their biggest-name players, who instead will be in Australia for the Big Bash League. Just four of the West Indies’ 15-man squad have played Test cricket in Australia – batsman Marlon Samuels, fast bowlers Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor, and wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin. Of the rest, the only one to have played any international cricket in Australia, including last summer’s World Cup, is Holder. “We have a young team that we are grooming and we just hope they would gather as much experience in playing Australia. Australia is a great place to play cricket; great facilities, great weather and the cricket is very competitive,” said Richardson. “So the young players will be looking to gain as much experience as possible and try and compete with Australia. We’ve got to be positive, it’s a game of cricket and we are playing at the highest level. We are professionals so we just have to work hard, train hard and back ourselves.” Richardson was speaking as the players prepared for a warm-up match ahead of the three-Test Frank Worrell Trophy Series. The match against Cricket Australia XI started yesterday evening at the Allan Border Field at 10 a.m. (8 p.m. Eastern Caribbean time/7 p.m. Jamaica time).
Red Force welcome uncapped trio for openers
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Three uncapped players have been named in a 13-man Trinidad and Tobago Red Force for the first two games of the Regional Four-Day season, which bowls off next week.All-rounder Jyd Goolie and left-arm spinner Khary Pierre, along with another all-rounder, Roshon Primus, will join the side led by Yannick Ottley.Red Force open their first-class campaign in a day/night pink ball game against Windward Islands Volcanoes at Queen’s Park Oval before also hosting Barbados Pride the following weekend.Head coach Gus Logie said preparation had been extensive and his side was ready for the upcoming season.”Our preparation has taken into consideration all aspects of the game. We looked at our fitness levels and we worked on improving that, discussed our teams goals and mental strength,” Logie told the Express newspaper here.EXPECTATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS”At the end of the day, we discussed our expectations of each other and improving our skill level.”We have done a lot of work in the nets, and unfortunately, the pitch at the National Cricket Centre is under reconstruction so we were unable to have enough middle practice as we would want to, but the nets were available to us and we had a few practice games.”Goolie, a lower-order batsman and off-spinner, was a member of the West Indies Under-19 squad, which won the Youth World Cup in Bangladesh earlier this year.He struck an unbeaten hundred in a recent trial game to force his way into the selectors’ frame.Pierre, meanwhile, is a left-arm spinner, while Barbadian Primus, 21, is a right-arm fast bowler.However, Red Force will have to do without the experience of all-rounder Rayad Emrit and Evin Lewis, who are both unavailable for selection due to their commitments in the Bangladesh Premier League.SQUAD – Yannick Ottley (captain), Jeremy Solozano, Kyle Hope, Yannic Cariah, Jason Mohammed, Jyd Goolie, Steven Katwaroo, Imran Khan, Roshon Primus, Marlon Richards, Khary Pierre, Jon Russ Jaggesar, Sheldon Cottrell.
$1 million up for grabs in Elite youth league
GAMES EVERY SATURDAY The competition will run from March 18th to May 20th, with games played across the country and broadcast live on SportsMax each Saturday. Each parish team will include the top 25 players, selected by their parish association, with at least 20 players being Under-18 and no more than five players between the ages of 18 and 20. The winning team will take home $500,000, the second place team $200,000 and $100,000 each going to the losing semi-finalists. There will also be awards of $100,000 each for the Fairplay and Most Valuable Player awards. Associate sponsors ScotiaBank will conduct a development clinic, the ScotiaBank Elite Academy, which will reward the play-off teams and selected standout players of the tournament with specialised training conducted by international coaches. Over $1 million in total prizes will be up for grabs at this year’s first staging of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF)/SportsMax Under-18 Elite League football competition. The tournament, which is Jamaica’s premier youth football competition, comprises of 13 parish teams, with over 325 of the best youth players taking part. Speaking at yesterday’s launch, which was held at the JFF office in New Kingston, general secretary of the federation, Raymond Grant, said the competition is a step in the right direction as they seek to develop the country’s football. “The objective of the competition is to foster an increase in competitive matches at the highest level for our youth footballers as they improve their game and progress to the national senior team and other professional and collegiate opportunities,” said Grant. “The JFF has made a commitment to invest in local football so that it can serve as the foundation of our senior level players in the future,” Grant added. Tanya Lee, head of marketing at SportsMax, said her company is committed to contributing to the development of Jamaica’s football. “SportsMax has been instrumental in ensuring that local and international coverage of youth football continues to receive unprecedented international exposure,” said Lee. “We started with our coverage of the schoolboy football seasons in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and see the SportsMax Elite league as a further opportunity to amass the best players at the high school level,” Lee added.
Edwin Allen too strong to lose
The Class One 100m hurdles should be tasty, too, with Anderson’s teammate Amoi Brown upsetting favoured Gabrielle McDonald, now at Edwin Allen, at the Trials. McDonald bounced back to win at Central Champs, but also has to be wary of Janeek Brown, the Wolmerian who has won gold in lower classes at Champs. Though injuries seem to have slowed 2016 Class One 100 winner Patrice Moody, Edwin Allen seem to have more than enough depth to ride past that difficulty. As a sign of squad depth, shortly after Moody’s troubles became apparent, her Class One teammate, Kashieka Cameron, set a personal best of 11.49 to win the Trials 0.05 ahead of St Jago’s Aneka Brissett. It was a sign of how hard it will be to beat Edwin Allen at Champs. Apparently, you can’t keep a good team down. CLOSE TO RECORD 100M HURDLES Hydel High, St Jago High and Holmwood Technical High schools have all built wonderful teams for the 2017 staging of the Boys and Girls’ Championships. Ironically, these three top teams look set to battle each other for second place when the Girls’ Championships begin on March 28 inside the National Stadium. The author of the dilemma is Edwin Allen High School, which appear too strong to lose. If CHAMPS WATCH is right, the Michael Dyke-coached Edwin Allen team will win its fourth straight team title and fifth overall. Edwin Allen appear capable of scoring 370 points. That’s far away from the all-time high, under the current scoring system of 400.5, but is more than enough to win. Hydel, Holmwood and St Jago all come at about 260 on the points scale. That means a tremendous battle for second place in the offing. The platform for Edwin Allen’s success lies in Class Three. Led by record-breaking sprinter Kevona Davis, this group is the only one from any school to have the capability of scoring 100 points. Solid Edwin Allen squads in Classes One, Two and Four should bear the Championship Trophy back to Frankfield. Early season losses seem to have propelled Cemore Donald to accelerate in the Class Two middle distances. Now, the triple Class Three gold medallist has come through stern tests in the 800 and 1,500 metres to emerge as the Class Two favourite in both events. The leggy Donald has clocked 2 minutes 08.53 seconds over the 800 metres and her meeting race at that distance with Charokee Young of Hydel may be one of the races of the meet. Young beat Holmwood’s Class One star Chrisanni May at the recent G.C. Foster Classic, but lost to Donald in Class Two at Central Champs. She may have more to give. Dyke’s Class Three 800 and 1500m crew isn’t any worse since Donald’s move up. Rushana Dwyer has run wonderful times and will keep the Edwin Allen flag flying high. In Class Four, Dyke has assembled an awesome team of sprinters. Just two years after Davis and company twice made history by breaking 47 seconds in the Class Four 4x100m, another Edwin Allen quartet sped to a winning time of 46.30 seconds at Central Champs. That fast four include Serena Cole, the Central 100 metre champion, and nippy Tina Clayton. Holmwood are back on the rise. The 10-time champion school is limited in Class Four, but are great everywhere else. May, Class Two long jumper Suzan Francis and Class One hurdler Nicolee Foster are prominent names, but when Champs ends, Mishae Harriott could be the Holmwood heroine. She is encroaching on Kimone Shaw’s Class Two 100 metres record of 11.48 seconds with a recent run of 11.50. Though she lost to St Catherine High School standout Julien Alfred of St Lucia at Central Champs, she is coming to Champs in cracking form. Hydel have come a long way in a short time. New to Champs in 2010, this team isn’t far from being genuine Championship contenders. With Corey Bennett at the helm, Hydel have added to their traditional sprints-jumps-relays base a powerful 800-1,500-2,000 steeplechase-3000 unit. World Under-20 discus finalist Devia Brown will lead the Hydel field events team into action. Hydel’s multitalented Shian Salmon is hamstrung by new rules restricting the number of events one athlete can do. She is fast in the 400 and 400 metres hurdles and is a record-breaking high jumper. The same goes for Hydel’s second year Glengoffe High transfer, Trishuana Hemmings, who can sprint, long jump and do hurdles. Both are in Class One. In that class, Roniesha McGregor may show how good Hydel have become in the 400 metres. Last year, she was the only person to beat Junelle Bromfield, then at St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS), over the distance when she beat her head-to-head at the Kirkvine Development meet. This time, STETHS have McGregor’s World Under-20 teammate Stacy-Ann Williams, who is fresh from a personal best of 52.62 seconds at the G.C. Foster Classic. Shaw has arguably been St Jago’s best Girls’ Championships performer of the last few years. She has won every class and holds the 100 metres records in Classes Two and Four. This season, she and reigning Class Two 200m champion Shaniel English are off the pace and face fast opponents, including Harriot, Alfred and gifted Vere Technical hurdler Brittany Anderson in the 200m. This year, the top ‘Lady Monk’ should be Shaw’s teammate Tissana Hickling. Second in the Class One long jump and the Open triple jump last year to the now graduated Samara Spencer of Hydel, Hickling has the season’s best mark in both events – 6.39m and 13.29 metres, and it isn’t really close. Joanne Reid is being peaked perfectly by head coach Kelando Goburn. The lanky Reid will launch her bid to defend her Class Three 400 metres title from the top of the 2017 performance charts at 54.49 seconds. Aside from the 5-day battle for team honours, there are events which will be worth the price of entry by themselves. Prime among them is the Class Two 100m hurdles, where Anderson rules. After a loss at the early-season McKenley-Wint Classic to Ray-Donna Lee of Hydel, the Vere girl has routinely gone faster than the Champs record of 13.38 seconds with times of 13.18 and 13.21. The defending champion, Daszay Freeman, has emerged as her main challenger with a personal best of 13.44 behind Anderson at the Carifta Trials. Holmwood’s Shanette Allison, a former Class Three and Four winner, is also right up there.
Planter’s time to shine
Describing his style as “upbeat”, he said that he never underestimates an opponent, and tries to fashion his tactics to what his opponent brings to the table. He said that he has looked at tapes of Planter in action, and has worked out a plan for victory with his trainer Don Nelson. “I will take a good look at him in the first round and then take it from there,” he said. In his last fight in November, Rose stopped Ryan Young, who is on the Canadian team to Jamaica, in the first around. “I am ready for action,” he declared. Planter was in a subdued mood when he spoke with The Gleaner. “I have worked hard for this contest as I want it to be my most successful. I have been there twice, and this time I am aiming for the final,” he stated. Commenting on his opponent, he said that he has looked at tapes. “The first thing that struck me is that he is a big guy. He will have size over me, but I will counter that with my speed,” Planter said. This promises to be an evenly matched encounter, and there should be plenty of action from round one. Jamaica’s Ricardo Planter makes his third try for the Wray & Nephew Contender title when he takes on Canadian Phil Rose, in the second contest of the 2017 junior middleweight series, which continues tonight at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium on Old Hope Road in St Andrew. The action starts at 8:30 p.m. with two amateur bouts, followed by the main contest over five rounds at 9:30, which will be broadcast live by Television Jamaica. Jamaica’s Sakima Mullings defeated Canada’s Winston Matthews on points in the first round of the competition. Planter, who has a 6-8-2 record, will face a stiff challenge from an opponent who boasts a 6-4 record and said yesterday that his mission when he entered the series was to win the title and the $2-million. “Two things fascinated me about the Contender series,” he told The Gleaner yesterday. ” First is the prize money, which I can use, and second, the venue is Jamaica, the birthplace of my parents, Phillip and Claudette Rose. I was born in Canada, and I have never been to the place they call home, so this is a great opportunity for me. “In addition, I will have a lot of family from Red Hills cheering for me,” he added. “I have been reaching out to uncles and aunts and cousins since I came in over the weekend, and I know that they are anxious to see Pablo and Paulette’s son perform.” Those are the names that his parents are known by in family circles, he volunteered. ‘UPBEAT’ STYLE
JPS gives more to Western Primary Champs
WESTERN BUREAU:The Jamaica Public Service has increased its sponsorship to $2 million for the 2017 JPS Western Primary Schools’ Athletics Championship.This year’s meet is set for June 9 and 10 at the Montego Bay Sports Complex in St James.The sponsorship cheque, which shows an increase of $1.2 million over last year, was handed over to the organisers at yesterday’s launch. More than 32 schools are set to compete at the meet.”JPS is very excited to once again partner with Albert Ferguson (meet director) and his team,” T’Shura Gibbs, director of JPS Region West, said. She added that the meet organisers have been creating a platform for hope in the children.In response, Ferguson lauded JPS and other sponsors for their continued support of athletics development in western Jamaica, noting that many young star athletes began their careers at the meet. He mentioned Carifta gold medallist Jauvaney James of St Elizabeth Technical. James is a past student of Anchovy Primary.”I want to thank all of you collectively for your continued contribution to the development of track and field at the primary level,” Ferguson outlined.This year marks the first time that the meet will be held over two days and will feature 42 events, most of which will be contested in heats, semi-finals and finals. Eight of the finals will be contested on the first day.”As we strive to develop future champions of the sport, the organising committee has decided to introduce some new events. These include the girls’ open 70m hurdles, boys’ open 80m hurdles and high jump open for boys and girls,” Ferguson disclosed.FIRST-TIME ENTRANTSSet to compete in the championship for the first time is Waldensia Primary, the school which produced current world 100 and 200 metres record holder Usain Bolt. Other newcomers are Glen Stuart Primary, Holland Primary, Vaughnsfield Primary, Lethe Primary and Williamsfield All-Age. Corinaldi Avenue Primary are the defending champions.”For the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), this is all about development and we have seen the foundation that has been made by the Western Primary Championships,” said Denzil Wilks, general manager of SDF, in his address at the launch.
Arellano stays alive, knocks off San Sebastian
Jake says relationship with Shaina ‘goes beyond physical attraction’ It’s too early to present Duterte’s ‘legacy’ – Lacson Michael Cañete. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/ INQUIRER.netArellano stayed alive in the NCAA Season 93 men’s basketball tournament, stunning San Sebastian, 85-79, Tuesday at Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.In a precarious position of missing the Final Four, the Chiefs played to their full potential to force a fifth place tie with the Golden Stags at 7-9 and fan their playoff hopes as the elimination round nears the close.ADVERTISEMENT Jo Koy: My brain always wants to think funny Kiss-and-tell matinee idol’s conquests: True stories or tall tales? Sports Related Videospowered by AdSparcRead Next MOST READ LATEST STORIES View comments “We made minor adjustments on our end. At first, I felt our team doesn’t really believe in team defense. But in the end, we helped each other out,” said the mentor.Allyn Bulanadi topped San Sebastian with 14 points and four rebounds, while Ilagan also got 14 markers in its third straight loss.Michael Calisaan also registered a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds, as the Golden Stags were denied of a chance to inch closer on securing a playoff for the last Final Four seat.The Scores:ARELLANO 85 – Salado 22, Cañete 15, Dela Cruz 10, Nicholls 9, Viloria 8, Abanes 6, Flores 4, Meca 4, Alcoriza 3, Concepcion 2, Enriquez 2, Taywan 0.ADVERTISEMENT OSG plea to revoke ABS-CBN franchise ‘a duplicitous move’ – Lacson Coco’s house rules on ‘Probinsyano’ set Ginebra, Meralco expect ‘tough, rough’ finals series to go the distance For the complete collegiate sports coverage including scores, schedules and stories, visit Inquirer Varsity. SAN SEBASTIAN 79 – Bulanadi 14, Ilagan 14, Calma 12, Gayosa 9, Navarro 9, Calisaan 7, Capobres 7, Costelo 3, David 2, Mercado 2, Baetiong 0, Quipse 0, Valdez 0.Quarters: 20-19, 38-33, 60-52, 85-79. Kent Salado topped Arellano with 22 points, six assists, four rebounds, and two steals, but had to exit the game with 8:22 remaining after hyperextending his right leg after RK Ilagan fell on him on the rebound play.But Arellano got a huge boost from its other players, as Michael Cañete fired six of his 15 markers in the fourth quarter, to go with three boards, two dimes, and three steals, while Levi Dela Cruz had 10 points, two rebounds, two assists, and two steals.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSRedemption is sweet for Ginebra, Scottie ThompsonSPORTSMayweather beats Pacquiao, Canelo for ‘Fighter of the Decade’SPORTSFederer blasts lack of communication on Australian Open smog“The first three quarters was laid down by Kent and we had a good start. So it was up to the others to help is and it’s high time for them to know how to close it without Kent,” said coach Jerry Codiñera.Zach Nicholls also stepped up, going 3-of-9 from three to collect nine markers, none bigger than his dagger trey from the left corner to push the Chiefs up, 83-72, in the final minute. Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. Jake says relationship with Shaina ‘goes beyond physical attraction’ Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard PLAY LIST 02:14Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard02:56NCRPO pledges to donate P3.5 million to victims of Taal eruption00:56Heavy rain brings some relief in Australia02:37Calm moments allow Taal folks some respite03:23Negosyo sa Tagaytay City, bagsak sa pag-aalboroto ng Bulkang Taal01:13Christian Standhardinger wins PBA Best Player award Margot Robbie talks about filming ‘Bombshell’s’ disturbing sexual harassment scene Steam emission over Taal’s main crater ‘steady’ for past 24 hours
Tamaraws come up short against the Green Archers anew
MOST READ As Caracut stole Dennison’s pass, FEU head coach Olsen Racela was beside himself in disbelief.READ: Bench-clearing brawl erupts in La Salle, FEU pre-season gameFEATURED STORIESSPORTSRedemption is sweet for Ginebra, Scottie ThompsonSPORTSMayweather beats Pacquiao, Canelo for ‘Fighter of the Decade’SPORTSFederer blasts lack of communication on Australian Open smog“We came out short, I like effort of the guys but you know it came down to the last play,” said Racela Wednesday at Smart Araneta Coliseum after losing to La Salle 75-73.It could’ve been the first time in Aldin Ayo’s tenure that La Salle would’ve lost two straight. But Green Archers held their composure despite FEU’s relentless attacks and managed to hold the Tamaraws at bay in the fourth quarter.READ: La Salle bounces back, frustrates FEU“We were catching up the whole game so I couldn’t say we had La Salle’s number,” said Racela in Filipino. “We managed to limit Ben Mbala to 18 points, and for a guy who averages around 30 a game, I think the team followed the game plan.”FEU, however, wasn’t able to stop Jolo Go and Ricci Rivero.Rivero scored a game-high 20 points while Go went 4-of-5 from deep for 14 points. And it was Go who kept extinguishing FEU’s late-game fire.ADVERTISEMENT Coco’s house rules on ‘Probinsyano’ set OSG plea to revoke ABS-CBN franchise ‘a duplicitous move’ – Lacson Margot Robbie talks about filming ‘Bombshell’s’ disturbing sexual harassment scene For the complete collegiate sports coverage including scores, schedules and stories, visit Inquirer Varsity. It’s too early to present Duterte’s ‘legacy’ – Lacson LATEST STORIES READ: Mbala to miss La Salle’s UAAP Season 80 opener vs FEUFEU staged a 16-7 run in the fourth quarter to cut an 11-point lead to just two, 67-65, only to see Go score five straight points in less than a minute to give La Salle a 72-65 cushion with 3:23 to go.La Salle mproved to 6-2, the second-best mark in the league behind Ateneo, while the Tamaraws dropped to 4-4. Jake says relationship with Shaina ‘goes beyond physical attraction’ Jo Koy: My brain always wants to think funny Sports Related Videospowered by AdSparcRead Next View comments Kiss-and-tell matinee idol’s conquests: True stories or tall tales? Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.netFar Eastern University came tantalizingly to handing defending champion De La Salle its second straight loss in the UAAP Season 80 men’s basketball tournament.With 2.2 seconds left, all Ron Dennison needed to do was pass the ball to an open teammate who could’ve made the game-winner but Andrei Caracut wouldn’t let the Tamaraws get their shot at history.ADVERTISEMENT Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard PLAY LIST 02:14Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard02:56NCRPO pledges to donate P3.5 million to victims of Taal eruption00:56Heavy rain brings some relief in Australia02:37Calm moments allow Taal folks some respite03:23Negosyo sa Tagaytay City, bagsak sa pag-aalboroto ng Bulkang Taal01:13Christian Standhardinger wins PBA Best Player award NU fends off FEU for 1-0 lead in PVL Finals Steam emission over Taal’s main crater ‘steady’ for past 24 hours Jake says relationship with Shaina ‘goes beyond physical attraction’