THE PROVINCIAL government of Camarines Sur has ordered a temporary ban on swimming and island-hopping activities due to strong winds associated with the northeast monsoon. In a memorandum issued on Wednesday, Governor Vincenzo Renato Luigi R. Villafuerte ordered all mayors, other local officials, and disaster management council heads to implement the prohibition. “In view of […]
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11th Asian Age Group Swimming competion to stage New Clark City Aquatics Center next year
THE Philippine Olympic Committee and the Asia Swimming Federation will bring the 11th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships to the New Clark City Aquatics Center in Capas, Tarlac in November next year. POC President Abraham Tolentino and AASF secretary-general Taha Sulaiman Al Kishry forged the agreement yesterday right at the world-class facility where the pool […]
Editorial: Preventable tragedy
In a span of 12 days, from July 13 to 25, these all happened in Cebu: A 20-year-old man died in a swimming pool in Minglanilla town; the 57-year-old budget officer of Daanbantayan died in a beach resort in the adjacent town of Medellin; and a 12-year-old girl died in a river of Carcar City.One […]
Ex-HS hoops star nabbed for defecating in pool
A FORMER high school basketball player was arrested on Friday afternoon, April 22, 2022, in a mountain resort in Barangay Liburon, Carcar City after he was caught defecating in the establishment’s swimming pool and destroying some of its equipment.Local police identified the suspect as Dilcer Gaviola, 20, a resident of Sitio Saimon, Barangay Can-asujan, in […]
Limpag: Open water dreams
During the launch of the Olango Swim Challenge, the country’s longest running open water swimming event, the organizers hoped that folks all over the country would copy their event and hold their own open water swimming contests. They were hopeful because, well, we live in an archipelago, a beach, for most of us, is just […]