FREE COACHING CLINIC 2014

Everyone is Invited on March 29 - 30, 2014 for a FREE Basketball Coaching Clinic

will be conducted by Coach KOY BANAL

with Former PBA Player and our very own Ormocanon Pride REY F. EVANGELISTA

and will take place at Western Leyte College Gym.

Sponsored by The Generic Pharmacy

in cooperation with the Ormoc City Sports Development Council and OCSSO.

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Thursday, March 27, 2014 by Romel "MeLL" Aparis · 0

OCSSO's CHESS TOURNEY - 2nd CON, 7th SEASON

CONGRATULATIONS

TO ALL WINNERS

OF THE

ORMOC CITY SCHOOLS SPORTS ORGANIZATION (OCSSO)

CHESS TOURNAMENT

FOR

ELEMENTARY DIVISION

AND

SECONDARY DIVISION

OCSSO's 2nd COFERENCE, 7th SEASON 2013-2014

Conference Sponsored by: SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (CSI)

In Cooperation with the ORMOC CITY SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

OCSSO's Chess, Football & Volleyball Category GRAND AWARDING is on April 11, 2014
after the 3rd Basketball Championships Game at 3 P.M. - Western Leyte College Gym
and All Basketball Grand Awarding after the 5th Championship Game at 9 P.M.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 by Romel "MeLL" Aparis · 0

Ormoc City Sports with Save The Children After Haian-Yolanda SuperTyphoon

When Ormoc City was hit by the Super Storm Haian-Yolanda, 95% of Infrastructures in the said city was devastated and that includes all sports facilities of the government, as well of all member schools of Ormoc City Schools Sports Organization (OCSSO).

With the good heart of the Save the Children International, heed the call of City Councilor RUBEN R. CAPAHI, he said, "We all know that every school will soon be opened and the children will continue their learning, there will be assignments and projects but we have to understand that those children/students were affected by the typhoon that causes destruction of their home and their family lives. Children must have the outlet for fun and enjoyment through sports and must be stress debriefed" since Atty. Capahi is incharge of the City Sports Program, he wanted that the sports activities must continue.

And because of SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (SCI), an independent organization, who stand as the Main Sponsor of this OCSSO's 7th Season 2nd Coference, the players of each different sports event is provided with uniforms, sports equipment, transportation service, insurance, rehabilitation of sports venue and most importantly 100% safe guarding from any sort exploitation and harassment.

(Photo Above: Mr. Michael Mccusker, SCI West Leyte Branch Coordinator, show-off his footwork skills on Football)

On Friday, February 28, 2014 at 3 P.M. at the Brgy. Punta Covered Court was the Opening Ceremony of the said conference and we were happy seeing our kids on their sports attire again. Thank You Mayor Edward C. Codilla, Councilor Ruben R. Capahi, Save The Children International and Everyone for Your Support & the Love of Sports.

Wednesday, March 05, 2014 by Romel "MeLL" Aparis · 0

Search for Ormoc City's Ms. WLC 2014

The search is on.. Western Leyte College, as it celebrates its 69th Foundation Day, launches its yearly search for the next Ms. WLC. Ten lovely candidates from different colleges will vie for the the crown on February 28, 2014 at 7 in the evening at the WLC Gym. The event will be highlighted by TV personalities from Manila and Mr. Bryan Termulo, a runner-up of Pinoy Pop Superstar.

The candidates for Ms. WLC 2014

(photo taken at Dr. Chunito Yu's poolside)

To view the individual photos of the candidates follow the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/miquicar.photostudio/media_set?set=a.10201523703156722.1073741941.1301090612&type=3

Thursday, February 20, 2014 by Miquicar Photo Studio · 0

Bike Festival slated in Ormoc

It's all systems go for the Terry Larrazabal Bike Festival 2013 on October 24 to 27, the biggest bike festival in the country that was founded in 2002 by former Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal in honor of his father, the late Ormoc City Mayor Emeterio "Terry" Larrazabal Sr. Larrazabal said some 700 bikers from all over the country will be joining the bikefest, as he expected a rise in the number of visitors to this city, considering that the bikers will be coming in with their families and friends.

Larrazabal said that Chris Cocalis of Pivot Cycles and Jeremy Sycip of Sycip Designs from the United States, among the big names in the cycling world, are also coming over. The National Mountain Bike Cross Country Race will also be held during the festival. He noted that TLBF has cemented its fame as the biggest cycling event in Asia. For the 2014 staging, famous cycling groups from the US and Europe have committed to join, he added.

Thursday, October 24, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

Search for Tugob Festival Queen 2013

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

Kalanggaman Islet - Port of Palompon 15km Kayak 2013

Wednesday, October 02, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

Palompon Tri-race October 31, 2013.

Tuesday, October 01, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

2013 Charter Day Celebration

Detailed list of date, time and venues of Ormoc Charter Day 66th Adlaw Sa Ormoc Activities. Read more..

Thursday, September 26, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

2013 Batang Pinoy Visayas: 3,000 delegates arrive in Maasin

Around 3,000 athletes, coaches, technical delegation and guests from 83 local government units are in Maasin City, Leyte for the Visayas leg of Batang Pinoy 2013 that will kick off today. The Philippine-Youth Games Batang Pinoy is part of the grassroots development program of the Philippine Sports Commission that aims to discover fresh athletes ages 15 and below mostly out-of-school youths. It was revived two years ago.

The city government of Maasin, under the leadership of Mayor Maloney Samaco, has trained volunteers and readied free billeting areas for the athletes, coaches and other guests. Samaco earlier said that Batang Pinoy Visayas Leg will be a smoke-free competition.

Maasin City is an Orchid Awardee of the World Health Organization and Department of Health for its strict implementation of smoke-free zones in the city for several years. Smoking will be strictly prohibited in the billeting quarters, playing venues, public places and public utility vehicles.

Expected to grace the event are Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose Cojuangco, Jr., Philippine Sports Commission chairman Ricardo Garcia and Atty. Jay Alano, over-all Batang Pinoy project director. Events to be contested are archery, arnis, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, chess, dance sports, futsal, gymnastics and lawn tennis.

Also pencak silat, softball, sepak takraw, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and wushu. Meanwhile, the swimming competition will be held in Leyte Sports Academy, Tacloban City which is four hours away from Maasin. The on-site registration for this event already started on Sunday.

The national games is in partnership with the Department of Interior and Local Government, the Department of Education and the respective local government units.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

Congratulations to the WLC Candidates of Miss Silka Ormoc 2013!

The Search for Miss Silka Ormoc 2013 crowned three lovely candidates from Western Leyte College of Ormoc. They are 3rd Runner Up – Miss Cyrille Tonolete from the College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, 2nd Runner Up – Miss Lovelyen Porcare from the College of Information and Communications Technology and Miss Silka Ormoc 2013 – Miss Pauline Cruz from the College of Nursing and Allied Health Science. The said event was held at the WLC Gymnasium last September 20, 2013. Cruz will represent Ormoc City during the national search for Miss Silka 2013 Pageant.

Saturday, September 21, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

Baybay ready to host 2014 EVRAA Meet, says its mayor

The city government of Baybay is set to spend P8 million for the construction of a grandstand in time for its hosting of the Eastern Visayas Regional Athletics Association (EVRAA) Meet next year. Baybay City Mayor Carmen Cari said the city is more than ready to host the biggest sporting event in the region with almost all of their sports facilities and venues already in place.

“We only need to have the grandstand for a better sports venue,” Mayor Cari said.

She said that sporting venues for such as track and field, swimming, badminton and basketball are already in place and ready for use. Additional comfort rooms would also be set up. Cari likewise added that this early, the city government has already identified schools, for the billeting of athletes, coaches and other officials who would be joining the event. “We have already chosen schools near the city where the athletes would be housed. We have more than enough for them,” Mayor Cari disclosed. Some 6,000 delegates and athletes, coaches and officials are expected to converge in Leyte for the EVRAA Meet that features football, badminton, athletics, gymnastics, softball, table tennis, taekwondo, arnis, boxing, tennis, volleyball, archery, basketball, chess, baseball, sepak takraw and swimming.

EVRAA is an annual competition of the best athletes in the elementary and high school levels and serves as a qualifying game to the Palarong Pambansa. This 2013, Leyte hosted the event at the Leyte Sports Development Center.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

New three-storey BIR office soon to rise in Maasin

The government's tax collecting agency will soon have a building of its own here, to be erected in a site granted by the city government. The structure has a budget of P50 million for an initial two-storey building, with space reserved for a third floor, a beaming Alexander Laroza, Revenue District Officer (RDO) of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) District Office 90 here in the province, said during the Action Center Kapihan sa PIA Wednesday.

"The money is already with us, the bidding notice already posted in our website, and work may start anytime this year," Laroza said. He disclosed that a 1,700 square meter lot was set aside by the city government at the reclaimed area by the sea in barangay Combado as the permanent location of the BIR, and each floor has an area of 700 square meters. It will have amenities befitting a modern office, such as a spacious lobby and digital gadgets like the one used in banks where clients get numbers and wait for their turn to be served upon display of their numbers onscreen. The BIR has been renting office space in private commercial buildings within the city proper, its present site being at the second floor of the new Saint Joseph College (SJC) building in the High School Campus.

With a forthcoming house they can call their own, Laroza hoped the personnel complement will be increased for efficiency in tax collections, saying one personnel sometimes handles one or two towns as his/her scope of coverage.

Friday, September 13, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

Ormoc's Tugob Festival all set in October

This October, the city government of Ormoc will once again showcase the local talents and performers from different schools to display the city’s abundance through a festival that is scheduled on October 20 in celebration of the city’s 66th Charter Day or “Adlaw sa Ormoc”. The Tugob Festival that was established in 2010 will once more exhibit Ormoc’s wealth for the fourth time this Charter Day. Aside from displaying Ormoc’s bounty, it is expected to generate awareness of protecting these sources from abuses so as to linger for the next generations.

Again, the festival is expected to draw thousands of spectators wherein colorful props and costumes are to be displayed. The City Culture and the Arts together with the City Tourism Office facilitates the works. The identified riches in Ormoc represented by the schools on the festival are: Pineapple – New Ormoc City National High School and Ormoc City Central School; rootcrops – Ipil National High School; Flower – Margen National High School; sugarcane – Lilo-an and Julian Gantuangco National High School; coconut – Dolores, Tongonan and Cabingtan National High School; rice – Valencia and Maticaa National High School; vegetable – Linao National High School; fish – Genaro Lureñana and Rustico Capahi National Memorial National High School; steam – Eastern Visayas State University – Ormoc City Campus; and livestock – STI College of Ormoc.

The schools are tapped to develop the dancing prowess of talented students. The criteria allow each contingent to include a minimum of 50 dancers apart from the props men. As early as July, the committee had started the preparations like the free festival management workshop granted to the contingent choreographers. And the invited speakers were the festival experts of Sinulog Foundation, Cebu City.

Yesterday, after the weekly flag-raising, Edwin Codilla, this year’s “Adlaw sa Ormoc” executive director, introduced to the city officials and employees the beautiful candidates to vie for Miss Tugob Queen 2013 title that will be held in Ormoc City Superdome on October 17. The contingents will be judged through a street dancing and a showdown. Prizes at stake are P200,000; P190,000; and p150,000 for the first, second and third with consolation prize of P150,000. And additional prizes for special awards like best street dance, costume and choreographer. The Miss Tugob Queen will receive P20,000; P15,000; and P10,000 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes, respectively, and the non-winners would receive special awards of P3,000 each.

Thursday, September 05, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

First rubberized brgy basketball court inaugurated

Punta is the first barangay of this city to install chlorinated rubber base to its basketball court in Punta gym to ensure safety of the users and to enhance the beauty. Chairman Glenn Alvin Maglasang is the brain of the rehabilitation of the gym provided by then Mayor Eric Codilla to the barangay and supervised the entire work that costs P193,000 , a project of the Sangguniang Kabataan chaired by Menchie Catingub. Maglasang said it took 27 days to finish the project due to the holes of the flooring that needed much works in resurfacing to prepare the application of the rubber base paint. He said epo-syl and epo-patch were first done that got larger pie of the whole budget. The project likewise gave employment to the skilled residents of the village who were hired to do the job.

With the completion of the work, Maglasang hoped that in a little way, it could contribute to decrease the usage of the city superdome court by bringing some of the games to the barangay. In addition, he wished other barangays to spare ample amount and duplicate their endeavor so to help curtail risk of its game players especially in basketball game who utilize the barangay courts. He said he is willing to assist other barangays in work supervision. The project was presented to Mayor Edward Codilla who graced the basketball opening in Aug. 9 dubbed as the 1st Mario Maglasang Memorial Cup, named after the late father of incumbent barangay chairman and served as the inauguration of the court’s newly installed rubber base. The court has now a colorful and shiny look that entices players and creates awareness to keep it clean all the time.

Chairman Maglasang showed the barangay accomplishment to Mayor Codilla to prove that barangay should not always depends to the city of its needs and that it can nourish through its own resources. He added that as an engineer, he envisioned of rehabilitating the gym long before he took the seat in the barangay hall. During his birthday celebration last August 13, Maglasang realized his late father’s wish who died in 1998 – to hold a basketball tournament in their village. With funds taken from his pocket, four teams each in collegiate and secondary vied for the 1st cup and Inter-Purok basketball tournament to culminate in September. The students received a trophy and a cash while the winning purok gets P3,000, P2,000 and P1,000 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd, respectively. All the games utilized the rehabilitated court in Punta gym.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

EVSU Ormoc hosts inter-campus sports, cultural competition

All is set for the EVSUlympics 2013 happening today at the Ormoc campus of Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) until Aug. 30. The inter-campus sports and cultural competition carries the theme “Bringing the Torch of Hope, Peace and Unity through Culture and Sports.”

Participating in the three-day intramurals are the main campus in Tacloban as well as the four other satellite campuses of EVSU in Burauen, Carigara, Dulag and Tanauan towns. Participants and athletes will vie for four cultural events (literary and musical, dance sport, cheer dance, Mr. & Ms. Evsulympics) and 13 sports tournaments.

The sports tournaments are basketball (men and women), volleyball (M&W), table tenis (M&W), lawn tennis (M&W), badminton (M&W), taekwondo (M&W), track and field (M&W), chess (M&W), baseball, softball, soccer, swimming and sepak takraw. This is the first time for the Ormoc campus to host the EVSUlympics since its creation in July 1997. It was supposed to play host last year but the Ormoc campus didn’t had the facilities. Preparations this year was also late because the adminsitration had to prioritize the construction of a two-storey medical and dental clinic and the purchase of its facilities worth P995,000 taken from the students’ trust fund.

Only when Dr. Rolando Musca assumed the campus directorship last June 13 did physical preparations for the intramurals begin. He rolled out more than P1 million for the construction of a stage, basketball court, food court, drainage system and pathway. Of that amount, P125,000 came from the other campuses that contribute P25,000 yearly for the EVSUlympics. For the stage construction, the graduates of batch 2011-12 contributed P332,000 while the Parents Teachers Associations of the Technology and Education Departments pitched in P200,000. The rest of the expenses came from the administrative fund.

The P1 million is aside from the P200,000 cost of holding the event. These construction activities are the biggest single development of EVSU-Ormoc in its 16-year existence. The six campuses take turns in hosting the EVSUlympics and it will take five more years for EVSU-Ormoc to host again. On the duration of his term until 2015, Musca would like to leave legacies to the school (directors are given two years to administer a campus on rotation basis). This early, he won the commitment of Sen. Antonio Triallanes IV for a two-storey building for the technology department.

Musca would also like to build a three-storey building for the education department, an audio-visual hall for seminars, symposiums and forums and a new volleyball court (and convert the existing volleyball into a tennis court). He also wants to build a swimming pool and soccer field at the Ormoc campus’ unutilized 5.2-hectare land in Alta Vista 6.465 kms. away. In the short term, Musca plans to borrow money from Land Bank of the Philippines to purchase a school bus to be used by their engineering students who attend classes at a two-hectare site in Luna also owned by the Ormoc campus. Its distance of more than eight kilometers from downtown necessitates a transport facility of which Musca plans to charge P600 to engineering students per semester to be included in their tuition.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

Larrazabal bike fest kicks off October 24-27 of 2013.

Over a thousand cycling enthusiasts are expected to join the 2013 Terry Larrazabal Bike Festival slated from Oct. 24 to 27 in Ormoc City. The event, first held in 2002, will be highlighted by the Tour de Larrazabal, a three-day, four-stage race consisting of a time trial (5 km), road race (90 km), mountain stage (140 km) and criterium (2 km loop). Except for the Tour de Larrazabal, which is limited to 200 entries, the other races—youth (14-17 years), juniors (18-23), seniors (23-29), masters 1 (30-39), masters 2 (40-above) and women’s (open)—are open to everyone. In the mountain bike class, there will be a cross-country race, single-speed cross country, 27.5 and 29 km cross country and a downhill competition.

There will also be a beer run, where after a short cross-country race, the top participants must finish two bottles of beer before being declared winners. Former Commission on Elections commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said the bikefest is in honor of his father, a sugar planter and former mayor of Ormoc. The elder Larrazabal died in 1999. “In this race everybody becomes part of one big family,” said Larrazabal during yesterday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s Malate. Registration is ongoing.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

Maasin City to host Batang Pinoy Visayas leg

The Philippine Sports Commission recently visited this city and inspected the playing venues, billeting areas and hotels for the 2013 Batang Pinoy Qualifying Leg. Around 3,000 athletes, coaches, technical/delegation officials and trainors are expected during the event. It will be participated by athletes from the Eastern, Central and Western Visayas regions.

The Batang Pinoy Visayas Qualifying Leg was held in Maasin City last week. In photo shows Mayor Maloney. Samaco; Maasin City Schools Division Superintendent Gines Murallos and other guests. The city government is all geared up for the 2013 for the sporting event according to Mayor Maloney Samaco.

“We accepted the challenge when the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) informed us last June, that our LGU was chosen as venue for the event. We are very excited to host this competition. It will beef up our qualification as a new venue for sporting events. Last February we host the National Boxing Championship,” Samaco said. The memorandum of agreement (MOA) to formalize the hosting of Maasin of this sports competition was signed last July between PSC represented by Commissioner Jose Luis Gomez and Mayor Samaco at the media room of the PhilSports Arena. It was witnessed by Maasin administrator Atty. Feorillo Demeterio, Jr. and Batang Pinoy executive director Atty. Jay Alano.

The agreement signing was held during the Sports Science Seminar conducted by world famous strength and mind conditioning experts Jason Andrew Glass and Janet Joyce Alexander attended by 400 athletes, coaches and trainors. The host city will provide free billeting for all the participating athletes, coaches, trainers, delegation officials and affiliated/local technical officials. The city will also offer free shuttle for the participating teams from the port/terminal to the billeting centers to the playing venues as stated in the agreement. The launching of the 2013 Batang Pinoy Visayas Qualifying Leg was held last week in Maasin attended by city officials, athletes, sports enthusiasts and other guests. “It will be a smoke-free Batang Pinoy competition. The smoking will be strictly prohibited in all billeting quarters, playing venues and public places and public utility vehicles. Maasin City is a Hall of Fame Red Orchid Awardee of the World Health Organization and the Department of Health,” said Samaco.

The Batang Pinoy is a tournament open to Filipino athletes whether by birth or naturalized, age 13 to 15. The best athletes from the regional leg who got the first, second and third placers, shall earn slots in the 2013 Philippine National Games – Batang Pinoy. The representation of the athletes is strictly by the LGU. This may be in the form of provincial, city, municipality and barangay representation. According to the competition mechanics, no athletes shall be accepted without accreditation of a particular LGU. An athlete shall represent only one LGU. This year’s schedule is on August 27-31 for the Mindanao Qualifying Leg which will be in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, on September in Maasin City; Luzon will be in Iba Zambales on October 15-19 and the National Championship will be in Zamboanga on November 19-23.

The Philippine Sports Commission partners with Philippine Olympics Commission, Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Education and the local government units for the National Games.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

Free cataract surgery mission call for more indigent patients

Through the efforts of the Department of Health (DOH), a 5-day free cataract surgery mission is being conducted at the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC), which targets 100 patients from the entire region in line with the celebration of the Sight Saving Month.

Part of the DOH program and services offered is the conduct of surgical missions region-wide. The free cataract surgery has started last August 5 and will end on August 9, 2013. The said mission is sponsored by the following non-government organizations: Rotary Club of Banilad Metro, Rotary Club of Kandaya, Rotaract Club of Banilad Metro (Commmunity-based), Rotaract Club of Kandaya-Tacloban (Community-based) and Delta Epsilon Fraternity and Sorority.

Dr. Lemuel Gatchalian, one of the three attending surgeons, said that this free in-house mission would really aid the indigent considering the fact that cataract surgery would cost around 35,000Php in hospitals. He added that through the Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS), it is easy for them to treat patients for about 10-12 minutes only.

“I can even operate 4 patients in an hour. But it seemed like there are lots of hours wasted because only few patients come to avail the free service”, Dr. Gatchalian disclosed in an interview. Ma. Cristina Ortilanom, president of the Rotaract Club of Kandaya– Tacloban, said that during the last week of July, there were pre-screenings conducted in the different municipalities in the region. Those who have qualified are those who can avail the free surgery and medicines. However, they are still accepting patients since some of the qualified recipients have not continued to undergo the medical project due to distance and transportation expenses.

Also, she said that they have already informed some media outlets and barangays about this activity. But still, only few patients avail the service. She admitted that lack of information dissemination to the target audience is the reason for lack of beneficiaries.

Thursday, August 08, 2013 by Anonymous · 0

Ormoc Jet Ski Race 06/29/2013.

Wednesday, July 03, 2013 by 2908123 · 0