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Calinauan, Torre wanted to encourage more Ramonians to join the chess club and for the current chess players to train better in a comfortable and safe environment.

With the new facility that was expected to be turned over on August or September, the MAPEH Department could now house both current and incoming chess players when face-to-face classes begin and might become the venue for the conduct of chess tournaments as it already captured the attention of other schools.

Meanwhile, they also would like to provide chess players an allowance coming from the government funds.

of the national team SIBOL may serve as a welcome sight for the Philippine professional gaming community. However, this can develop a negative mentality among the young, local players, who consider gaming as part of their daily lives, just like the pros they idolize. They would think that they can also have a future in this field, causing them to drive away from giving importance to formal education.

It won’t really be hard to accept eSports as a true sport if it just doesn’t drastically contradict the true objective of sports, healthwise. It does promote enhanced strategic and decision-making skills. However, a competition that promotes sedentary, instead of an active and disciplined lifestyle, cannot be called a sport, especially in internationally organized events and does not deserve a slot in the SEA Games.

Ex-Ramonian snatches silver in SEA GAMES

A former RMCHS Grade 11 student brought home a silver medal in kickboxing in the 31st SEA Games held in Vietnam on May 10.

Claudine Veloso, who studied in our school for a year had to transfer to the Mountain Province to start training for kickboxing competitions, took on Bui Hai Linh of Vietnam in the semifinals of the 52 kg women’s low kick division.

The young pinay beat the Vietnamese with a 3-0 card.Her opponent who was unable to