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Volume III, No. 262
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Strong tornado displaces 30 families in S. Cotabato A
T least 30 families were displaced after a strong tornado ravaged two remote communities in Tantangan town in South Cotabato Wednesday afternoon. See FULL STORY, page A7
De Oro boys, and girls, train hard to be like ‘Pacman’
Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA National Training Camp held recently in Manila. The 2015 Jr. NBA and Jr. WNBA All-Stars were selected from over 12,000 boys and girls who
– all under the watchful eyes of a boxing trainer. The trainers, all former professional boxers, see to it that these boys and girls train hard so they can participate in the boxing events of Batang Pinoy, or the Philippine Youth Games, their first ticket to stardom. Gadot and the 40 young boxers, including five girls, live in a house inside the yard that serves as their training camp in Aluba, Barangay Macasandig here. The boxing trainers found them when they competed at the Boxing in the Park held every Sunday afternoon at the Amphitheater in Divisoria in this city. After they were selected, the young boxers are invited to join the Cagayan de Oro boxing team and asked to live and train at the compound in Aluba. Cagayan de Oro boxing team head coach Elmer
See BOYS, page a11
See train, page a11
By FROILAN GALLARDO of MindaNews
PAY HIKE.
Children take part in a rally Wednesday (April 29, 2015) staged by militant groups led by the Kilusang Mayor Uno-Surigao Chapter in front of the Surigao City Public Market. They are calling for increase in wages as part of their preparation for the Caraga-wide rally on Labor Day today (May 1, 2015). MindaNews photo by Roel N. Catoto
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Inside a small construction yard converted into a training camp, 11-year-old Mico Gadot and 40 other youngsters aged 11 to 19 live a life that they believe will one day propel them to boxing stardom like their idol Manny Pacquiao. Every day, Gadot and the other youngsters take turns heaving heavy rocks to strengthen their muscles
Corpus Christi Boys chosen Jr. NBA Philippines 2015 All-Stars By MIKE BAÑOS Editor at large
TWO basketball talents from Corpus Christi School in Cagayan de Oro were among the 10 boys and five 2015 WNBA All-Star Kyla Flores takes off for a block on girls who topped the 2015 Sportsmanship awardee Akemi Marteja’s attempt.
n Corpus Christi’s Ernest John Felicilda is National Camp MVP
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