In its official Twitter and Facebook accounts on Saturday, Bench said it is proud to welcome Sanchez as part of the family.
"Let's all welcome the fashionable @JSanchezAI11 to the ever-growing @benchtm family! #JessicaSanchez4Bench," said Bench.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Jessica Sanchez is now a Bench Clothing endorser
In its official Twitter and Facebook accounts on Saturday, Bench said it is proud to welcome Sanchez as part of the family.
"Let's all welcome the fashionable @JSanchezAI11 to the ever-growing @benchtm family! #JessicaSanchez4Bench," said Bench.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
5.2-magnitude earthquake hits parts of southern Mindanao
TAGUM CITY, Philippines—A moderately strong earthquake shook several areas of southern Mindanao before noon on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
The magnitude-5.2 quake rattled parts of Caraga and Davao regions at 11:04 a.m., followed by a magnitude-5.0 temblor several minutes later, according to Desiderio Cabanlit, Phivolcs Davao chief.
Cabanlit said the stronger quake was traced 23 kilometers northeast of Cateel town in Davao Oriental at a depth of 53 kilometers. The second shaking, he said, originated some four kilometers from the first quake at a depth of 40 kilometers. Both quakes were of tectonic in origin.
Intensity 4 was felt in Lingig and Hinatuan towns in Surigao del Sur while Intensity 3 was experienced in Bislig, also in Surigao del Sur, said Cabanlit. Intensity 4 means most people indoors feel the shaking and the movement is strong enough to sway hanging objects. Intensity 3 means many people indoors feel the quake but people outside might not feel the movement.
The quakes were also felt in Davao del Norte and nearby Compostela Valley province.
The US Geological Survey placed the quakes’ strength at magnitude-4.9 and 4.5.
No damage or injuries as a result of the quakes have been reported.
The Philippines sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire where continental plates collide, causing frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Two Filipino archers make it to the Knock out stage in London Olympics
LONDON—The Philippine campaign in the 30th Olympic Games here went
off to a prosaic start Friday with the two Filipino archers making it to
the lower half of their respective draws in the archery competitions.
Only a few hours before Friday’s Opening Ceremonies brought the
Olympics to London for the third time, Rachelle Anne Cabral completed a
not-so-auspicious kickoff at the Lored’s Cricket Grounds by placing 48th
in the knockout stage of the women’s draw.
That brought up Russia’s Inna Stepanova, who ranked No. 17, as the Filipino archer’s opponent in the first of the knockout rounds on the individual competition. The round starts on Tuesday.
Cabral finished the first half in 41st place with 318 points and faded in the second half with 309 for a total of 627. That was 44 points adrift of the two Koreans and one Taiwanese who topped the rankings with identical 671 points.
Earlier in the day, Mark Javier, the first Filipino to see action in the Games, finished even lower in rank, 55th in a field of 64. He will face American champion Brady Ellison in the knockout phase also on Tuesday.
The shy and taciturn archer from Dumaguete had what he called an average day at the range, shooting 326 in the first half and 323 in the second half for an aggregate of 649.
Slim hope
The not-so-encouraging start raised the odds even higher against the two Filipinos in the tournament proper, where the lower-ranked archers are ranged against those in the top bracket. But the new tournament format, adopted after the Beijing Olympiad, gives a glimmer of hope to the lower-ranked players and raises the possibility, albeit still remote, of an upset. That’s the slim hope that officials of the Philippine delegation are clinging to.
The 27-year-old Cabral, who hails from Tuguegarao, Cagayan, will be up against a Russian with solid credentials. Although ranked 33rd in the last world championship, Stepanova topped the World Cup in Shanghai last year after finishing second a year earlier.
She was also second in the European championships in 2010.
Javier will go up against an even more formidable opponent—the 5-foot-11 Ellison. The American champion is among the top-ranked players in the world. In fact, he is the undisputed champion in the Pan American Games and the World Cup in the last three years.
Upset not impossible
Still, an upset is not impossible.
In the 2004 Olympics in Athens, wild card entry Jasmine Figueroa created the biggest stir in the archery competitions when she upset and eliminated the former world champion from Italy, only to lose a close match in the next round.
Only a few hours before Friday’s Opening Ceremonies brought the
Olympics to London for the third time, Rachelle Anne Cabral completed a
not-so-auspicious kickoff at the Lored’s Cricket Grounds by placing 48th
in the knockout stage of the women’s draw.That brought up Russia’s Inna Stepanova, who ranked No. 17, as the Filipino archer’s opponent in the first of the knockout rounds on the individual competition. The round starts on Tuesday.
Cabral finished the first half in 41st place with 318 points and faded in the second half with 309 for a total of 627. That was 44 points adrift of the two Koreans and one Taiwanese who topped the rankings with identical 671 points.
Earlier in the day, Mark Javier, the first Filipino to see action in the Games, finished even lower in rank, 55th in a field of 64. He will face American champion Brady Ellison in the knockout phase also on Tuesday.
The shy and taciturn archer from Dumaguete had what he called an average day at the range, shooting 326 in the first half and 323 in the second half for an aggregate of 649.
Slim hope
The not-so-encouraging start raised the odds even higher against the two Filipinos in the tournament proper, where the lower-ranked archers are ranged against those in the top bracket. But the new tournament format, adopted after the Beijing Olympiad, gives a glimmer of hope to the lower-ranked players and raises the possibility, albeit still remote, of an upset. That’s the slim hope that officials of the Philippine delegation are clinging to.
The 27-year-old Cabral, who hails from Tuguegarao, Cagayan, will be up against a Russian with solid credentials. Although ranked 33rd in the last world championship, Stepanova topped the World Cup in Shanghai last year after finishing second a year earlier.
She was also second in the European championships in 2010.
Javier will go up against an even more formidable opponent—the 5-foot-11 Ellison. The American champion is among the top-ranked players in the world. In fact, he is the undisputed champion in the Pan American Games and the World Cup in the last three years.
Upset not impossible
Still, an upset is not impossible.
In the 2004 Olympics in Athens, wild card entry Jasmine Figueroa created the biggest stir in the archery competitions when she upset and eliminated the former world champion from Italy, only to lose a close match in the next round.
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