Misters of The Philippines 2015 Winners

Misters of the Philippines had just concluded at the Newport Performing Theater in Resorts World Manila, and the four new "Misters" that will represent and will compete in international pageants were named and here they are;

Mister International- Philippines 2015: Reniel Villareal, Pagbilao, Quezon

Mister Global-Philippines 2015: Rick Palencia, Tacloban City

Mister Model International- Philippines 2015: Arcel Yambing, Bacolor, Pampanga

Mister Tourism International-Philippines 2015- Willan Pagayon, Iloilo City

1st Runner Up- Don Cochico, Manila City 

2nd Runner Up: Kevin Fichera, Filipino Community, Italy 

Top 10 

Siegfried Bauer, Filipino Community, Germany

AR Dela Serna, Bohol

Karan Singhdole, Santa Rosa, Laguna

Ari Kane, Filipino Community, Victoria 

Top 15/Fast Tracks Winner

Red Bayron, Mati City

JE Adajar, Laguna 

Best in Beach Wear, Nicholo Zacharias, Lipa City

Best in Talent, Earlmond Lee, Olongapo City

Fitness Challenge, Jules Chan, Filipino Community, Great Britain 

Special Awards: 

Mister Photoghenic: AR Dela Serna, Bohol

Mister Friendship: Jake Camarines, Quezon City

Mister Teceruma: Rick Palencia, Tacloban City

1st RU: JE Adajar, Laguna

2nd RU: Daniel Polbrat, Filipino Community, Melbourne

3rd RU: Richard Domingo, Koronadal City

#UAAP78 Day 4: UE and Ateneo Bounces Back

In the first game of the Saturday games of the 78th season of the UAAP held at the Mall of Asia Arena, the Ateneo De Manila University Blue Eagles beats the Adamson Falcons 80-64

The Adamson Falcons kept the first half of the game close ending the first half at 34-30, but coming in to the second half, the Blue Eagles already started to pull away as they outscored the Falcons 62-48. It was a was a blowout win by Ateneo after they were beaten badly by FEU in their first game

Aaron Black was a big surprise for Ateneo, pouring in 11 points in this game to help Kiefer Ravena and Von Pessumal in the scoring department both scoring 24 and 12 points respectively in this game, Black didn't not played n their opening game.

Meanwhile, Papi Sarr top scored for Adamson with 13 points as the Falcons dropped to 0-2 to start the season.

Score:

Ateneo Blue Eagles 84: 

Ravena 24, Pessumal 12, Black 11, Nieto MA 9, Pingoy 8, Capacio 7, Tolentino V 4, Wong 3, Babilonia , Cani 2, Nieto MI 2

Adamson Falcons 60: 

Sarr 13, Nalos 9, Tungcab 9, Ochea 8, Garcia 7, Polican 7, Capote 4, Margallo 2, Ng 1


In the second game, the University of the East Warriors stuns the defending champions National University Bulldogs 76-71.

The Red Warriors were able to capitalize the sluggish state of the Bulldogs early in the game as they were able to put up a 20-16 lead at the end of the first quarter, though in the second quarter the Bulldogs were able to erase the lead of UE and take over the driver seat after a late run by NU in the  second quarter to end the first half 32-37.

In the third quarter the NU Bulldogs were able to extend their lead to 33-41, but suddenly the Red Warriors took a 9-0 run with rookie Edson Batiller pouring back to back threes to tie the ball game at 41-41 with less than 6 minutes remaining in the quarter,

UE's run extends as the defense of NU continues to struggle only scoring 9 points in the third as the Red Warriors outscored them pouring in 28 points to end the third period 60-46. In the fourth period the Bulldogs tried to make a comeback as they trimmed the lead down to 75-71 after a three by Paolo Javellona but the run of NU came late with only 6 seconds left in the game.

Rookie Edson Batiller again led the Red Warriors in this game scoring 23 points as UE gets to the winning column, meanwhile Gelo Alolino's 23 points and Paolo Javelona's 16 points didn't suffice for the NU Bulldogs as they dropped their second straight game to start the season at 0-2.

Score

UE Red Warriors 76: 

Batiller 23, Charcos 12, Varilla 11, Abanto 9, De Leon 8, Palma 6, Sta Ana 4, Manalang 3. 

NU Bulldogs 71:

Alolino 23, Javelona 16, Aroga 8, Salim 6, Diputado 5, Javillonar 5, Neypes 4, Abatayo 2, Celda 2. 

Enrique Gil Apologizes

In an interview with Mario Dumawal aired in TV Patrol last night, Enrique Gil finally breaks his silence as he apologizes to Jessie Mendiola and to all the people that were involved in the incident that happened aboard the plane bound to London the last week, "Tao lang nagkakamali". He also said that this will be the first and last time he will be involved in this kind of issue. 

Gil, who was the center of blind items and rumors in the past week after allegedly getting drunk and being affront to an actress, which was later identified as Jessie Mendiola and having a heated conversation with TV Host/Actor which was named as Luis Manzano, 

Meanwhile, Jake Cuenca and Paulo Avelino denied that they were the ones who influenced Enrique to drink too much alcohol during the flight.  

#NCAA91 Day 29: JRU Ends Losing Skid, Mapua Gets Fourth Straight Win, and Arellano Takes Back The Third Spot

In the first game of the Friday triple header of NCAA season 91, the JRU Heavy Bombers finally were able to end their 2 game losing streak after a huge 87-64 win over the EAC Generals.

The Heavy Bombers dropped a huge 25-7 first quarter bomb to completely dominate the hapless Generals in this game, even with Sydney Onwubere's 21 point performance wasn't able to trim down the lead of JRU to a single digit deficit in the whole game, as four Heavy Bombers scored in double digit that was led by Paolo Pontejos with 21 points. 

With this win the JRU Heavy Bombers now has a 7-6 record to rank 6th in the standings, meanwhile the EAC Generals dropped their 11th game to put them at the bottom of the standings with an 2-11 record. 

Score: 

JRU Heavy Bombers 87: Pontejos 21, Teodoro 13, Bernabe 13, Cruz 11, Dela Paz 7, Estrella 6, Astilla 4, Abdulwahab 4, Sanchez 3, Lasquety 2, Aurin 2, Poutouchi 1. 

EAC Generals 64: Onwubere 21, Hamadou 10, Munsayac 9, Mejos 8, Bonleon 7, Pascual 5, Corilla 2, Estacio 2.  

In the second game, the Mapua Cardinal extends their winning streak to four as they beat the Lyceum of the Philippines Pirates 70-66. 

It was a dominant start for the Cardinals as they were able to outscore the Pirates in the first quarter 25-12. Mapua easily trumps Lyceum in the second and third quarter as they were able to defend well the scorers of their opponent as well as keeping their scoring machines like Justin Serrano works to keep their lead in double digit. 

In the fourth quarter Mapua Head Coach Atoy Co got kicked out of the playing court as he kept on complaining a foul called against Oraeme, at this point Lyceum were able to closed in at 67-64 with less than 3 minutes remaining in the game, but CJ Isit were able to shoot down a three to ice the win for the Cardinals. 

Justin Serrano top scored for the Cardiinals as he scored 15 points to keep Mapua's quest to the final four alive, meanwhile Joseph Gabayni scored 21 points for the Lyceum as they bowed out of the final four contentions. 

Score: 

Mapua Cardinals 70: Serrano 15, Brana 10, Nieles 10, Menina 8, Oaeme 8, Isit 6, Que 6, Biteng 5, Aguirre 2. 

Lyceum Pirates 66: Gabayni 21, Baltazar 14, Nguidjol 12, Ayaay 8. Bulawan 3, Marata 3, Malabanan 2, Soliman 2, Sunga 1

In the main game of the Friday triple header the Arellano University Chiefs solidify their hold to the third spot after defeating the san Sebastian Stags 86-76. 

The first three quarters went close between the two squads even with Arellano has more runs San Sebastian didn't let them pull away even exchanging leads in the third quarter before the Chiefs three point shooting paved the way for them to pull away late in the fourth quarter. 

Jovanie Jalalon powers the Chiefs with a triple double performance of 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 17 assists to overcome the challenge that the Stags are giving them, meanwhile Bradwyn Guinto scores a double double performance of 19 points and 15 rebounds as San Sebastian exits the final four race. 

Score: 

Arellano Cheifs 86: Jalalon 18, Gumaru 17, Holts 11, Enriquez 10, Ortega 9, Salado 8, Bangga 6, Cadavis 5, Meca 2. 

San Sebastian Stags 76: Guinto 19, Fabian 17, Calisaan 13, Costelo 8, Santos 5, Ortuouste 5, Capobres 4, Pretta 3, Bulanadi 2. 

Misters of the Philippines 2015

The Misters of the Philippines grand finals will be this coming September 13, 7pm at the Resorts World Manila. Who among these 30 gorgeous men will be the next Mister International-Philippines 2015, Mister Global-Philippines, Mister Model-International Philippines, and Mister Tourism International-Philippines. 

#NCAA91 Day 28: Letran Gets Solo Lead, Perpetual Help Escapes To Tie At Third

Another impending upset was foiled by Mark Cruz as he carried the Letran Knights in their win against the College of Saint Benilde Blazers 79-69 in the Wednesday double header of NCAA season 91. 

CSB was off to a hot start in the first period as they led the Knights 22-13 at the end of the quarter, the hot shooting of the Blazers continued early in the second quarter with rookies Jayjay Domngo and Christian Fajarito scoring for CSB, but Letran slowly erasing the lead as they began to heat things up even tying the game at 31- all with 2:30 left in the second quarter and even getting the lead back after Kevin Racal shoots up a three to keep the Blazers behind in the third to make a 37-33 ball game with less than 2 minutes remaining but JayS Domingo scores 5 straight points to keep the game close at 40-39 at the end of the first half. 

In the second half the Blazers threaten to pull away late in the third quarter as they ballooned their lead to a 55-48 lead with two minutes remaining in the period, but the Knights were able to recover as they closed in at 56-54 to end the third period, In the fourth quarter Letran finally gets the lead back on them as the offense of  CSB gets cold as Mark Cruz scored 5 unanswered points to seal the win for the Knights.

Letran's veteran duo Mark Cruz and Kevin Racal scored 20 and 18 points respectively as the knights regain the solo lead in the standing, meanwhile rookie Jayjay Domingo and veteran Jonathan Grey combined 28 points for the CSB Blazers. 

Score:

Letran Knights 79: Cruz 20, Racal 18, Luib 16, Sollano 9, Quinto 9, Nambatac 5, Apreku 2. 

CSB Blazers 69: Domingo JJ 14, Grey14, Ongteco 12, Saavedra 10, Nayve 6, Domingo JS 5, Jonson 3, Young 3, Fajarito 2. 

In the second game Bright Akhuetie foils San Beda's revenge over the Perpetual Help Altas as he scored a buzzer beater to sweep the Red Lions 88-86 in the elimination round.

Perpetual Help started slow in the game, giving San Beda the chance to dominate them in the first quarter with a 6-16 lead 3 minutes remaining in the first period, but the Altas were able to close the lead down to a 14-17 at the end of the first, entering the second quarter Perpetual Help shooting gets hot as they were able to grab the lead at 22-21 to start the quarter, meanwhile San Beda's hot shooting turned cold as they were outscored by the Altas to end the first half 39-35. 

In the third quarter the Perps were able to build a huge 10 point lead 47-37 early in the period, but the Red Lions were able to recover late in the third as they were able to end the quarter with only a single point deficit against the Altas 61-60 after Baser Amer shoots down a three.

In the final quarter San Beda's Ryusei Koga was able to tie the game at 73- all  and eventually getting a 79-81 advantage entering the last two minutes of the game, but Bright Akhuetie was able to tie the game at 81-all, Earl Thompson scored another basket for the Altas to get a 83-81 lead with less than a minute left but Baser Amer again knocks off a three to get the lead back to San Beda at 83-84 with 45 seconds left, 

In the last 5 seconds of the game Earl Thompson almost lost the ball that could cause an overtime, but Nestor Bantayan quickly picked up the ball with 2 seconds left and pass it to Bright Akhuetie to shoot it down just in time to steal the win for the Perpetual Help Altas. 

Bright Akhuetie scored 31 points for the Altas, meanwhile Ola Adeogun score 26 for the Red Lions

Score:

Perpetual Help Altas 88: Akhuetie 31, Thompson 14, Ylagan 14, Sadiwa 10, Oliveria 6, Eze 5, Bantayan 4, Dizon 2, Cabiltes 2.

San Beda Red Lions 86: Adeogun 26, Dela Cruz 15, Mocon 12, Koga 11, Amer 10, Tankoua 8, Reyes 4.  

Garage Magazine September 2015: IM Agency and Mercator Models

Garage Magazine releases the first issue of Garage Black Booklet with two alternate covers featuring the top male models in the Philippines, on the first cover features IM Agency Guys Mikko Marcelo, Luis Hontiveros, Patrik Franksson, and Daniel Velasco

On the second cover features Mercator Models Kirst Viray, Philippe Escalambre, Erie Obsena, and Mark McMahon

The issue Garage Black booklet comes free with every copy of Garage Magazines September issue featuring Jeff Langan. 

#UAAP78 Day 3: UP, UST Scores Back To Back Win

In the first game of the 3rd day of action in the 78th season of the UAAP at the Araneta Coliseum, the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons scored their biggest win after almost a decade as they stun the De La Salle University Green Archers 71-66

The UP Fighting Maroons is proving that they will not be this seasons cellar dwellers after dominating the DLSU Green Archers in their game, leading by as much as 21 points in fourth quarter, the Maroons were able to capitalize the weak defense of the Green Archers.

Though rookie guard Andrei Caracut was able to spark a huge run for La Salle as they trimmed the huge lead down to a 61-55 lead with less than a minute left in the game, but even with the huge run by La Salle, UP still were able to keep their lead after Jeron Teng fouled out of the game after an offensive foul was called on him with few seconds left in the game.

Jett Manuel and Paul Desiderio led the UP Fighting Maroons combining 27 points to win this game, meanwhile Prince Rivero and Andrei Caracut also combined 27 points for the Green Archers in losing efforts.

Score:

UP Fighting Maroons 71: 

Manuel 14, Desiderio 13, Longa 10, Dario 9, Asilum 7, Moralde 5, Hrris 4, Vito 3, Amar 2, Gallarza 2, Prado 2. 

De La Salle Green Archers 66: 

Rivero 15, Caracut 12, Teng 10, Sargent 8, Torres 8, Go 5, Perkins 5, Muyang 3. 

In the second game, after their big win last Sunday, the FEU Tamaraws fell against the UST Tigers 72-71, after the Tamaraws failed to get a game winning shot as Mike Tolomia was forced to  turn over the ball with less than 8 seconds left in the game.

Early in the game the Tamaraws were already struggling with their offense as UST's defense was bugging and preventing them to create plays like what they did in their last game, the Tigers gave a hard time for FEU's guards Mike Tolomia and Achie Inigo to score only letting them score 8 and 3 points respectively in the game.

Even though the Tigers leading the match the Tamaraws were able to keep it close and finally were able to taste the lead in the third quarter after a 30 point explosion heading to the final quarter, UST were able to recover and grab back the lead as Kevin Ferrer shoots back to back three to take back the lead at 66-65, meanwhile with less than two minutes left Ed Daquioag scored 6 points for the Tigers to get an 72-69 lead, but a perimeter shot by Russell Escoto almost tied the game but it was only called as 2 points due to a stepping violation,

Ed Daquioag stars in this game with 18 point for UST while Mac Belo scored 17 points for FEU. Last year FEU also lost to UST in the first round with only a single point lead.

Score:

UST Tigers 72:

Daquioag 18, Ferrer 13, Abdul 12, Bonleon 9, Sheriff 7, Vigil 6, Lao 4, Lee 3. 

FEU Tamaraws 71:

Belo 17, Pogoy 13, Jose 12, Escoto RU 9, Tolomia 8, Dennison 5, Arong 4, Inigo 3. 

Yassi

Pretty, lovely, and talented, that is the three words that comes first to my mind when I hear the name Yassi Pressman, and why not she got the looks, super nice attitude and of course she can act, she can dance and now she is about to show us that she can sing, as she launches her self titled album Yassi now is one of the fast rising Viva Artist Agency talents after her debut on the big screen via the "Diary Ng Panget" Co starring James Reid and Nadine Lustre with Andre Paras. 

Her album "Yassi" was first released in iTunes and Spotify, and now officially available in CD format, the album comes with 6 original songs that is mostly upbeat or EDM since Yassi was known to be the "Princess of the Dance Floor". The songs in the album includes "Hush" which is a duet with Nadine Lustre, and "Di Ko Alam" and "Dahil Sa'yo" which she sang with his current love team partner Andre Paras, other songs are entitled "Walang Unahan", "LaLa", "The Possibility of You & Me",  

Yassi's next project in line after the album is two big movies under Viva Films, of course with Andre Paras, the first movie is set to premiere this November entitled "Wang Family" directed by Wenn V Deramas and also stars Pokwang and Benjie Paras, the second movie is their first ever movie of Andre Paras as the lead stars entitled "Girlfriend for Hire" which is also a wattpad adaptation to be directed by Jose Javier Reyes that is set to be the opening salvo of Viva Films for 2016.    

#NCAA91 Day 27: Mapua Makes It Three Win In A Row, Arellano Secures Solo Third.

In the first game of the Back-To-Back games yesterday, the Mapua Cardinals go for their third straight victory after defeating JRU Heavy Bombers 68-67 to get the solo fifth position in the standing and still keeping their final four hopes alive.

It was a close battle between the two squads in the first three quarters, in the fourth quarter the game intensifies, more as both squads refuse to give out more than four points as a lead until the dying seconds of the game, but a put back basket plus a foul for Mark Brana sealed the game for the Cardinals.

Allwell Oraeme scored 19 points to lead the Cardinals in this win, meanwhile Paolo Pontejos scored 21 points for JRU in losing efforts.

Score:

Mapua Cardinals 68: Oraeme 19, Biteng 12, Brana 12, Isit 6, Nimes 6, Nieles 5, Menina 4, Serrano 2, Layug 2.

JRU Heavy Bombers 67: Pontejos 21, TTeodoro 18, Grospe 8, Sanchez 6, Abdul Wahab 4, Dela Paz 4, Cruz 3, Poutouchi 2, Astilla 1.


In the second game, Arellano University Chiefs over powered the Lyceum of the Philippines University 97-83 to secure their solo third position.

The Arellano Chiefs completely dominated the Lyceum Pirates in the first quarter letting them score only 13 points, though the Pirates were able to catch up at the end of the first half trimming the 14 point lead of the Chiefs down to a 47-33.

In the second half the hot shooting of Arellano gets even hotter as they were able to outscore Lyceum again in the third quarter, finishing with their biggest lead in the game 75-54. In the final period the Lyceum Pirates were able to make a late run in the dying minutes of the game, but it didn't work for them as the Chiefs already secured the victory.

"The Bus Driver" Jovanie Jalalon led the Chiefs with 18 points, adding to that is Dionce Holts 16 points. On the other side Wilson Baltazar led the late run of Lyceum scoring 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter.

Score:

Arellano Chiefs 97: Jalalon 18, Holts 16, Gumaru 14, Ortega 11, Salado 9, Zamora 8, Bangga 6, Cadavis 5, Meca 4, Nicholls 4, Enriquez 2.

Lyceum Pirates 83: Baltazar 19, Ayaay 16, Nguidjol 13, Marata 10, Bulawan 8, Lugo 4, Alanes 3, Malabanan 2, Soliman 2, Lacastesantos 2, Mbida 2, Elmejrab 2.