Sinag Pilipinas Beats Host Myanmar With 75 Points Win

Sinag Pilipinas, the Philippines' Men National Basketball Team in SEA Games 2013, masterfully defeated the host Myanmar with a huge 75 points margin in a 118-43 victory
on Thursday night at the Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium A of Nay Pyi Taw, the capital city of Myanmar.

photo credit: instagram.com/joshreyes8 

Sinag stays unbeaten after a hard-earned first win (88-75) against the tough Singaporean Team and then crushing Cambodia in their second game in a 107-55 victory. Ronald Pascual posted a game-high 20 points and with Mac Belo, Ferrer, Lanete and Parks also in double figures with 17, 13, 10, 10 points respectively.

Sinag controlled the game from the first quarter with a 34 points against Myanmar's 15. From then on, the Philippine team cruised for a huge win. Sinag shot a field percentage of 68% hitting 47 out of 69 of their shots with 9 triples on a 50% (9/18) shooting beyong the arc. They outclassed the host team in every departments with notable 69-22 points in the paint, 34-19 in rebounds and 30-10 in assists.

Sinag Pilipinas continues its quest for gold as it cruise for 3 more wins to get the title against Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Quarterscores: 34-15, 62-27, 88-37, 118-43.

Sinag Pilipinas (118) – R. Pascual 20, Belo 17, Ferrer 13, Lanete 10, Parks 10, J. Pascual 9, Sumang 9, Ganuelas 8, Ravena 6, Cruz, 6, Alas 5, Douthit 5.

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Joey Ayala Nicely Sings The Philippine National Anthem

Recently, Philippines has truly suffered from different calamities and national problems which includes the floods that disturbed Luzon, the 7.2 magnitude Earthquake that shook the Central Visayas, the wrath of Super typhoon Yolanda, the terrorism in Mindanao especially in Zamboanga City. Not to mention the political problems like rivalry and the Pork Barrel scam. It has been a difficult time as a nation. But we saw how our fellow Filipinos has moved and helped strengthen each other. And the international community has been responding incredibly and heartily to help us heal these sufferings, giving the Filipino people more hope and inspiration to go on living their life.

At this moment, let us take a little time singing together the song of our motherland. The symbol of our strength and courage as Filipino people. Let us learn to sing this nice and beautiful rendition of the Philippine National Anthem. Let this become an additional inspiration to remind each and every Filipino that together we can stand again through strengthening, helping and loving each other.

He is a Filipino singer and songwriter and the former chairman of the National Commission for Culture and Arts. He sang this wonderful version of the Philippine National Anthem as he sang at the TEDxDiliman. He is Joey Ayala.

"So gusto kong ituro sa inyo 'yong (So I wanted to teach you the) possibly the correct way", says Joey Ayala in the video.

The video:

God bless Philippines!

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Philippines' First Two Gold Medals in SEA Games 2013

Team Philippines got its first Gold medal on Wushu in the current 27th SEA Games hosted in Myanmar.
It was on Wushu also that Philippines got its first medal which is a silver. Jessie Aligaga and Dembert Arcita bagged two gold medals for Philippines in their Wushu events. Jessie Aligaga triumphed against Dasmantua Simbolon of Indonesia in the 48 kilogram weight class of Wushu Sanshou. Dembert Arcita defeated Phithak Paorkrathok of Thailand in the 52 kilogram weight class of Wushu.

Meanwhile, Francisco Solis got a bronze medal in the Wushu men 56 kg weight category. In the Wushu women, Divine Wally and Evita Elise Zamora both got Silver medals in the 48 kg and 52 kg weight categories.

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27th Southeast Asian Games ( SEA Games 2013)

The 27th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) is hosted by Myanmar which is from December 11-22, 2013. The SEA Games 2013 will be held at the following venues: Capital Naypyitaw, Yangon, Mandalay and Ngwe Saung Beach. Naypyitaw, the new state capital of Myanmar, will be the main venue of the event which includes the opening and closing ceremonies.

The SEA Games is held once every 2 years between the Southeast Asian countries. This year's participants are Myanmar (host), Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,  Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam.

The Sports events includes Aquatic, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, BasketBall, Billiard, BodyBuilding, Boxing, Canoeing, Chess, Chinlone, Cycling, Equestrian, Football, Futsal, Golf, Hockey, Judo, Karatedo, Kempo, Muay, Pencak Silat, Petanque, Rowing, Sailing, Sepak Takraw, Shooting, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Traditional Boat, Volleyball, Vovinam, Weightlifting, Wrestling and Wushu.

The purpose of SEA Games is to improve the friendship among Southeast Asian countries and to compete with higher level in Asian and Olympic Games using their skills and performance to youth in the region.

The official website of 27th SEA Games: http://www.27seagames2013.com/

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Top 10 Passers of October 2013 Civil Service Exams

The following list are the top 10 passers of the Civil Service Examinations for Professional and Sub-Professional examinations. The exams were conducted on October 13, 2013 at differen

t venues around the country.



OCTOBER 13, 2012 CSE-PPT
Professional Level
Top 10 Ranking

Rank	Region	Examinee No	Name	Rating
1	13	470802	Fabic, Juancho Paolo M	90.46
2	13	473194	Belisario, Omar Shariff B	90.22
3	11	404275	Almeria, Adrian D	89.97
4	11	403385	Lagrada, Jennifer Anne O	89.96
5	13	470072	Labor, Kriscell L	89.95
6	4	201824	Aracan, Ken Adrian B	89.94
7	4	194772	Roque, Francis David M	89.60
8	13	464109	Gonzales, Odette F	89.53
9	12	447313	Mamacus, Jefford Ray D	89.33
10	13	471540	Sioson, Mark Lawrence M	89.31

OCTOBER 13, 2012 CSE-PPT
Sub Professional Level
National List of Top 10

Rank	Region	Examinee No	Name	Rating
1	13 (NCR)	861951	Calub, Lance Jestin R	89.22
2	11	820235	Sentones, Shem Rufus Q	88.99
3	4	662616	Napay, Karla Mae C	88.11
4	14	900502	Alcos, Niko Joseph S	88.06
5	3	649211	Curiano, Joel C	88.03
6	13 (NCR)	861453	Canasa, Michelle Ann F	87.85
	1	602177	Abad, Lloyd Chester J	87.85
8	6	721905	Oebanda, Jariz J	87.80
9	14 (CAR)	900184	Pad-ay, Jovelyn I	87.77
10	13 (NCR)	862420	Nieva, Jekiel Alex C	87.45

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16,319 Pass October 2013 Civil Service Exams

 A total of 16,319 takers pass the Civil Service Examinations for Professional and Sub-Professional level conducted last October 13, 2013. The Civil Service Commission released the news that 13,958 passed the Professional level from a total number of 118,896 examinee which resulted in a passing rate of 11.74%. In Sub-Professional level, out of 20,278 who took the exam, 2,361 passed it resulting in a rate of 11.64%.

A total of 139,174 took the examinations out of 160,860 who registered, for a turn-out rate of 86.25%.

The passers will be conferred with the Career Service Professional and Sub Professional eligibilities which is one of the basic requirements for a permanent appointment to technical and clerical positions in the Philippine government.

The link of the list of passers of the Civil Service Examinations of October 13, 2013 are listed below.
You can also visit the results in the Civil Service Commision site here.

PROFESSIONAL LEVEL:

Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
     -
Region 9
Region 10
Region 11
Region 12
NCR Region 
CAR Region 
CARAGA Region
ARMM Region 

SUB-PROFFESSIONAL LEVEL:

Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
     -
Region 9
Region 10
Region 11
Region 12
NCR Region 
CAR Region
CARAGA Region
ARMM Region

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