An inspiring athlete! Nonito Donaire donates 100 houses to Yolanda victims in Iloilo

MANILA, Philippines - Nonito Donaire Jr decided to give back to those in need and donated 100 houses to typhoon victims in Iloilo.

The Filipino Flash urges other athletes to make a difference. Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Nonito Donaire Jr

In a Facebook post, the boxing champ shared that he and his wife flew to Iloilo this week to turnover the 100 houses they donated. Donaire Jr had always aspired to make a difference and encouraged other athletes to do so.

The Filipino Flash urged athletes to have a voice. He said, “In boxing, fighters aren’t just fighters. We can do so much more beyond inspiring people with what we achieve in the ring.”

Build a House, Build a Home project

When typhoon Yolanda hit the country in 2013, Iloilo was one of the severely devastated areas. A lot of people lost their loved ones, homes, properties and livelihood.

Two years after Yolanda, English philanthropist Greg Secker saw the need to help in the rebuilding of Iloilo. He founded the Build a House, Build a Home project in Iloilo. It was through this foundation that Donaire was able to make one of his dreams a reality. He said, “I’m looking at the bigger picture, what we can do to create more homes for the less fortunate, maybe 1,000 more homes, how we can make an impact on the lives of people.”



Not the first time

This is not the first time that the former boxing champion had given back to those in need. Back in 2009 at the start of his career, he donated P1 million to the victims of Typhoon Ondoy to help build houses.

— Sally, The Summit Express

ACET Results for AY 2018-2019 are out online

MANILA, Philippines - ACET results are out! The decisions for the freshman applicants who took the 2017 Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) College Entrance Test for AY 2018-2019 are already posted at the ADMU Blue Eagle Gym and officially released online at 11:30 in the morning today, January 6, 2018.

The first batch of ACET 2017 was administered on September 23 and 24, 2017 at the Ateneo High School, Ateneo Grade School and Xavier School test site.

View ACET results via these links: 

acet.ateneo.edu/results  or http://ls.ateneo.edu/acet_results.php

On Friday night, Ateneo posted at the Blue Eagle Gym those who qualified as Freshman Merit Scholars and San Ignacio de Loyola Merit Scholars.


In addition, the Facebook page of the Athens Tutorial and Review Center also captured the results pages which were shared online.


Ateneo also accepted applicants from Doha, Qatar; Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in October last year.

Meanwhile, the examination for the second ACET for SY 2018-2019 is set on Saturday, January 13, 2018.

The Ateneo College Entrance Test (ACET) is the admission test to the undergraduate program of the Loyola Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University. Held usually in the month of September, ACET is definitely one of the entrance tests students look forward to every year.

Admission to the Ateneo Loyola Schools is determined by the applicant’s fitness and preparation for the college programs, ability to contribute toward the enrichment of the undergraduate school community, and potential to be of service to one’s fellow men within the context of national development.

Ateneo Loyola Schools is a Filipino, Catholic, and Jesuit center of excellence of higher learning that is globally competitive while Asian in perspective, a community that transforms society through its research and creative work, its leadership in service to others and for the environment, and its formation of persons-for-other.

— The Summit Express

FIBA: Chot Reyes bares his ultimate Gilas Pilipinas dream team

MANILA, Philippines - Gilas Pilipinas Head Coach Chot Reyes is obviously ecstatic for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup which will be hosted in our homeland together with co-hosts Japan and Indonesia. Coach Reyes can’t contain his excitement as he revealed his future roster on Friday morning, January 5, 2017.

In his tweet, the long-time Filipino basketball mentor publicly shared a long list of local and Fil-foreign players bannered by UAAP, NCAA PH and NCAA US young guns. Among the standouts are future twin towers and seven-footers Kai Sotto and Fil-Nigerian AJ Edu.

Last year’s collegiate finals protagonists Thirdy Ravena, Matt Nieto, Isaac Go, Abu Tratter, Robert Bolick, CJ Perez, JV Mocon, also made Coach Chot’s wishlist together with other superstars Juan Gomez De Liano, Paul Desiderio, Rodolfo Alejandro III, Kenneth Tuffin, Jeo Ambohot, Josh Sinclair, Arvin Tolentino, Carl Tamayo, Ken Carino, and Will Gozum.

High-leaping wingman Kobe Paras from Cal State Northridge along with Fil-Ams Remy Martin from Arizona State University and Wake Forest University’s Troy Rike complete Coach Reyes’ 23-man roster for the 2023 World Cup.

Photo Credit: Coach Chot Reyes Twitter Account

Coach Chot expressed his intention to recruit youthful and promising cagers since he took over the helm of the national team program from Coach Tab Baldwin to prepare for the future international tournaments.

Reyes is also eyeing for a young reinforcement in preparation for the departure of Andray Blatche whose contract with Gilas Pilipinas is expiring very soon. 7-foot Isaiah Austin who backed-up Chooks To Go Gilas Pilipinas in FIBA Asia Champions Cup last year is being considered by Chot Reyes and SBP to replace NBA veteran and naturalized-Filipino Andray Blatche. But, as per Coach Reyes, nothing is final as of the moment.

With this potential line-up, Philippines is having a good chance to regain its basketball supremacy in Asia and hopefully, in global scene.

Laban Pilipinas! PUSO!

— Joey Boy Capos, The Summit Express