NCR Dominates Palarong Pambansa Anew

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The National Capital Region delegation once again proved that they are the best of the best at the conclusion of the 2014 Palarong Pambansa at various places in the province of Laguna.

The Big City team amassed 107 gold medals, 64 silver medals, and 56 bronze medals to top this year's Palaro after the weeklong games.

Host team CALABARZON is second with 38 golds, 51 silvers, and 51 bronzes, while Western Visayas is third with 32 golds, 33 silvers, and 38 bronzes.

Central Visayas finished fourth overall with a 24-27-41 medal count, while Cordillera won 24 golds, 11 silvers, and 12 bronzes to finish fifth and Northern Mindanao placed sixth with 21 golds, 21 silvers, and 31 bronzes.

Next year's host team SOCSKSARGEN garnered 15 golds, 17 silvers, and 30 bronzes for seventh place.

Viking Screamfest : Open Air Cinema of Norway’s Notable Horror Films

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Welcome to Viking Screamfest, an open cinema featuring the scariest part of Norwegian culture.

On the 17th of May, Norwegians all over the world will celebrate the 200 years Bicentenary of the Norwegian constitution, also known as “the people’s constitution”. Since the best way to celebrate a people’s constitution is with a party for the people, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila is hence proud to present Viking Screamfest, a one night open air film festival, hosted in partnership with Kanto Artist Run Space, supported by Vinyl on Vinyl, WabiSabi, B-side and The Collective.

As Norway celebrates its 200 years of independence, the Norwegian cultural roots dates from much earlier times.Living far from each other, surrounded bydark woods, tall mountains and deep fjords, Norwegians have partly entertained and partly scared each other with myths and folk tales about trolls and gnomes for thousands of years.

Even in our days, the creatures from Norwegian folk tales and folklore still exists in Norwegian culture, and Norwegians still like to scare each other. In fact, this is partly the source of the continuous production of Norwegian horror films, embracing the gloomy parts of the Norwegian history, fantasy and scenery. These films are both nationally and internationally acclaimed and loved, and on the 17th of May, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila wishes to offer a glimpse of this part of the Norwegian culture for those who dare.

To quote the author Strindberg August: “To fight with trolls, free princesses and kill werewolves, that is to live!”

Red Cubs Repulse Late Bullpups Rally to Win Palaro Gold

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The San Beda Red Cubs reestablished their identity as the best high school team in the country as they, representing CALABARZON, defeated the NU Bullpups-led Team NCR, 86-80, in the championship game of the Palarong Pambansa Secondary Boys Basketball Tournament at the San Luis Sports Complex in Sta. Cruz, Laguna.

The Red Cubs, however, earned the win in a hard manner as the Bullpups crawled back from 22 points down to come to as close as two, 78-80, on back-to-back three pointers with less than two minutes left.

NCR had a huge chance of completing the comeback after CALABARZON lost the ball, but Cyprian Castillo missed a go-ahead three-point attempt.

Marc Diputado once again proved to be efficient in clutch moments as he drove hard to the rim in the ensuing play for a lay-in to bring the lead back to four, 82-78, with 32.8 seconds left.

Castillo got fouled in the next play and made two free throws to bring the lead back to two, but J.R. Gumtang put it back to four with his own two charities.