BACOLOD CITY — Eighteen teams are seeing action in the 4th Mayor Oti Driver’s Cup 2012 Basketball Tournament which opened Thursday in Silay City.

CEBU CITY — The Triathlon Association of the Philippines (TRAP) said more divisions for kids have been added to this year’s staging of the 4th Speedo National Age Group Triathlon Series on April 1 at the Plantation Bay Resort and Spa in Lapu-Lapu City.

ORMOC CITY — It was a bitter-sweet homecoming for Johnriel “Cuadro Alas” Casimero as Ormocanons gave him a warm welcome after his victory in Argentina, even as he mourns the recent death of his brother due to a heart ailment. The new IBF Junior Flyweight Interim Champion set foot at Ormoc seaport 1:30 pm last Feb. 15.

MOSCOW — In a classified file released in London Friday, the British intelligence service MI5 said silent film legend Charlie Chaplin was not a Communist agent as suspected by the U.S. FBI, The Guardian reported.

MANILA — A week after his tumultuous 10th round technical knockout victory over Argentine Luis Lazarte, Fiipino International Boxing Federation interim light-flyweight champion John Riel Casimero still complained of an aching body.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Seventy-four top student-athletes from various parts of South Cotabato have been chosen by the provincial government as beneficiaries of its newly-launched sports scholarship program.