Jurado joins Carballo for UST 'Swan Song'

 

Reg Jurado joins Cassie Carballo to a UST 'Swan Song'. (UAAP Media)

By Mark Rey Montejo

Published May 8, 2026 05:58 am

‎Reg Jurado plays one more time in the UAAP women's volleyball tournament as she committed to stay for her fifth and final year, joining Cassie Carballo for a "Swan Song" with University of Santo Tomas in Season 89.

‎The development was confirmed by the school's Institute of Physical Education and Athletics director and current season chairman Fr. Rodel Cansancio to Manila Bulletin / Tempo Thursday, May 7.

‎‎"I can confirm that Reg will be staying for one more year," Cansancio said via Messenger. "We're grateful for her decision, her leadership is a big win for UST and the team."‎

‎Jurado, one of UST's top scorers, will banner the Golden Tigresses next edition alongside setter Carballo and fellow spiker Angge Poyos with Avril Bron leading the young guns.

‎‎Carballo, on the other hand, had disclosed her plans to exhaust her last playing year moments after their stepladder semifinal loss to reigning champion National University last week.

‎Meanwhile, Xyza Gula and Jonna Perdido, both key weapons in the Tigresses' recent run, opted to follow UST mainstay Detdet Pepito as they jump to the professional ranks.

"Xyza, Jonna, and Detdet are moving pro," added Cansancio. 

‎‎All of them, aside from Bron, were part of the UST team that reached the finale in Season 86, where it ultimately bowed to the Bella Belen-skippered Lady Bulldogs.‎

‎Before wrapping up their campaign, the Tigresses, with Shaq Delos Santos returning as their head coach, went on a roller-coaster stint during the elimination.

‎UST found ways to rediscover its fine form to enter the next stage where it bested Far Eastern University in a playoff for the No. 4 spot.

‎‎The España-based squad then pulled off a stunning three-set triumph over the Shai Nitura-led Adamson Lady Falcons -- the very same squad that dealt them two straight-set defeats this year -- in the stepladder opener.‎

‎From there, UST lost its steam and slipped to NU.

Expect all sorts of troubles in our life

 

By Fr. Roy Cimagala

Chaplain

Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE)

Talamban, Cebu City

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

CHRIST himself had already warned us about this. To his disciples, he once said: “They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the hour comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he is doing a service to God.” (Jn 16,2)

In another part of the gospel, he clearly said: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (Jn 16,33) Yes, Christ is assuring us that we as his believers will inevitably face trials, suffering and difficulties in a broken world, but we should keep our peace and courage since Christ will take care of everything in the end.

Other verses that express the same warning are the following:

“Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” (2 Tim 3,12)

“We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.” (Acts 14,22)

We should not anymore make a big issue out of this fact of life. Rather, we should just strengthen our faith in Christ through prayer and the nurturing of the virtues like courage, fortitude, patience, cheerfulness, hope, etc. It would be helpful if we can develop a sporting and fighting spirit in this life.

Yes, we need a sporting spirit because life’s true failure can come only when we choose not to have hope. That happens when our vision and understanding of things is narrow and limited, confined only to the here and now and ignorant of the transcendent reality of the spiritual and supernatural world.

We therefore have to develop a strong spiritual sportsmanship in the tenor expressed in some words of St. Paul: “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.” (1 Cor 9,24)

Aside from a strong sense of self-discipline and submitting ourselves in a continuing training program, an indispensable ingredient of this healthy sporting spirit is the sense of acceptance and abandonment that we need to deliberately cultivate. This does not come automatically, as if it’s part of our genes. We have to develop them.

We have to be sport and adventurous in facing the different conditions of our life. And it would greatly help if we too can have an abiding sense of humor. Otherwise, we would just easily fall into states of sadness, pessimism and despair which actually are unnecessary but are avoidable.

This we can do if first of all we have a strong and deep faith in God, our Creator and Father. If we have that faith, we know that God holds everything in order through his providence. He takes care of everything, irrespective of how things go. Ours is simply to relate everything to him and to go back to him every time we go astray, especially at the end of the day.

When we have this sporting and adventurous spirit, we, of course, would like to play to win and to get as much enjoyment as possible. We would give our best shot. But we also know that this is not going to happen all the time. There will be times when we lose in a game or when we get lost in our adventure. But regardless of how things go, we can always go back to God as we should, and everything would just be all right.

Thus, whether we win or lose in tackling life’s many challenges and trials, we can still manage to have fun and, more importantly, to learn precious lessons by getting to know more about ourselves and others, about our strengths and weaknesses, about the virtues we need to develop and grow, etc.

HOW TO BE ALWAYS HAPPY IN LIFE. READ THIS AWESOME LIFE TIPS

Wellness & Psychology Insights

 

Posted by 

Jean Nehl

 

1. There is no problem that has no solution. There are solutions to the pains you are passing through.
2. The way you picture yourself in your mind can affect your happiness. Picture yourself as a valuable and beautiful person. Avoid low self-esteem and inferiority complex.
3. Do not mind about what people say about you. Some people are sadists. They can just say things just to make you feel sad.
4. Make friends with reasonable people who make you happy. Do not make friends with people who make jest of you or laugh at you over your challenges.
5. At your leisure time, keep yourself busy with your favorite hobbies like sports, games, watching movies, surfing the internet, playing computer games, etc.
6. Do not allow anyone to intimidate you with money and material things. A poor man today can become rich tomorrow. Change is constant.
7. No matter what you are passing through today, do not give up. As long as there is life, there is hope.
8. Be very prayerful. Pray without ceasing. Prayer is a catalyst that can speed up your blessings to come to you on time.
9. Be courageous to go for what you want. Life is all about risk. If you don't take a risk, you will not get the desires of your heart.
10. Surround yourself with positive and supportive people.
11. Practice gratitude daily to appreciate what you have.
12. Focus on your goals and work diligently towards them.