• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO
A resolution commending and congratulating the Buglas Filipinas, an all-Negrense girls’ football team, for capturing the silver medal in the Under 15 Girls category of the 33rd Kanga Cup 2025 International Junior Soccer Tournament in Canberra, Australia on July 14 to 18, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday.
The resolution authored by Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. noted how thousands of spectators dubbed the Buglas Filipinas as “small but terrific,” for how they defied the odds of battling head-to-head against some of the world’s undefeated teams vying for the gold at the 33rd Kanga Cup, the largest International Youth Football Tournament in the Southern Hemisphere.
Gamboa acknowledges the remarkable silver medal win of these pure homegrown Negrense young people in sports, despite the freezing cold weather, thus wholeheartedly commends and congratulates each member of the Buglas Filipinas Team composed of Renee Gavriel, Animathea Lomugdang, Claudia Elise Montinola, Ysabel Anara Yasay, Shanel Dominique Molequin, Yannah Marie Amar, Nathalie Rhaine Andres, Hushlee Lhannia De Larrazabal, Angel Nicole Segovia, and Marinel Gonzales.
He added that the 33rd Kanga Cup 2025, Australia’s premier football festival, holds a special place in the hearts of almost all football families worldwide thus attracting thousands of young athletes annually. For Buglas Filipinas to compete in such a prestigious international tournament is a great feat in itself and to bring home a silver medal not only brings tremendous pride to Bacolod City and Negros Occidental but to the entire country.
The approved resolution formally send its commendation and congratulation to the Buglas Filipinas Teams and speaks in behalf of all Bacolodnons citing the Bacolod City Government duty under the 1987 Philippine Constitution to promote health and well-being and the 1991 Local Government Code, which tasks local government units to support sports and physical activities for the welfare of their constituents.
Gamboa said, “The triumph of the Buglas Filipinas serves as a monumental reminder of discipline, determination, dedication, and teamwork for all Filipino youths to emulate. It is not the glitter of the silver medal that matters, but the values formation of sportsmanship, proving that even a local team like the Buglas Filipinas can shine in the international arena.”*
