Osaka, Serena reach Australian Open Last 8
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) – Naomi Osaka saved two match points and Serena Williams recovered from losing her first set of the tournament as they fought their way into the Australian…
Couple arrested for blackmailing police trainee
BY JERRY ALCAYDE CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Police arrested on Friday a couple who allegedly blackmailed a police trainee in Mindoro by threatening to post his lewd video on…
New ways of observing Ash Wednesday amid pandemic
BY LESLIE AQUINO Priests usually impose ashes on the forehead of the faithful during Ash Wednesday but with the threat of COVID-19, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Episcopal…
4 Dubai-bound Pinays barred at NAIA
BY JUN RAMIREZ The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has barred from leaving the country four suspected victims of illegal recruitment at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). BI intelligence chief…
Durant lifts Brooklyn in return to Bay area
NBA RESULTS New York 121, Houston 99 Indiana 125, Atlanta 113 Utah 112, Miami 94 Brooklyn 134, Golden State 117 Phoenix 120, Philadelphia 111 LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Kevin Durant…
Imported logs found in Aurora coastlines
BY ARIEL P. AVENDANO BALER, Aurora – Logs believed to have been imported from another country were washed ashore on different coastlines in this province Friday. Aurora police director Police…
Laguna Heroes topple Mindoro Elgin Tamaraws in PCAP online chess tourney
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Laguna Heroes displayed grit in trouncing the Mindoro Elgin Tamaraws, 16-5, to remain at third in the All-Filipino Conference Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP)…
Truck kills 2 motorcycle riders in Negros
BY GLAZYL MASCULINO BACOLOD CITY – Two persons riding a motorcycle died when they were sideswiped by a truck in Hacienda Busay, Barangay Efegenio, Talisay City, Negros Occidental Saturday. Police…
Voter registration hours extended
BY LESLIE AQUINO Qualified voters will now have more time to register for the May 2022 polls. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said all Offices of the Election Officer (OEOs)…
New LPA expected to enter PH in 24 to 48 hours
BY JHON CASINAS A new low-pressure area (LPA) may enter the country in the next two days, the state weather agency said Sunday, but it noted that the weather disturbance…
Modern-day lepers
BY FR. BEL R. SAN LUIS, SVD A jeepney once passed in front of a leprosarium. Two patients, though already cured but still bore physical deformities, boarded. There was an…
Look before you leap
BY MARILYN C. ARAYATA A snail’s pace isn’t always bad. Great things take time. Something may appear so good and tempting, but rushing to get it often leads to despair.…
Takot sa vibrator
BY RICA CRUZ Dear Doc Rica, I have a girlfriend pero magkaiba kami ng sexual history. I am still a virgin while my girlfriend has more experience than me. We…
Our faith remains strong in this time of the pandemic
THE Christian period of penitence, Lent, begins this week with Ash Wednesday on February 17. These are the six weeks before Easter Sunday on Holy Week. Ash Wednesday is named…
The cleansing of a leper
GOSPEL: MARK 1:40-45 *** A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out…
Trump acquitted, again, by US Senate
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday on charges of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol, after a majority of Senate Republicans closed ranks and refused to punish…
