ROUNDUP: Wesley So loses to Carlsen, places fourth
Grandmaster Wesley So absorbed a stinging defeat at the hands of world champion Magnus Carlsen and finished fourth in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Invitational Monday. The 27-year-old So…
Lady dentist shot in Dagupan City
BY LIEZLE BASA INIGO DAGUPAN CITY – A 26-year-old lady dentist was shot and wounded Sunday afternoon by two motorcycle-riding men while aboard her car along Don Severino Street in…
Eala practices with French Open champ in preparation for her qualifying match
By Kristel Satumbaga Rising star Alex Eala got a much-needed boost in her much-awaited debut at the Miami Open after practicing with reigning French Open champion Iga Swiatek. The Rafa…
No travel restrictions in GCQ ‘bubble’ areas
BY MARTIN A. SADONGDONG There will be no travel restrictions in the National Capital Region (NCR) and four other areas included in the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) “bubble, National Task…
Student miraculously survives car crash
BY LIEZLE BASA INIGO CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A 19-year-old student miraculously escaped death when the car he was driving slammed into a tree and steel fence on Calasiao-San Carlos road…
HELLISH DATE: Foreign worker kidnapped, mauled by ‘lover’s’ group
BY AARON RECUENCO It was heaven first followed by a hellish experience. This incident was suffered by a Chinese worker here whose excitement to finally meet his “dream girl” nearly…
Non-essential workers barred at QC-Rizal border
BY JOSEPH PEDRAJAS Motorists and commuters crammed at the border of Quezon City and Rizal province on Batasan Road Monday as police manning checkpoints barred non-essential workers to cross borders…
Gov’t orders house-to-house COVID-19 symptom checks
BY GENALYN KABILING House-to-house symptom checks will be stepped up in Metro Manila and other places with high number of coronavirus cases to prevent wider transmission of the illness. According…
Camp Aguinaldo locked down due COVID-19 spike
BY MARTIN A. SADONGDONG The Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City, the general headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), was placed on a lockdown on Sunday…
PBA opening on April 18 in peril due to alarming surge of COVID cases
By JONAS TERRADO The PBA suffered a setback in its bid to open the 46th season next month after new community quarantine regulations were implemented in Metro Manila and surrounding…
Where are they?
Gospel: Jn 8:1-11 • Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to…
Davao exacts revenge against San Juan, bags MPBL Lakan title
By Jeremiah Sevilla The sweet payback has been completed. Mark Yee fired the championship-winning three as Davao Occidental-Cocolife dethroned San Juan-Go For Gold with an 89-88 overtime victory in Game…
Erich at Julia, friendship over na?
BY ROWENA AGILADA Nagkakalabuan nga ba sina Erich Gonzales at Julia Barretto? May tsikang nagsimula diumano ang gusot sa kanilang friendship noong na-link si Julia kay Gerald Anderson na ngayon ay…
Chess may revive its popularity if Karpov visits Baguio – Torre
By Kristel Satumbaga Grandmaster Eugene Torre believes having former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov as special guest of Baguio City would revive the popularity of chess in the country as…
PGTI cancels LPGT Eagle Ridge due to rising COVID-19 cases
The ICTSI Eagle Ridge Ladies Championship, scheduled to unfold Tuesday at Norman course, has been cancelled due to the spike of Covid-19 cases in the country, particularly in the National…
