Sleep well
BY MARILYN C. ARAYATA That feeling when you do not have enough sleep –tired all day. You can’t focus. You become irritable. You feel slow and unproductive.…
So advances in speed chess
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Grandmaster Wesley So overcame a faulty start and demolished Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland, 16-10, to advance to the semifinals of 2020 Speed Chess Championships over the weekend.…
Beauty queen Winwyn Marquez tops reservist training, joins PH Marines
BY MARTIN A. SADONGDONG Reina Hispanoamericana 2017 winner and actress Teresita Ssen "Winwyn" Marquez is now a military reservist after graduating and emerging as the top cadet…
Bambol, 4 others OK to run in POC polls
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino and four other officials from his party will be allowed to run in the POC elections on Friday. The Election Committee…
Saso finishes third in Japan
By WAYLON GALVEZ Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso finished with a two-over-par 73 to end up in a tie for third in the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open at the Elleair Golf Course…
Wright’s bid for best player of PBA bubble hits snag
By JONAS TERRADO The injury of Matthew Wright may have changed the complexion of the race for the best player of the PBA bubble. With Wright slowed down by…
DoLE checking Skyway compliance with labor standards
By LESLIE AQUINO The Department of Labor and Employment is checking the compliance of the Skyway project with labor standards, following an accident at the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3…
P125.7-M aid given to ‘Ulysses’ victims
BY MARTIN A. SADONGDONG The national government has given at least P125.7 million worth of assistance to victims of typhoon "Ulysses" in eight regions across Luzon, the…
Eleazar replaced as JTF COVID Shield chief
By AARON RECUENCO Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Debold Sinas has replaced Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar as commander of the Joint Task Force COVID Shield, the…
8 centenarians in Negros Occidental get P100,000 cash
BY GLAZYL MASCULINO BACOLOD CITY – Recognizing them as inspiration in the society, the provincial government of Negros Occidental gave gifts in a form of cash amounting…
Panelo to Leni: Do good deeds without publicity
BY GENALYN KABILING Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has urged Vice President Leni Robredo to avoid broadcasting her typhoon relief operations and instead let the recipients…
5 Marikina typhoon evacuees test positive for COVID-19
BY JHON ALDRIN CASINAS Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said Sunday that the number of typhoon-hit evacuees in the city who have tested positive for the coronavirus…
Solon files bill giving P60,000 starting salary for gov’t nurses
By ELLSON QUISMORIO Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor has filed a bill that will give government nurses a starting pay of over P60,000 a month which is nearly double their…
206 families return home in Sulu town after 4 years
BY NONOY E. LACSON ZAMBOANGA CITY – About 1,100 individuals or 206 families, who were displaced for almost four years due to the chaos posed by the…
We are turning on our Christmas lights
NEW distinctive Christmas lanterns with 16 white rays spreading out from the center are now being installed on streetlight posts in Manila. Makati’s business district is now all lighted…
