Lift your spirits
BY MARILYN C. ARAYATA A lot of things can destroy your mood and dampen your spirits if you allow them. Don’t. World Mental Health Day is observed…
A token of friendship & a symbol of unity
THERE is today a piece of a concrete wall measuring 3.65 meters by 1.2 meters and weighing 2.8 tons at the Bonifacio Shrine beside the Manila City Hall. It…
PH leads Asian Nations Online Chess Cup 2020
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla and International Master Paulo Bersamina won their first three round games as the Philippines blasted Palestine, Syria, and Thailand and zoomed to the solo…
The parable of the wedding feast
GOSPEL: MT 22:1-14 * JESUS again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to…
No Abueva for Phoenix in bubble debut vs Meralco
By JONAS TERRADO Games Monday (Angeles University Foundation) 4 p.m. – Phoenix vs Meralco 6:45 p.m. – Blackwater vs NorthPort Phoenix Super LPG won’t be having Calvin Abueva when it…
3 fake FB accounts using Cascolan name shut down
BY AARON RECUENCO Three fake Facebook accounts using the name of Philippine National Police chief Gen. Camilo Pancratius Cascolan, have been shut down for allegedly engaging in…
Python found in parcel bound for New York
BY HANAH TABIOS Officers of Bureau of Customs Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BoC-NAIA) intercepted recently a New York-bound parcel containing a live reticulated python in…
Notorious gunrunner nabbed in Danao City
BY CALVIN CORDOVA CEBU CITY – At least 20 homemade firearms were seized from a man described by police as a notorious gunrunner in Danao City, northern…
70 Makati partygoers held, fined
BY JEL SANTOS Around 70 partygoers, most of them are foreigners, were apprehended for not practicing social distancing at a restaurant bar in Makati City on Saturday night,…
IATF eyes shorter curfew hours, staggered work shifts in Metro
By ARGYLL CYRUS B. GEDUCOS Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the curfew hours in Metro Manila can be gradually eased but urged businessmen to allow workers to…
Gov’t to ease outbound travel restrictions
BY ARGYLL GEDUCOS Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles disclosed Saturday that the government's pandemic task force has approved in principle the easing of outbound travel restrictions on Filipinos…
17 dead in Thailand bus-train collision
BANGKOK, THAILAND (AFP) - At least 17 passengers were killed and more than dozen injured on Sunday when a bus collided with a train in Thailand, officials said. The collision happened around 50 kilometers…
Lightning kills 3 teens in La Union beach
BY ERWIN BELEO SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Three teenagers were killed and their relative was injured by a lightning strike while swimming on a beach…
PH gears up for COVID-19 vaccine trials in November
BY ANALOU DE VERA The Philippines may start the conduct of COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials by next month, the Department of Health (DoH) said Sunday. The DoH…
This Davao cager is no ordinary athlete, he’s also a good barber
By CARLO ANOLIN Looks like Barangay Ginebra's Scottie Thompson is going to be the league’s official barber inside the PBA bubble. In Thompson's latest gimmick,…
This Swiatek is all heart as she makes French Open history
PARIS (AFP) ‒ Polish teenager Iga Swiatek won her country's first ever Grand Slam singles title on Saturday as she defeated American fourth seed Sofia Kenin, 6-4,…
