Retired Comelec Commissioner Borra dies
BY LESLIE ANN AQUINO * Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Resurreccion Borra passed away Saturday at the age of 84. In a text message, Comelec Spokesman…
It’s Blackwater Bossing now
BY WAYLON GALVEZ * A partnership between Blackwater and popular comedian Vic Sotto might be forthcoming after Dioceldo Sy, owner of the PBA team, floated the possibility…
GAB chair seeks pro athletes’ cooperation
BY WAYLON GALVEZ * Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Chairman Baham Mitra said Saturday that actual sports competitions may soon be allowed by the government if all…
MLB season to continue
NEW YORK (AFP) – Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred vowed Saturday the season would continue even as more COVID-19 positive cases were detected and another game was postponed.…
Kyrgios pulls out of US Open
SYDNEY (AFP) – An emotional Nick Kyrgios pulled out of the US Open Sunday for ''the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have lost their lives'' while pleading…
Raptors rout Lakers
MIAMI, United States (AFP) – Kyle Lowry scored 33 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, sparking the defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors to a 107-92 win over the…
PH COVID-19 cases jump to over 100,000; death toll now at 2,059
BY ANALOU DE VERA The COVID-19 health crisis in the country hit a milestone on Sunday as more than 100,000 people were confirmed to have been infected…
Reds snatch cop in Surigao del Norte
BY AARON RECUENCO Suspected communist rebels abducted on Friday a police sergeant while on his way to report for duty in Sison town of Surigao del Norte,…
House probe on illegal sale of blood plasma to COVID-19 patients pushed
BY CHARISSA ATIENZA Quezon City Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo has called on the House Committee on Health to step in and look into the alleged illegal sale…
NPA rebel dead in Bukidnon clash
BY MARTIN SADONGDONG An alleged New People's Army (NPA) extortionist was killed when his group clashed with soldiers in Cabanglasan, Bukidnon on Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Fabic,…
Manila churches suspend public activities
BY ANALOU DE VERA The Archdiocese of Manila announced on Saturday that it stopped the conduct any public religious activities from August 3 to 14 in response…
2 storms enhance ‘habagat’
BY ELLALYN RUIZ Two tropical storms, one of them inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), continue to enhance the southwest monsoon or "habagat" that will likely…
Duque to present to IATF health workers’ appeal for NCR ECQ
BY ANALOU DE VERA Department of Health (DoH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said that he would present the appeal of the medical community to revert the National…
DoJ chief opposes call for return of ECQ in NCR
BY REY PANALIGAN Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said placing back the National Capital Region (NCR) under the more stringent enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as suggested by…
Nurse killed in Palawan ambush
BY AARON RECUENCO Gunmen ambushed on Saturday an ambulance carrying volunteer medical rescuers in Roxas town of Palawan, resulting in the death of a nurse and wounding…
