Boxing champ turns farmer

BY NICK GIONGCO       Every single day just before sunrise in Libon, Albay, world boxing champion Pedro Taduran gets up from bed and immediately heads outdoors. The pint-sized…

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Pimentel tops 3rd leg of online chess tourney

By Kristel Satumbaga     International Master Joel Pimentel humbled the opposition and topped the third leg of the 1st Philippine National Bullet Chess Championship held online Saturday. The 27-year-old…

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NBA, Knicks, Nets help donate one million masks

The NBA, the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets are collaborating with China's consul general Huang Ping to donate one million surgical masks to the New York City area, governor Andrew Cuomo announced…

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Trump hopes virus-hit sport back ‘sooner than later’

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Donald Trump said Saturday he believed US sports leagues hit by the coronavirus pandemic would resume "sooner rather than later" but declined to set a timetable…

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Astros ace pitcher donates paychecks

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander said Saturday he plans to donate his pay to COVID-19 relief efforts during baseball's shutdown. In a post on Instagram, Verlander and his wife Kate…

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What now for golf in 2020?

The Masters and PGA Championship have been postponed indefinitely with the US Open and British Open expected to follow suit, while the coronavirus pandemic has prompted three of the five…

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Almost 2,000 cops under quarantine

  The spokesman of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Sunday there is no need to reinforce policemen in Luzon amid the rising number of policemen being quarantined for…

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Leni glad over Duterte’s move vs Luna

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday welcomed as a “good move” that President Duterte sacked Presidential-Anti Corruption Commission (PACC) Commissioner Manuelito Luna from his post. “Sa amin, welcome move iyon…

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Chinese medical team arrives to help fight COVID-19 in PH

  A 12-man team of Chinese medical experts is arriving in Manila  for a two-week mission to provide the Philippines with technical advice on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) control…

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DoJ backs disclosure of COVID-19 patients

Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra on Sunday strongly supported the call of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and two medical associations for individuals tested positive for coronavirus disease…

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Media workers are frontliners too – solon

For Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-List Rep. Bernadette Herrera, journalists and other media practitioners also deserve the "frontliner" tag, which has become a badge of honor in the persisting COVID-19 pandemic.…

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Why God allows COVID-19

    ONE Sunday morning, a couple had a bitter quarrel. To cool off, the husband went to church and on returning home, he looked for his wife. He found…

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Realizations during quarantine

  IMAGINE the things we enjoyed but failed to appreciate before the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting government- imposed quarantine changed our lives. Now many of us miss the ease…

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PNP assures it understands the President’s order

    WE welcome the reassuring words of Gen. Archie Gamboa, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), who said Thursday that the PNP will not be out to shoot…

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