SWS: Most of MM families relied on cash aids during lockdowns
Most of the families living in Metro Manila depended on cash amelioration programs to supply their daily household expenses while most of those living in the provinces relied on…
Grandma kills husband, daughter with sickle
A 70-year-old woman hacked her family with a sickle, killing her husband and daughter, and wounded her three young grandchildren inside their house in Sitio Magpait, Barangay Cabalantian, Manticao,…
BoC seizes smuggled medicines from China
Unregistered Chinese medicines worth P700,000 were found inside a package shipped from China to the Port of NAIA Thursday, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) said Saturday. Around 180…
2 wounded NPA members found onboard Red Cross ambulances
Frontliners manning a provincial quarantine checkpoint intercepted three Red Cross ambulances transporting two wounded New People’s Army (NPA) rebels on Friday in Purok 3, Barangay Payasan, Lianga, Surigao del Sur,…
Village dad shot dead in Bukidnon
ILIGAN CITY - A village councilor was shot dead Friday by three armed men while on his way to barangay hall in Barangay Sinaysayan, Kitaotao, Bukidnon. Kitaotao Municipal Police…
3 killed, baby hurt in Negros Oriental shooting incidents
BACOLOD CITY - Three persons, including a teacher, were killed while an infant was wounded in three separate shooting incidents in Negros Oriental this week. On May 29, Basiledes Ledon,…
Capadocia chasing her Grand Slam dream
BY REY C. LACHICA As a student-athlete, Marian Capadocia was a class act as she courageously climbed her way up to the ladder of success…
‘Am I next?’ Tennis phenom Gauff upset by black man’s death
Rising US tennis star Coco Gauff has added her voice to those expressing outrage at the death of an unarmed black man in Minnesota who was in police hands. Minneapolis…
NBA chief says league to resume season July 31
NBA season back on July 31? This is the date targeted by his boss Adam Silver whose recovery plan, with matches behind closed doors on the Disney World site, will be…
Federer is the world’s highest-paid athlete
Roger Federer is the world’s highest-paid athlete for 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic knocked soccer’s Lionel Messi off top spot, according to the annual Forbes list released on Friday. The…
Japan’s top tier soccer to restart on July 4
TOKYO (Reuters) - The J.League announced on Friday that its top division would restart on July 4 following an approximately four month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Executives from…
Coe urges kids to take up sport to battle virus
World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe called on children to take up sports to combat "shocks" like the coronavirus as his sport was bracing for a restart at a Czech event…
‘KoVid’
NOT a typo there. KoVid, according to my daughter, stands for Korean Video, not necessarily inspired by COVID-19. This is a true story. Once upon a time in…
A workable compromise for public school classrooms
THE opening of classes in the Philippines this coming school year remains an open question. President Duterte said this week he is against opening schools until a vaccine for…
