‘Platform to get better’
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Davis Cup team is treating its World Group II playoff tie loss to Greece as a platform to continue striving for improvement in future ties.…
Warriors go for sweep in UNTV Cup Finals tonight
Newcomer Department of Environment and Natural Resources hopes to write a piece of history when it goes for a sweep of the UNTV Cup Finals against defending champion Armed Forces…
Keep, let go, or ignore?
WHO are the people in your life who make their presence felt even when they don’t need anything? They mean it when they ask how you are doing. They…
Transfiguration, life’s ups & downs
IN 1993 when I did a post-graduate study at the University of Leicester in England, there was a British lady personnel named Joan with whom I occasionally talked…
A viable solution for plastics problem
OVER 30 bills have been filed in Congress to address the worldwide problem of plastic wastes which are now accumulating in landfills and in the oceans, polluting the environment,…
The transfiguration of Jesus
Gospel • Mt 17:1-9 JESUS took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face…
Flood, landslide warnings up
Heavy rain, flooding, and landslide warnings remain in place over parts of the country yesterday due to the prevalence of two rain-inducing weather systems – a low-pressure area and tail-end…
Free LRT, MRT rides today for women
In celebration of National Women's Month, women passengers will get free rides at the Light Rail Transit 2 and Metro Rail Transit Line 3 today, Sunday, March 8. An advisory…
18 BIFF fighters killed in Maguindanao
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Eighteen Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters members and four soldiers were killed while 11 others were wounded in operations against the Islamic State-inspired terrorist group in Maguindanao since…
P1.1-M cash seized from Malaysian at NAIA
The Bureau of Customs intercepted a total of P1.1-million cash from a Malaysian at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport the other day. Gan Kang Hsiung, 32, had just arrived at…
Kuwait suspends flights coming from PH
All incoming flights to Kuwait from the Philippines and six other countries have been temporarily suspended. In an advisory Saturday, the Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the…
Navotas suspends classes due to COVID
Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco yesterday announced the suspension of classes on all levels in Navotas tomorrow due to the novel coronavirus 2019. Tiangco said suspension of classes is part…
163 Filipinos from Macau return home
By JOSEPH PEDRAJAS One-hundred sixty-three Filipinos from Macau returned home yesterday afternoon amid the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The repatriated…
