Athletes at risk as virus can infect, damage lungs
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) ‒ Research from Germany and Italy suggests that footballers and other athletes face a particular risk of the coronavirus infecting their lungs, raising major questions over attempts…
Fan willing to shell out $775k for a dinner with Brady
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fan plans to shell out over $750,000 on Tuesday for the chance to have dinner with six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady and…
Women’s virtual chess on the rise
BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Philippine women’s chess has blossomed over the years thanks to the emergence of several titled players including Janelle Mae Frayna, the country’s first Woman…
UST grad tops 2019 Bar exams
By REY G. PANALIGAN A graduate of the University of Santo Tomas in Legazpi City, formerly Aquinas University, topped the 2019 Bar examinations, with a 91.0490 percent rating. Two-thousand, one-hundred…
Tondo 1 under hard lockdown this week
By MINKA KLAUDIA S. TIANGCO Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso yesterday announced that he will place the entire Tondo District 1 under a 48-hour hard lockdown this week. The…
Maradona asks for ‘Hand of God’
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A decision to restructure Argentine football that will save Diego Maradona’s club from relegation was dubbed another Hand of God moment on Tuesday, but the former…
AIBA strips Delhi of world tilt hosting, awards it to Belgrade
Amateur boxing body AIBA has stripped New Delhi of the 2021 men’s world championships and handed them to Belgrade instead, it said in a statement on Tuesday. AIBA said it…
Cop caught using drug suspect’s motorcycle
The Philippine National Police-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group has arrested an anti-narcotics policeman for allegedly using a motorcycle seized from a drug suspect. PNP-IMEG director Police Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee…
MMDA traffic aide fired for beating up wife, son
By JEL SANTOS A traffic aide was fired by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority for beating up his wife and son. MMDA Traffic Aide 1 Roel Gatos was fired after…
Solon slams China warship’s ‘bullying’
Independent and Minority Bloc congressmen are up in arms over the pointing of a target-acquiring laser gun by a Chinese warship on a Philippine Navy ship at the West Philippine…
Samar town placed under total lockdown
TACLOBAN City - Following the Department of Health Eastern Visayas' confirmation of nine coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, Tarangnan, Samar Mayor Arnel Tan has placed the whole municipality under…
Pulong moves to repeal Trillanes-authored law
Presidential son and Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte is out to repeal what he thinks is a burdensome law that incidentally was authored by one of his…
2 CIW inmates die from COVID-19
Two inmates of the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong have died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in hospitals, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) announced. According to BuCor spokesperson…
Dedma sa pamilya?
BY RUEL MENDOZA * NADAWIT sa fake news kamakailan si BB Gandanghari: natagpuan daw itong patay sa kanyang apartment sa Los Angeles, California. Ginamit pa ang logo…
