Roque back as Duterte spokesman
Lawyer Harry Roque was brought back as President Duterte’s spokesman as the COVID-19 situation needed a new tact of messaging, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said yesterday. Panelo made…
PH battle vs virus may linger until January sans intervention — DoH
By BETHEENA UNITE The Philippines’ battle against the COVID-19 may continue in the next months or worst, until January next year, if proper interventions would not be in place, the…
Arum to boxers: Be patient
BY NICK GIONGCO Locked down in Las Vegas and unable to fly back to the Philippines owing to the pandemic, world boxing champion John Riel Casimero is…
PSC assures safety of athletes at Philsports Center
By Waylon Galvez The Philippine Sports Commission (SPC)) on Monday allayed fears of 33 athletes still housed at the PhilSports Center after government officials inspected the facilities that…
Education chief beats COVID-19
By JEL SANTOS Days after announcing that she has COVID-19, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said yesterday that she has tested negative for the dreaded disease. On Araw ng Kagitingan…
Para swimmer from Davao City stays positive
By Kristel Satumbaga Maintaining mental toughness is as important as keeping in one’s physical condition. Take the case of swimmer Ernie Gawilan, whose participation in the ASEAN Para Games…
Tiger relives joy of winning 5th Masters
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Fifteen-time major winner Tiger Woods says he can't help feeling like the green jacket he claimed for winning the Masters last year doesn't belong in his locker anymore.…
Ex-Chelsea star offers hospital in virus fight
Former Chelsea forward Didier Drogba has offered his hospital in his native Ivory Coast to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a local politician said. Drogba, who scored 65 goals…
RSA’s son passes away
Jomar Ang took an interest into sports and motor racing before entering into one of the businesses owned by his celebrated father. The son of San Miguel Corporation President and…
More than P300,000 raised in ‘Bayanihan sa MPBL’
With the 2020 Chooks-to-Go MPBL Lakan Playoffs suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the league's day-to-day personnel took a massive blow. The last time the league had a…
Racing legend Stirling Moss dies, aged 90
Stirling Moss, widely-regarded as the greatest motor racing driver never to win the world title, has died aged 90 following a long illness. "It was one lap too many," his…
Can’t stop the music in Boston’s Fenway Park
Even though the American baseball season has been suspended, Boston's Fenway Park organist is still churning out the tunes. Josh Kantor decided on a whim to conduct a virtual "seventh-inning…
Taiwan bucks virus sports cancellations with new baseball season
Taiwan swung into a new baseball season on Sunday — with one team planning to place robot mannequins in their crowdless stands — as the island bucked the global trend…
Gov’t eyes selective quarantine
The proposed selective quarantine in Luzon is not yet final as the government moved to scale up targeted testing of suspected coronavirus cases to curb the spread of the disease,…
DoH accredits 15 more COVID testing centers
The Philippines has now identified 15 accredited testing facilities for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a key move which could aid the government in identifying virus carriers. National Task Force…
