P5,000 aid for Taguig scholars up
Taguig City Mayor Lino S. Cayetano has directed the Taguig Scholarship Office and the Barangay Affairs Office to distribute the P5,000 Special Emergency Assistance to Scholars starting April 20 to…
Sean Anthony: PBAPC’s Defensive Player of Year
When it rains, it pours for Sean Anthony. The do-it-all NorthPort forward gets another major award after being named as the Defensive Player of the Year by the PBA Press…
Stop misting, LGUs urged
By CHITO CHAVEZ Environmental group EcoWaste Coalition strongly pushed local government units to adhere to the findings of health experts to stop spraying or misting of vehicles, streets, alleys,…
Pacquiao: I’ll make Marcial a world champion
Boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, the country’s top gold medal hopeful in next year’s Tokyo Games, does not have to look somewhere else to find a perfect manager should he decides…
For controversial Aussie star, being a ‘delivery man’ is just fine
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has apparently followed through on a promise to help people going hungry in the coronavirus shutdown, with social media images showing boxes of essential items…
Quizon edges Barcenilla in online chess
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA International Master Daniel Quizon used a strong start to beat out Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla and Joel Pimentel and rule the fourth leg of the 1st Philippine Bullet…
Montreal tennis tournament put off until 2021
The Montreal WTA tournament, one of the key build-up events ahead of the US Open, was axed on Saturday and will not be played until 2021, officials said. The event,…
Belarus soccer continues amid virus anxiety, empty stands
MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus is the only country in Europe still playing soccer amid the coronavirus pandemic but a growing number of fans are boycotting league matches, anxious about catching…
Former champ Thomas hopes Tour de France goes ahead
Geraint Thomas hopes the Tour de France goes ahead this year as the former champion bids to make the most of his peak years. Team Ineos rider Thomas won…
Memorial tournament to slot into British Open dates – Nicklaus
Golf's prestigious Memorial tournament is likely to slot into the calendar on the July dates of the cancelled British Open, tournament host Jack Nicklaus said. Nicklaus thinks it unlikely the…
Football and rap, a perfect match in working-class Marseille
MARSEILLE (AFP) Marseille has the flow. Rap resonates at the Velodrome and references to OM infiltrate the airwaves, but why are the links with urban music and the club…
The hope of Easter in this time of plague
THE liturgies of this Holy Week were celebrated by Pope Francis this year without the physical presence of the millions who have traditionally attended them. On Holy Thursday, he…
Christ is the answer. What’s the question?
ONCE a young man visited a seminary. On the bulletin board was a big poster which read: “Christ is the answer.” Wondering what it all meant, the puzzled visitor…
‘Two heads are better than one’
THE wise and learned Emperor Akbar had the so-called “nine jewels of Akbar,” which are not actual jewels – but his advisors. That the emperor in this Indian folklore…
