NCAA terminates season due to coronavirus
BY WAYLON GALVEZ The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Policy Board on Thursday finally announced the termination of Season 95 due to rising number of coronavirus cases. Peter Cayco, chairman of…
Training goes on for Obiena
BY NiCK GIONGCO Italy-based pole vaulter EJ Obiena has found a new place to stay after getting orders from Italian authorities to vacate his dormitory in the city of…
More help for PBA personnel
By JONAS TERRADO More PBA personalities have joined the efforts led by Alaska coach Jeffrey Cariaso in making sure that the league’s gameday personnel will be compensated…
Masses for COVID frontliners
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos has called on priests under his jurisdiction to offer holy masses for the health and safety of all the frontliners who are attending to the…
1-month deadline extension for ITR filing
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go announced late Wednesday that the Department of Finance (DoF) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have agreed in principle to his appeal to extend by…
Palace rejects plea to lift ban on tricycles
Malacañang has thumbed down suggestions to allow tricycles to continue operating, saying social distancing is impossible in the three-wheeled vehicle. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles issued the statement as Pasig City…
DoH chief on home quarantine
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that he is currently undergoing home quarantine after one of his department’s officials was tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “I’ll be working…
More buses deployed for health workers
Additional buses have been deployed by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Thursday as it continues to roll out its free bus service to ferry more frontline health workers amid…
Coronavirus also wrecks French Open sked
London (AFP) - The global tennis calendar has been thrown into further chaos after the decision by French Open organisers to postpone the Grand Slam, with players and rival tournaments…
NU’s Quiambao tops UAAP-NBTC rankings
National University remains the gold standard in UAAP boys basketball after completing a back-to-back romp in grand fashion. One of the cornerstones in the Bullpups’ run to a 16-game sweep…
NBA chief defends league over virus tests for ‘wealthy’
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver defended the league's swift testing of players for the new coronavirus on Wednesday as the vast majority of Americans face long waits…
Keep our hopes up at this time of crisis
The high prices that hit the nation in 2018 were blamed by the country’s economic managers on the undue rise in world oil prices. Philippine market prices, as measured…
Too much sharing
THERE’S an emerging disease and it’s coming out of our ears: coronavirus, aka COVID-19. Each day that passes the news just gets worse. And why are we naming it…
Joseph, the husband of Mary
GOSPEL: MT 1:16, 18-21, 24A *** Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is…
Do we need China’s help?
TODAY’S hot topic is whether or not we will soon need China’s help in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Some people believe that we need not seek succor…
