PH netters out to revive SEAG glory
BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Philippine Davis Cuppers are reuniting for one common goal – win a gold or two in the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Fil-Am Treat Huey spearheads the squad composed…
Letran star shines as Saints down Heroes in NCAA All-Star
Team Saints bested Team Heroes, 113-111, in the NCAA All-Star Game Tuesday night at the Mall of Asia Arena. The Saints leaned on the heroics of graduating Letran star Jerrick…
‘Drunk’ teen causes stir in Bacolod
BACOLOD CITY – A 19-year-old boy who was reportedly drunk is now under police custody after he temporarily caused inconvenience to motorists when he tried to jump off the flyover on Araneta-Magsaysay…
Patong Patong tops Philracom 3YO race
PATONG PATONG stayed within strike distance at third three fourths of the way before making its move in the homestretch, taking the 2nd leg of the 2019 Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom)…
Vape users reminded of existing laws
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned vape users they may be arrested for using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarette) in public for violation of the existing clean air act…
Pinoy gamers get big boost
FILIPINO gamers get to learn from the best as Esportsplay Gaming formalized its tie-up with one of the world’s most formidable professional DOTA 2 teams in LGD. The two groups officially…
‘Kammuri’ intensifies into STS, to enter PAR this weekend
By ELLALYN RUIZ The tropical cyclone with international name “Kammuri” intensified into a severe tropical storm yesterday afternoon and may further develop into a typhoon ahead of its entry into…
P3-B shabu seized from foreign drug dealer, 2 couriers in Makati and Las Pinas
By AARON RECUENCO Police anti-narcotics agents seized more or less P3 billion worth of shabu in two separate buy-busts in Makati City and Las Pinas City that started on Tuesday…
Senate unanimously OKs P4.1-T 2020 nat’l budget
By MARIO CASAYURAN The Senate, voting 22-0, yesterday approved on second and third reading the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for next year. Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III immediately formed…
House tosses SEAG mess probe to Senate
By BEN ROSARIO The House of Representatives will have to pass up any move to conduct a congressional inquiry into various reports of inadequacies and irregularities committed in the country’s…
BuCor officer gunned down near Bilibid
A Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officer was gunned down in broad daylight Wednesday by two motorcycle-riding gunmen near the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. Initial information reaching BuCor spokesperson…
Australian held for carrying gun at Mactan-Cebu airport
An Australian passenger was apprehended at Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) after a .38-caliber revolver with 10 live bullets were found in his luggage last Monday. Office Transportation Security (OTS)…
P2.5-B shabu seized, foreign drug dealer held in Makati
By AARON RECUENCO Anti-narcotics agents seized late Tuesday night some P2.5 billion worth of shabu following a buy-bust in Makati City, the biggest drug haul for this year. Lt.…
The continuing conflict between nature, human abuse
NEWSPAPERS around the world published last week, on November 20, an unusual story about a French court in the southwest of France which allowed a group of ducks in…
Heroic life
I FIND it interesting that while Rizal Day remembers the death anniversary of Jose Rizal, Bonifacio Day, which we celebrate in a couple of days, commemorates the birth of…
Federalist questions
(Final) REVIEW of ebbing ferment for federalist initiatives may be abbreviated as follows: 1) Drive for increased sharing of national appropriations and fair access to “territorial” resources 2) Fueled…
