House panel OKs DDR bill
The House Committee on Appropriations yesterday approved a bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience. The House panel, chaired by Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab, approved the funding provisions of…
38 Pinoy bets to Tokyo Games?
Thirty-eight Filipino athletes have been labeled by various national sports association (NSAs) leaders as genuine 2020 Olympic candidates, Tokyo chief of mission Nonong Araneta declared yesterday. The Tokyo Olympics runs…
Massive brawl breaks out at end of US NCAA game
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Third-ranked Kansas and Kansas State ended their bitter showdown Tuesday night with a wild melee in the disabled seating behind the Wildcats' basket that included punches, shoving, and…
Kawhi outduels Doncic as Clippers outlast Mavs
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Kawhi Leonard won his duel with Luka Doncic as the Los Angeles Clippers downed the Dallas Mavericks 110-107 on the road in their Western Conference clash…
Gauff forges mega duel vs Osaka; Djokovic ruthless vs rival
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Fifteen-year-old prodigy Coco Gauff set up an Australian Open blockbuster with defending champion Naomi Osaka on Wednesday, as Novak Djokovic strode towards his eighth title in Melbourne.…
Pringle thankful to N-Port, recalls humble beginnings
By JONAS TERRADO Stanley Pringle is grateful of his PBA beginnings after finally winning the championship as a major contributor of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel’s title run in the…
Ceres-Negros shocks fancied Thai club Port
BY JONAS TERRADO Game Tuesday (Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo) 6 p.m. – FC Tokyo vs Ceres Match winner Stephan Schrock praised the resolve showed by Ceres-Negros in claiming a spot…
Realtors down Krah Heroes, boost playoffs drive in Chooks-MPBL
BIÑAN, Laguna – Pasig-Sta. Lucia fought back from a 12-point deficit in the third quarter to subdue Biñan City Luxxe White, 82-75, late Tuesday and boost its playoffs drive in…
2 share lead in ICTSI Pradera Verde Classic
JOE Knox holed out with a birdie on the ninth which Keanu Jahns bogeyed later in a jumbling frontside finish for a key two-shot swing that earned the Englishman a shared…
Harry, Meghan start new life in Canada with media spat
VICTORIA, Canada (AFP) – Prince Harry and his wife Meghan started their new life in Canada on Tuesday by launching a legal warning to media over photographs of the duchess…
SC junks Leila’s habeas data petition vs Duterte
The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition for a Writ of Habeas Data filed in 2016 against President Duterte by the now detained Sen. Leila de Lima who, in effect,…
Sarah fans donate P100,000 to Red Cross for Taal eruption victims
A group of Sarah Geronimo fans yesterday turned over a P100,000 check to the Philippine Red Cross for families affected by the eruption of Taal Volcano, following a fundraising activity…
China virus kills 9; 440 cases confirmed
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The death toll from a new flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine yesterday, with 440 confirmed cases, Chinese health officials said, as authorities stepped up efforts…
Evacuation centers
BACK in 1986, I had the fortune to travel and study with 10 Filipinos in the United States. A program sponsored by the State Department. Next to class room…
Start ‘em young
I HAVE always championed entrepreneurship as a key ingredient to national development. The economic history of many progressive countries has been built on the shoulders of entrepreneurs who understood…
