Davao Occ. extends win run; Manila bounces back in MPBL

The Davao Occidental Tigers stretched their winning streak while the Manila Stars and the Basilan Steel bounced back in the Chooks-to-Go/MPBL Lakan Season Tuesday at San Andres Sports Complex. Pouncing…

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Negros pips Shan United to advance to AFC Champs League 2nd round

By JONAS TERRADO Game Tuesday (Bangkok, Thailand) 8 p.m. – Port FC vs Ceres   Ceres-Negros secured a place in the second round of the AFC Champions League preliminaries after…

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UNTV Cup q’final starts with Judiciary looking for 5th straight win

Games Thursday (Paco Arena) 3 p.m. – Agriculture vs PITC 4:30 p.m. – Judiciary vs NHA   Two-time champion Judiciary tries to extend its winning run to five games when it…

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137 amateurs joining 2020 PBA D-League Draft

The new batch of dreamers take their first step of making it to the pros as 137 players have declared for the 2020 PBA D-League Draft. Fil-Am high-flyer Jamie Malonzo…

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No sando or slippers for Archers in public — Pumaren

By Kristel Satumbaga   The La Salle Archers started their first training session under comebacking coach Derrick Pumaren on Tuesday with the veteran bench tactician imposing a “no sando or…

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Kyusi outlasts Maynila, advances to M-League finals

Game Thursday (Hagonoy Gym, Taguig City) 6 p.m. – Taguig Generals vs. Kyusi@80     Kyusi@80 bucked a sluggish start and frustrated a determined Batang Maynila side,109-104, in their winner-take-all semifinal duel on Tuesday in the Metro…

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Duterte orders more disaster-resilient evacuation centers built

President Duterte has ordered authorities to complete the construction of more disaster-resilient evacuation centers before his six-year term ends in 2022. At the Taal Volcano situation briefing in Batangas City…

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Duterte mulls military operations vs rapists in Quezon

  President Duterte is mulling on authorizing covert military operations to address the peace and order concerns, particularly the rape incidents, in Quezon province. The President said he may send…

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Taal and PH’s many other natural disasters

  THE Philippines was in the news around the world when typhoon Phanfone – which carried the local name Ursula – struck the Visayas on Christmas Day. It was a…

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Eruptions, past and present

  TAAL Volcano decided to start the new year with a bang. Well, not really a loud bang but a “steam-driven” eruption followed by a “magmatic” eruption. But it has…

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Leni’s circumspection?

  IF the incumbency of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” is to be point of reckoning, the 1972 Dangerous Drug’s Act, RA 6425, principally authored by my late father,…

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Jodi Sta. Maria, single and happy

BY RAMPADOR ALINDOG ** JODI Sta. Maria doesn’t want to comment in any way relating to former boyfriend Jolo Revilla mar­rying Angelica Alita last December in the US. She said…

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PIDs get support from Chooks-To-Go

Chooks-To-Go of Bounty Agro Ventures Inc. (BAVI) and Special Olympics Asia Pacific announced on Tuesday its partnership to strengthen sports awareness for people with intellectual disabilities (PIDs). Dubbed as “Kaya…

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421-strong contingent sent to fetch OFWs in Middle East

The Philippine Navy (PN) deployed Tuesday a 421-strong contingent to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to assist in the repatriation of distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East as tension remains imminent…

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