Banggaan sa takilya
IT’S almost the love month at inaabangan na ng mga fans ng Pelikulang Pilipino kung ano ang ihahain sa kanila ng movie producers. Well, nakakasa na sa Feb. 13…
Rockin’ Robert
BASS players who happen to sing and write songs are few and far in between. Count The Youth’s Robert Javier among them. We caught up with Robert recently and…
Unheralded American Collins claws into Open semis
Unheralded Danielle Collins battled from a set behind to down Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Tuesday and take her dream debut at the Australian Open into the semi-finals.
Fil-Am shines in ‘America’s Got Talent’
FILIPINO-American singer Angelica Hale made history wowing “America’s Got Talent” judges on Tuesday, earning herself a second golden buzzer in the process. The 11-year-old was the first contestant…
Go For Gold backs triathlon
Sunrise Events continues to strengthen triathlon in the country by staging the Go for Gold Sunrise Sprint Series happening on three cities this year.
Going with the flow
BELIEVE it or not, singer Katrina Velarde doesn’t aspire to become an all-out “big star.” She maintained she’s already more than fulfilled having a regular singing gig in a moderately-sized…
Mayor tagged in Batocabe slay arrested
DARAGA, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo, tagged as the mastermind in the assassination of Ako Bicol Partylist Representative Rodel Batocabe and his security escort in December 2018, was arrested after…
New PNP spokesman named
A FORMER United Nations (UN) officer became the new spokesperson of the 192,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP) effective Tuesday. Senior Superintendent Bernard Banac formally assumed as the new…
SC acquits 3 drug convicts
THE Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the immediate release from detention of three persons, who had been convicted of illegal drugs sale, for failure of law enforcement agents to…
Egypt TV host jailed for interviewing gay man
An Egyptian court has sentenced a TV presenter to a year in prison for interviewing a gay sex worker on his show. Mohammed el-Gheiti was found guilty of encouraging immorality…
‘Bikini climber’ survives fall but freezes to death
Taiwanese rescue teams were trying yesterday to retrieve the body of a dead hiker who became famous on social media for taking selfies on top of mountain peaks dressed in…
Nigerian, Pinay cohort arrested for extortion
NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents arrested last week a Nigerian man and his Filipina cohort for threatening to spread his fiancé’s nude photos unless he gets paid. NBI…
2 robbery suspects die in clash with cops
TWO robbery suspects, who were located through the GPS of a stolen mobile phone, were killed in shootout with policemen eight hours after breaking into an auto parts…
BI detains 2 aliens with fake passports
TWO foreigners were detained by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for attempting to leave the country with fake passports. According to BI port operations chief Grifton Medina, the Columbian…
NBI asked to probe ex-beauty queen’s death after sinus surgery
BATANGAS CITY— A 27-year-old former beauty queen died three days after undergoing a sinus surgery in a private hospital in Batangas, it was reported Tuesday. The National Bureau of…
Why do women return to abusive relationship?
Dear Manay Gina, I am very concerned with my best-friend. She is now back with her husband, who has abused her in the past. After hearing her stories, Ipoured…
