Scholarships for virgins?
A controversial scheme offering university scholarships to young South African women who remain virgins is unconstitutional, the Commission for Gender Equality ruled on Friday.
We must be prepared for all these dangers
Preparedness saved many lives when Mount Pinatubo erupted 25 years ago, volcanologists said, as the nation remembered that day in 1991 when the volcano ended over 400 years of slumber…
Now or never for NU
National U seeks to nail the first of two wins it needs to force a playoff for the last semifinal berth as it takes on ousted Baguio today even as…
Piñol eyes PH-wide ‘lugawan’
The incoming Secretary of the Department of Agriculture will engage street dwellers in highly urbanized cities in green house agricultural farming to make them productive and push food sufficiency.
PH boxers bomb out
The Philippines will have to be content with two boxers in the Rio Olympics as the last hope for another athlete in boxing-Eumir Felix Marcial bowed to Abbas Baraou of…
Farmer burned over missing carabao
A farmer was allegedly killed over a missing carabao and his body burned afterwards by two men in General Natividad, Nueva Ecija last Friday.
Global 4-cock derby
Provincial cockers clash in a special event dubbed “2nd Global Challenge 4-Cock Derby” today at Pasay City Cockpit.
Man who took girl as ‘gift’ arrested
A neighbor said she had long felt that “something isn't right” at a Bucks County home where a man is accused of sexually assaulting a teenager whose parents police say…
‘Alamat’ makes history, wins Best of Festival award
GMA Public Affairs’ animated anthology series “Alamat” won for the country its first-ever Best of Festival award at the 2016 US International Film & Video Festival (USIFVF).
Fil-Am back for Angels
Fil-Am Tim Lincecum made a winning return to Major League Baseball, restarting his career after nearly a year away with six sharp innings and several ovations as the Los Angeles…
Warren attacks Trump
Relishing her role as an attack dog, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren tore into Donald Trump on Saturday, calling the presumptive Republican presidential nominee a “thin-skinned racist bully” who shouldn’t be…
1,200-ft amusement ride proposed
Catching a train at New York's crowded Penn Station is no thrill. But a development team has proposed a novel plan to overhaul the station: Build a 1,200-foot thrill ride…
Mac-Ivan redux
Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe will renew one of the most bitter rivalries in tennis on Sunday as the two coaches watch Andy Murray and Milos Raonic slug it out…
Pinoys eating too much junk food
“(Junk food binging) is quite prevalent not only in the Philippines but in the world due to changes in eating behavior and lifestyle brought about by urbanization and globalization,” said…
Jones testifies Page never mentioned Spirit in trial
Led Zeppelin musician John Paul Jones testified on Friday that his former bandmate Jimmy Page had never mentioned American band Spirit, whose song Led Zeppelin is being accused of stealing…
Clash of champions
Tony Lascuña and Clyde Mondilla brace for a fierce showdown as they target win No. 3 on the ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour, which resumes Wednesday with the ICTSI Forest Hills…
