Adamson bags UAAP jrs basketball crown, ends 31-year wait
MANILA: For the first time since 1993, Adamson University won the UAAP high school boys basketball tournament, defeating National University-Nazareth School (NU-NS), 90-73, at Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Sunday.
Graduating stars JC Bonza…
King Charles thanks public for support after cancer diagnosis
LONDON: King Charles III expressed his “heartfelt thanks” Saturday to the public for their support and good wishes in his first message after being diagnosed with cancer.
“I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks for the many messages of supp…
150K seedlings planted in 2023 under Pangasinan’s greening program
BUGALLON: The provincial government of Pangasinan, with the support of local government units and other stakeholders, planted 149,964 seedlings from Feb. 1 to Dec. 31, 2023 under its Green Canopy Project.
The project aimed at reforesting denuded moun…
Communication keeps love alive for PBBM, First Lady
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos will mark nearly four decades of spending Valentine’s Day together but there is no power formula on how they have maintained a healthy and long-lasting relationship.
The Pre…
Mangrobang, Macalalad rule 5150 Triathlon Camsur
MANILA: Edward Macalalad and national athlete Kim Mangrobang ruled the 5150 Triathlon CamSur which started and ended at Camsur Watersports Complex Sunday.
The three-time Southeast Games winner Mangrobang finished the 1.5-kilometer swim, 40-km bike an…
Qatar beats Jordan 3-1 to retain Asian Cup crown
TEHRAN: Qatar wins the Asian Cup for the second consecutive term after beating Jordan 3-1 in the final at Doha’s Lusail Stadium on Saturday.
Qatar’s forward Akram Afif scored the first goal in penalty.
Jordan’s Yazan Al-Naimat briefly gave his team …
5 arrested, P4-M shabu seized in 2 Negros cities
BACOLOD CITY: Five drug suspects were arrested while more than PHP4 million worth of shabu was seized by law enforcers in separate sting operations in the cities of Bacolod and San Carlos in Negros Occidental over the weekend.
In a statement on Sunda…
Gov’t commits to further strengthen efforts on tobacco control
MANILA: The government has committed to further strengthen efforts against tobacco use during the 10th Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (COP10-WHO FCTC) held Feb. 5 to 10 in Panama.
In…
11 PNP officers get one-star rank promotion
MANILA: Eleven police colonels have been promoted to brigadier generals, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Sunday.
Promoted to one-star rank are Colonels Christopher Abrahano and Jericho Baldeo from the Office of the Chief PNP; Manuel Abrugen…
PBBM foreign trips pay off as $14.2-B pledges now working
MANILA: Around USD14.2 billion worth of investment commitments from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s foreign trips in the past 16 months have begun turning up as of December 2023, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported Sunday.
DTI sai…