Lost in translation

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 07/07/2023

In April 1899, Henri Turot, a French journalist, traveled to the Philippines and published, “The War in the Philippines” for the magazine Le Tour du Monde. Turot’s two-part reportage should be included in the reading list of…

Money Punch eyes Cebu, Manila as venue for next fight card in August

Glendale G. Rosal 06/26/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –After its successful maiden professional boxing fight card, Money Punch Fight Promotions wants another slam bang affair this August. Money Punch Fight Promotions of Aussie-German boxing patron Christian Faust targets the last week of…

Bohol town mayor resigns from office

Leo Udtohan 06/13/2023

TAGBILARAN CITY — The mayor of Jagna town in Bohol province has announced that he would step down in December 2023 from office to focus on his consultancy firm. Mayor Joseph Achacoso Rañola shocked his constituents when…

God is in the details

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 05/31/2023

Why is it that when we talk of Manila as an important, cosmopolitan, capital city, we do so in the past tense? Is it because Manila is lost in the group of cities that now form the…

Fire out declared in Manila Central Post Office after more than a day

John Eric Mendoza 05/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines — After a day and six hours, the fire that burned Manila Central Post Office was completely put out on Tuesday morning, the Bureau of Fire Protection reported. The blaze was first confirmed by authorities…

Cebu Daily Newscast: Marina-7 suspends operation of 2 vessels involved in collision at sea

CDN Digital 05/23/2023

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Tuesday, May 23. Marina-7 suspends operation of 2 vessels involved in collision at sea Regulators suspended…

Volunteer hurt in Manila Central Post Office building fire

Daphne Galvez 05/22/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A volunteer was injured as fire ravages the Manila Post Office building, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said Monday, May 22, 2023. In a report, the BFP identified the volunteer as 43-year-old Toto…

Fire hits Manila Central Post Office

Daphne Galvez 05/22/2023

MANILA, Philippines — More than seven hours after a fire was confirmed to have started at the Manila Central Post Office building, firefighters were able to control the blaze. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP),…

Do we need a war museum?

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 05/19/2023

I have always wondered why there is no major war museum in Manila, no peace museum in a city that has often been described as the second most devastated city of World War II after Warsaw. The…

Casimero fights Namibian for WBO crown Saturday in Manila

Glendale G. Rosal 05/12/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former three-division world champion, John Riel “Quadro Alas” Casimero and his opponent, Fillipus Nghitumbwa passed the mandatory weigh-in on Friday to push their regional title showdown Saturday evening in Okada Manila Hotel and…

Traffic then as now

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 05/05/2023

The past, I was taught in graduate school, is a foreign country. Things are supposed to be different then, but my recent reading of prewar Filipiniana at the University of Michigan shows that the past is not…

Search on for missing ‘shabu’ in P6.7-billion drug haul

Frances Mangosing, Marlon Ramos 04/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) is searching for more missing “shabu” or crystal meth believed to be stolen from more than a ton of drugs worth P6.7 billion seized by authorities during a raid…

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