Cessna plane crashes in Poland; Five killed

07/18/2023

Warsaw, Poland—A small plane crashed into a hangar at an airfield near Warsaw on Monday, killing five people, officials said. Rescuers said three people were aboard the plane when it collided with the corrugated iron hangar, where 13…

Pauline Amelinckx after 1st runner up finish in Miss Supranational: It is a victory

Armin Adina 07/16/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Despite failing to bag the country’s second Miss Supranational crown, Pauline Amelinckx is still grateful and proud for placing second in the international beauty contest, saying it is still a victory for Filipinos. A…

Pauline Amelinckx flies to Poland for Miss Supranational as she advances in another online contest

Armin Adina 06/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Pauline Amelinckx is flying to Poland on Sunday for the 2023 Miss Supranational pageant a day after she won another online contest mounted by pageant organizers ahead of the actual competition. Amelinckx was scheduled…

EJ Obiena wins second gold in seven days with Orlen Cup victory

June Navarro - Reporter / @junavINQ 02/05/2023

EJ Obiena ruled the 2023 Orlen Cup in Lodz, Poland on Sunday, the Filipino pole vault star’s second victory in a series of tournaments at the ongoing European indoor season. The world’s No. 3 vaulter hurled himself…

World Cup Round of 16: qualified teams, schedule and how it works

Reuters 12/03/2022

With the World Cup knockout phase having begun, here is an overview of the teams advancing to the last 16 at the tournament in Qatar: HOW DOES THE KNOCKOUT STAGE AT WORLD CUP 2022 WORK? In the…

World Cup: Messi, Lewandowski face off for knockout berth

Reuters 11/28/2022

DOHA – Two of the most intimidating strikers in world football, Argentina’s 35-year-old Lionel Messi and Poland’s 34-year-old Robert Lewandowski line up against each other on Wednesday with a last 16 place at stake in the World…

Escalation fears ease after NATO, Warsaw say missile that hit Poland was Ukrainian stray

Reuters 11/17/2022

WARSAW/BRUSSELS/NUSA DUA, Indonesia – A missile that hit Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine’s air defences and not a Russian strike, Poland and NATO said on Wednesday, easing global concern that the war in Ukraine…

FIVB officials in Manila to inspect venues for VNL tourney

Glendale G. Rosal 04/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) officials conducted an ocular inspection of the venues of the Volleyball Nations League men’s and women’s tournaments in June in Manila. The Philippines’ hosting of the two major international…

Karolina Bielawska of Poland is the 70th Miss World

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 03/17/2022

CEBU, Philippines — A new queen was hailed Miss World. It’s Karolina Bielawska of Poland.  The reigning Miss World Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica, the longest-reigning queen since 2019, crowned her successor at the 70th Miss World in San Juan,…

Emotional Obiena on missing Serbia meet: ‘Today the country I love loses’

Glendale G. Rosal 03/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Today the country I love loses.”  Embattled pole vault star Ernest John “EJ” Obiena said this as he expressed his sadness after missing the Belgrade World Indoor Championships (WIC) 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia…

37 Filipinos en route to Poland for repatriation to PH – DFA

Christia Marie Ramos 02/25/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Thirty-seven Filipinos are now being transported out of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for eventual repatriation to the Philippines following Russia’s invasion of the eastern European country, a foreign affairs official said Friday. The Filipinos are…

Dindi Pajares flies to Poland to compete for Miss Supranational 2021

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 08/05/2021

GINATILAN, CEBU — Dindi Pajares, flew to Poland on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, to represent the Philippines in the Miss Supranational 2021 finals set on August 21, 2021. “As I embark on a journey to raise our…

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