CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippines captured two gold medals during the second day of the 6th Asian Beach Games, powered by a strong showing in jiu-jitsu and beach athletics. Alexandria Enriquez secured the country’s breakthrough gold,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu‑based women’s youth group has denounced the remarks made by Quezon City Rep. Bong Suntay during an impeachment hearing, saying his comments mirror the sexual harassment and violence Filipino women experience daily.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 300 individuals lost their homes after a fire hit a densely populated residential area here on Wednesday, September 17. The massive fire lasted roughly two hours, and gutted down 39 houses,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A day after fellow Cebuano John Februar Ceniza missed a kilogram for a podium finish, Cebu finally has a medalist in the Asian Games, thanks to Olympian weightlifter Elreen Ando who earned a…
MANILA, Philippines–Gilas Pilipinas made good on its promise to get back in the thick of the Asian Games medal race on Monday, Oct. 2, picking apart Qatar, 80-41, at Zhejiang University Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China. Gilas came…
MANILA, Philippines–Gilas Pilipinas missed out on an outright passage into the quarterfinals of the 19th Asian Games men’s basketball tournament on Saturday, Sept. 30, following an 87-62 rout at the hands of Jordan. The Philippines were held to…
HANGZHOU, China—Marion Kim Mangrobang couldn’t bring her winning act to the 19th Asian Games and landed far out of the medal race in women’s triathlon on Saturday, Sept. 30. The three-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist completed the…
HANGZHOU, China—The Gilas Pilipinas Women’s 3×3 team pulled out of the 19th Asian Games after organizers thumbed down its request to include two replacement players. National coach Patrick Aquino said they were given no choice but to…
HANGZHOU, China—Patrick King Perez delivered the first podium performance for Team Philippines at the 19th Asian Games with a bronze medal in men’s individual poomsae on Sunday. The 23-year-old Southeast Asian Games champion gifted himself and the country…
HANGZHOU, China — In the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes are arriving in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, looking very different. One, sent from Afghanistan where women are…
