ANS teams bag sepak takraw gold medals in Cebu City Olympics

Glendale G. Rosal 03/31/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Abellana National School (ANS) or Unit 9 swept the secondary division sepak takraw events in the 30th Cebu City Olympics on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC)…

Engkwentro 9: Confident Gabunilas promises entertaining fight against Indonesia foe

Glendale G. Rosal 03/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines —ARQ Boxing Stable’s John Paul “Angas ng Cebu” Gabunilas promises a highly-entertaining fight against Indonesian Wandi Priman Hulu in the main event of “Engkwentro 9” fight card tomorrow, March 24, at the Talisay City…

Hackers demand $10 million for stolen Australian health records

Agence France Presse 11/10/2022

Sydney, Australia — Hackers leaking medical records stolen from a major Australian healthcare company said Thursday they are demanding $10 million to make it stop, about a dollar for each of their potential victims. Medibank earlier this week…

9 make it to short list for Carpio’s post at Supreme Court

Jerome Aning 10/12/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Eight Court of Appeals justices and Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez made it to the Judicial and Bar Council’s (JBC) short list of nominees for the Supreme Court seat to be vacated by Justice…

Locsin: How about jailing public officials with mind of 9-year-old?

Inquirer.net 01/24/2019

MANILA, Philippines — How about jailing adult elected public officials – with the mind of a nine-year-old – for pocketing a portion of their “pork”? Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. raised this question on Tuesday amid…

OFW remittances hit $23.7B in 9 months

Inquirer.net 11/16/2018

THE amount of dollars sent home by expatriate Filipinos rose further in the first nine months of the year, but data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) also showed a continuation of flat growth trend in…

NBI ordered to probe killing of 9 Sagay farmers

Inquirer.net 10/23/2018

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct an investigation into the killing of nine farmers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. The attack on the farmers, which happened last Saturday, October…

Snowstorm kills 9 on Nepal peak

AFP 10/13/2018

Kathmandu, Nepal — All nine members of a South Korean climbing expedition were confirmed dead Saturday after a violent snowstorm devastated their camp on Nepal’s Mount Gurja, one of the deadliest mountaineering accidents to the Himalayan nation…

Japan quake, landslides leave at least 9 dead

AFP 09/06/2018

Devastating landslides caused by a powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake in northern Japan claimed at least nine lives on Thursday, with dozens still missing as homes were engulfed. Multiple, large-scale landslides struck the sparsely populated countryside, which was also…

Inflation hits new 9-year high in August

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/05/2018

  Inflation has reached a nine-year high of 6.4 for the month of August, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) still attributed the increase to problems on rice supply as well…

Lapu cops arrest 9; confiscate P150K worth of drugs

Norman V. Mendoza 09/04/2018

Lapu-Lapu City policemen arrested nine persons and confiscated P150,000 worth of suspected shabu in four separate buy-bust operations held on Monday. Personnel from the Hoops Dome Police Station arrested Rachel Bregente, 22, of Sitio Capricorn Barangay Pajo,…

Talisay City police nets 9 suspects, P5.4 M shabu

John Michael Aroa 08/30/2018

Police operatives seized suspected shabu with an estimated worth of P5.4 million during the conduct of separate buy-bust operation in Barangays Tabunok and Bulacao, Talisay City, Cebu on Wednesday afternoon (August 29). At least 9 suspects were…

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