American pop-rock band Mayday Parade in Cebu and Manila in May 2019

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/08/2019

American pop-rock band Mayday Parade announced its 2019 Philippine Tour, which included stops in Cebu on May 3 and Manila on May 5. …

Latin American boy band CNCO live in SM City Cebu

PR 09/13/2018

TOPPING the charts across the globe with their latest self-titled album, and big winner at the recent Teen Choice Awards, CNCO, the powerhouse band redefining Latin music worldwide is coming to the Philippines as part of their…

North American trio of USA, Canada and Mexico to host 2026 World Cup

AP 06/14/2018

MOSCOW — North America will host the 2026 World Cup after FIFA voters overwhelmingly opted for the financial and logistical certainty of a United States-led bid over a risky Moroccan proposal for the first 48-team tournament. The…

American pals Keys, Stephens make French Open quarters

AP 06/04/2018

PARIS — Madison Keys was keeping an eye on a TV while getting treatment at Roland Garros the other day, watching her pal Sloane Stephens pull out a tight three-set victory. “Living and dying on every point…

American national found dead inside his car in Lapu-Lapu City

Norman Mendoza 06/02/2018

A 70-year old American national was found dead inside his car at past 4:00 a.m. in Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City. The victim was identified as Salvatore Peter La Barbera, a businessman, who sustained a gunshot wound in…

American literary giant Philip Roth dead at 85

AFP 05/23/2018

PROLIFIC novelist Philip Roth, a dominant force in American literature throughout the latter half of the 20th century, has died at the age of 85. Roth’s death on Tuesday, first reported by the New Yorker and The…

Chinese in American-era Cebu: Some trivia

Jobers R. Bersales 02/14/2018

Kiong Hee Huat Tsai! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Kong Hei Fat Choi! However you say it, whether in Hokkien, Mandarin or Cantonese, respectively, it means one and the same. Tomorrow the entire Chinese community all over the…

Paragliding in Oslob? Why not, says American expert

Rick C. Gabuya 12/26/2017

If you think Oslob town in southern Cebu is only for watching butandings (whale sharks) and dipping at Tumalog Falls, better think again. Because starting next year, a new kind of sport will invade the town’s exciting…

American national hangs himself inside NBI jail

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/05/2017

  A few hours after he was arrested for reportedly trafficking minors in his neighborhood, an American took his own life inside the detention cell of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) yesterday dawn.…

Detained American, facing human trafficking case, found dead inside NBI-7 cell

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/05/2017

  A 42-year-old American national, who is facing a human trafficking case, was found dead inside the detention cell of the the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) on Tuesday morning. NBI-7 Regional Director Patricio…

The Asean way

Radel Paredes 11/11/2017

In 1967, five countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, founded an organization called the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). This was in the wake of the American involvement in the war in Vietnam…

Tobacco- related deaths

Dr. Philip S. Chua 11/06/2017

TODAY, about 1.25 billion people smoke cigarettes, and one billion deaths from tobacco-related illness are expected this century, 10  times more compared to the toll in the 20th century. The deadly habit accounts for one in five (or,…

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