Japanese Encephalitis: What you need to know

Agnes B. Alpuerto 09/06/2017

NINE people have succumbed to the Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus since January this year, records from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. The regional DOH office said at least one case of Japanese encephalitis was recorded in…

Morisette Amon to represent PH in Asia Song Festival

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/16/2017

IT’S Kapamilya singer and Cebuana Morissette Amon’s turn to make not just Cebu but the whole Philippines proud. Amon is set to join the Asia Song Festival 2017 in Busan, South Korea and will be the country’s official representative to the…

PH has fastest growing HIV infections in Asia — UN

AFP, Futch Anthony Inso 08/02/2017

The Philippines has the fastest growing number of HIV infections in Asia, a report by the United Nations and the government showed Tuesday. The nation saw a 140 percent increase in new cases from 2010 to 2016,…

How Istanbul embraces diversity

Adam Brown 07/28/2017

There is a trivia question that goes like this … what is the name of the city that is located on two different is a trivia question that goes like this … what is the name of the city…

No final Gilas roster yet for Fiba Asia C’ships

Inquirer 07/25/2017

THE SAMAHANG Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) had yet to pass the final lineup of Gilas Pilipinas for the Fiba Asia Championship in Lebanon as of press time, as coaches led by Chot Reyes and the SBP leadership…

French freediver says PH can be freediving capital of Asia

James Nicole Franz R. Savellon 07/19/2017

RENOWNED French freediver Guillaume Néry believes the Philippines has the potential to be the freediving capital of Asia. In a press conference Wednesday at the Shangri-la’s Mactan Resort and Spa in Lapu-Lapu City, the world record holder…

PBA veterans to beef up Gilas for Fiba Asia

Inquirer 07/18/2017

  TAIPEI — Gilas Pilipinas will have the team it wants for the Fiba Asia Championship next month after the PBA’s board of governors agreed to lend its top players to the national team. This means that…

Marawi becoming hub for IS fighters from SE Asia

AP 06/19/2017

WASHINGTON — Southeast Asia’s jihadis who fought by the hundreds for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria now have a different battle closer to home in the southern Philippines. It’s a scenario raising significant alarm…

‘ALL OR NOBODY’

Jonas N. Panerio 05/05/2017

University of Cebu not sending player to FIBA Asia U18 3×3 Championship in Malaysia Ateneo de Cebu’s Andrew Velasco and Alex Visser, the University of Cebu’s Alen Pelegrino and National University’s Rhayyan Amsali will be representing the…

Got you under my skin

Margie and Stephen Zenz 04/04/2017

FROM subculture to pop culture. It used to be a thing only for sailors and jailbirds. Now look around and you’ll see not only celebrities and rock stars getting inked but your friends and neighbors, too. Many…

More convictions, not executions

Editorial 01/15/2017

A recent Pulse Asia survey which showed that eight out of 10 Filipinos approved of the Duterte administration’s campaign against criminality may either silence critics, question the survey results or determine why the bloody war against crime…

Mandaue business group eyes trade ties with Aspac countries

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/19/2016

THE Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has a lot on its plate as it gears up for at least four trade missions across Asia and the Pacific in 2017. Glenn Soco, MCCI president, said they…

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