A home, a village for older folks

Rina Jimenez-David 07/23/2015

Filipinos take great pride in our “family values,” specifically in the way families make room and time for older members who share a home with them. But sometimes, we have to give our cultural assumptions a second…

Cebuano graduates top of HK business school

Marites Villamor Ilano 07/22/2015

Eldest son of prominent entrepreneurs wants to start own business EARL Christianson C. Ng, a 21-year-old student from Cebu, became the first Filipino to graduate at the top of his class in Hong Kong. Ng was named…

After settling for a draw in his first fight in PH, Mexican Rodriguez eyes big win vs Nietes

Glendale G. Rosal 07/09/2015

TO PROVE  A POINT WBO minimum weight world champion Francisco “Chihuas” Rodriguez Jr. is confident he can finally pull off a victory in his second fight in the Philippines. The 21-year-old Rodriguez, who sports a 17-2-1 (win-loss-draw)…

Gilas escapes Thailand to make finals

Jonas N. Panerio 06/15/2015

THE GILAS Cadets averted what would have been a disaster of epic proportions as they escaped Thailand, 80-75, to advance to the gold-medal game in the Southeast Asian Games basketball competition last night at the OCBC Arena…

Pinoy cagers make semis

Jonas N. Panerio 06/13/2015

THE GILAS Cadets advanced to the semifinals after trashing the debuting Timor Leste, 126-21, in the Southeast Asian Games basketball competition last night at the OCBC Arena in Singapore. The result was hardly in doubt as the…

PH Gilas routs Indonesia

Jonas N. Panerio 06/11/2015

THE GILAS Cadets stepped their game up in the second half to rout Indonesia, 81-52, and get their gold-medal campaign in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games basketball tournament off to a fantastic start yesterday at the OCBC…

Ombud clears fiscal of graft raps

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/11/2015

THE Ombudsman-Visayas dismissed the criminal and administrative charges filed against Cebu City Asst. Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro who was accused of receiving a P10,000 bribe from a Filipino-Iranian in 2011. In a resolution, the anti-graft office said…

El Gamma Penumbra brings home P4.4M prize

05/17/2015

Two days after their big win in the first Asia’s Got Talent, members of the 13-strong Filipino shadow play group El Gamma Penumbra arrived in their hometown of Tanauan, Batangas for a hero’s welcome yesterday morning. As…

Templete for airport Mass to showcase Filipino simplicity

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/15/2015

The templete or small temple for the Mass of Pope Francis in Tacloban City will resemble  a bahay kubo (nipa hut) which showcases the Filipino’s simplicity. “We want to portray the strong Filipino character without being extravagant,”…

3 Filipino seamen hurt in air strike

01/07/2015

MANILA, Philippines–Three Filipino seamen on board a Greek-owned tanker were injured, one of them critically, when a Libyan fighter jet attacked the vessel in Derna, Libya, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. Assistant Secretary Charles…

Pope Francis calls on Filipino lawyers to focus on giving ‘justice for all’

Ares P. Gutierrez 12/18/2014

Call me ‘Lolo Kiko’ “Lolo Kiko quieren” They want Lolo Kiko.) Pope Francis said this after he was asked by a group of Filipino lawyers who recently called on him in the Vatican how he wanted the…

Welcoming strangers

12/10/2014

“Modawat gyud mi bisag kinsa, bahala na ug maghuot mi diri, mag sardinas basta kahibaw mi nga safety sila,” (We will accept anyone even if  if we’re packed here like sardines, for as long as we’re all…

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