Cebu-raised Watanabe settles for bronze in Paris judo

Rabboni Centino Borbon 02/12/2017

KIYOMI Watanabe bagged a bronze medal for the Philippines in the Paris Grand Slam 2017 judo tournament held in Paris, France on Sunday. The Fil-Japanese Watanabe, who was raised in Cebu, defeated Lucy Renshall of Great Britain…

Louvre reopens 24 hours after ‘Allahu Akbar’ attack

02/05/2017

Paris, France — The Louvre reopened its doors Saturday, a day after soldiers outside the Paris museum shot and wounded a machete-wielding attacker, suspected of being an Egyptian national. The incident on Friday thrust the issue of…

Miss France is Miss Universe 2016

Apple Ta-as 01/30/2017

AN ASPIRING dentist from France won the crown for this year’s 65th Miss Universe, succeeding the reign of the Philippines’ Pia Wurtzbach. Iris Mittenaere, 23, who didn’t quite figure in the list of early favorites, swept everyone…

CHANNELING DEGAS AND MATISSE

Gerard Pareja 01/17/2017

There is nothing ground-breaking about Pierre Marie Brisson’s work. However, if you allow yourself to be seduced by the hues and textures of his collage, you will feel the reverberations of creative spirits past. For it seems…

Israel Cabinet minister calls Kerry speech ‘pathetic’

12/29/2016

Jerusalem — A senior member of Israel’s nationalist government on Wednesday called US Secretary of State John Kerry’s planned Mideast policy speech a “pathetic move,” further heightening tensions between the two close allies as the Obama administration…

Senate OKs on second reading resolution to ratify AIIB Treaty

11/30/2016

The Senate has adopted on second reading a resolution seeking its concurrence in the ratification of the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). No senator objected when Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto…

Pinoy Aquaman cancels English Channel attempt

Glendale G. Rosal 08/17/2016

INGEMAR Macarine, also known as the “Pinoy Aquaman,” was forced to cancel his attempt to cross the English Channel in Europe because of bad weather. Macarine’s original plan was to swim yesterday but had to back out…

Birthday party fire kills 13

08/07/2016

Rouen, France – A fire apparently sparked by birthday cake candles tore through a bar in northern France early Saturday, killing at least 13 people in the nation’s deadliest blaze in a decade. Through the shattered front…

Europe grapples with security after attacks

07/31/2016

Paris — You can’t put a guard in every church and patrol every beach. But after a wave of attacks in Western Europe, authorities are struggling to protect their people as best they can. The French Riviera…

PH Embassy asks Filipinos in France to be vigilant

07/19/2016

The Philippine Embassy in Paris on Monday issued an advisory to Filipinos working in or traveling to France after a terrorist attack that killed 84 people. “Following the terrorist attack in Nice, France on July 14, the…

IS claims Nice massacre as France mulls security failure

07/17/2016

Nice, France — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack in which a Tunisian drove a truck through a crowd in Nice, killing 84, prompting hard questions in France over security failures. In…

PH must set tone for peaceful resolution of dispute

07/14/2016

NOW THAT the Permanent Court of Arbitration has released its decision on the case lodged by the Philippines against China, the Philippines should immediately set the tone of what is to follow. In the days ahead, the…

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