World’s rarest, most threatened migratory shore bird seen in PH

Lu-Ann Fuentes - Bajarias 03/17/2024

In a historic moment for Philippine avian biodiversity, the world’s rarest and most threatened migratory shorebird has been sighted for the very first time in the country. The spoon-billed sandpiper, with a global population estimated at around…

Rare ‘birds of legend’ spotted in Davao region — DENR

Jean Mangaluz - Reporter / @JMangaluzINQ 01/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini), a rare and critically endangered bird species, has been spotted several times in the Philippines in January 2023, said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on…

The gimmick defense is rare in the NBA, but not unheard of

10/21/2019

Atlanta guard Kevin Huerter saw gimmick defenses throughout high school and college. Box-and-ones, triangle-and-twos and variations thereof, they weren’t exactly uncommon for opponents to try. In the NBA, they’re a rarity. And Huerter says the reason is…

MAQUILING, A RARE GEM

Mars G. Alison 12/29/2018

In every team in sports, there is that one player who could always be counted on to make a breakthrough. Fortunately for Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu, they have Leo Gabriel Martin Maquiling, who has been playing…

COLINA‘S RARE FEAT

Mars G. Alison 12/16/2018

Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu and Leylam FC successfully clinched their respective titles in the 20th Aboitiz Football Cup which came to an end last night at the Cebu City Sports Center. Perhaps, the happiest man on…

RARE FEAT

Glendale Rosal 11/16/2018

Estreba wins two golds in separate sporting events of Cebu City Olympics Marielle Estreba put up an impressive showing in the 2018 Cebu City Olympics, bagging a gold medal in two separate sporting events on Thursday at…

A rare breed

Madrileña de la Cerna 10/27/2018

I first heard about Resil B. Mojares when I was a college student at STC in the 1960s when he sat as a panelist in the oral defenses of the theses of English majors. His reputation as…

Cebuanos to welcome rare visit of Padre Pio’s incorrupt heart

Delta Letigio 10/10/2018

Cebuanos will have a chance to view and venerate the incorrupt heart relic of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina starting Thursday to Sunday. The precious relic from Italy will arrive at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. Cebu Archbishop…

Rare tamaraw found grazing on Oriental Mindoro mountain

Inquirer.net 10/02/2018

CITY OF CALAPAN — After decades of not being sighted in this part of Oriental Mindoro province, up to 30 tamaraws (Bubalus mindorensis), a critically endangered animal species, are grazing again on Mt. Gimparay in Naujan town,…

RARE SHOWDOWN

Glendale G. Rosal 09/13/2017

Pinoy vs Pinoy encounter in coming Pinoy Pride 42 Boxing fans will be in for a treat when two-division world champion Johnriel “Quadro Alas” Casimero and IBF inter-continental super flyweight champion Jonas “Zorro” Sultan collide for a…

INHUMANS: A rare, messy stumble by Marvels

Jeff Ruffolo 08/31/2017

SEE it does pay to collect old comic books.it does pay to collect old comic books. I remember back in the mid-1960s when writer Stan “The Man” Lee and his artistic counterpart, Jack “King” Kirby first created…

Transparency in ocean governance

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 09/18/2016

Last week, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) — Artisanal Fisherfolk Sectoral Council spearheaded a consultation in Cebu City on the theme, “Effective Management of Tañon Strait as a Common Fishing Ground of a Cluster of Municipalities/Cities of…

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