Portugal draws Spain

Mars Alison 06/16/2018

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to help Portugal end its first match against Spain in a 3-all draw in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Ronaldo had immediately put Portugal ahead when he scored an early goal,…

Mercedes cautious despite a commanding victory in Spain

AP 05/14/2018

BARCELONA, Spain — Mercedes got the commanding victory it had been seeking all season. Lewis Hamilton put on a strong performance at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, showing his team was back in business after a…

Spain: Several injured as train coach derails

AP 11/29/2017

MADRID — Spanish rail officials say several people were injured when a train carriage derailed between the southern cities of Malaga and Seville. A spokesman for Spain’s Adif railway infrastructure company said initial investigations indicated the coach…

Spain riot police fire rubber projectiles in Catalonia vote

AP 10/01/2017

  SANT JULIA DE RAMIS, Spain — Spanish riot police smashed their way into polling stations to try to halt a disputed independence referendum on Sunday and fired rubber projectiles at protesters outside a Barcelona polling station.…

Cebuano, family hurt in Spain attack

Jhunnex Napallacan 08/19/2017

What was supposed to be a fun vacation to celebrate a son’s birthday in Spain turned out to be traumatic and painful experience for a Cebuano family based in Ireland. Norman Potot, 45, who is from Barangay…

3 gored in Pamplona’s first bull run in 2017

AP 07/07/2017

Pamplona, Spain — Two Americans and a Spaniard were gored yesterday during the first running of the bulls of this year’s San Fermin festival, medical officials in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona said. A 46-year-old Spanish…

‘Conquistadores’ – A taste of Spain at Pusô Bistro

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 03/17/2017

“CONQUISTADORES” or conquerors refer to the explorer/soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese empires. During the “Age of Discovery,” Conquistadores sailed beyond Europe that included Americas, Oceania, Africa and Asia. They colonized much of the world for Spain…

A TASTE OF SPAIN IN SUMMER

Hayde Quiñanola 03/03/2017

Chef Chele from Crimson Resort and Spa VASK  Tapas is the only Philippine restaurant to make it on the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list last year and the man behind is Chef Jose Luis “Chele” Gonzales who,…

The good friars of old Oslob

Jobers R. Bersales 02/22/2017

A brief unplanned stop at a church renovation project going nowhere somewhere in Western Cebu, I had a brief chat with one of the parishioners there that got me into thinking about how history will judge us…

Oslob controversies, ca. 1882

Jobers R. Bersales 02/01/2017

In 1882, Fray Gregorio Ros, OSA, parish priest of Oslob, answered a set of 81 questions that, like the previous set of articles on Toledo in this space last month, provides us today an intriguing glimpse of…

The Fairest of them all

Apple Ta-as 01/29/2017

MISS UNIVERSE 2016 CROWNING  MOMENT Have you picked a single favorite candidate? With 86 lovely women vying for the Miss Universe 2016 crown, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by a bevy of beauties but, of course, there’s…

Toledo in the eyes of Juan Climaco, 1886, part 1

Jobers R. Bersales 01/04/2017

On 1 April 1887, or one hundred thirty years ago this year, the Philippine Exposition opened in Madrid. In preparation for this big event intended to introduce the distant colony to Spain and all of Europe, existing…

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