IT WAS a successful return for five-division world champion Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. after scoring a bizarre fourth-round victory to dethrone British World Boxing Association (WBA) super world bantamweight champion Ryan Burnett and win the vacant…
Manila has made it to the list of the world’s least sustainable cities, a study from an Amsterdam-based design and consultancy firm showed. In its 2018 Sustainable Cities Index (SCI) report released Thursday, Arcadis revealed that the…
WITH the aim to achieve a polio-free world, the Rotary International District 3680 is bringing in a program to fully eradicate the sickness. The Rotary District 3860 will be conducting the “Patak” Polio Immunization Day on October…
In the cool mountains of Benguet, Paulino Enrique, a cut-flower farmer, wakes up early at the break of dawn to prepare for the harvest of the season. In Davao City’s town proper, Margarita Pulledo carefully arranges freshly-baked…
FILIPINO-Japanese judoka Kiyomi Watanabe is inching closer to her Tokyo 2020 Olympic dreams after she climbed one step higher in the world rankings. Despite managing to win only her first match in the recently concluded World Judo…
I was more or less your age in 1972 when Marcos declared martial law. Government was placed under the control of the military. The military was, of course, beholden to Marcos who was commander-in-chief. Thus, all mechanisms…
GAINESVILLE, Georgia—The Philippines snatched two gold medals in record-setting fashion during the opener of the prestigious 2018 ICF World Dragon Boat Championships at the Lake Lanier Olympic Park here. The national paddlers from the Philippine Canoe Kayak…
FILIPINO ring warrior Mark John “Journeyman” Yap faces unbeaten Japanese Takuma Inoue today in a world title eliminator bout for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) world bantamweight title at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This…
Some of the world’s best to join World DanceSport Federation Cebu Open Expect some of the top dancers from around the world to join the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) Cebu Open 2018 and 10th Dancesport Sa Sugbu…
Canberra, Australia — Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull resigned from Parliament on Friday, triggering a by-election that could bring down the unpopular conservative government. Disgruntled lawmakers in Turnbull’s conservative Liberal Party replaced him as prime minister…
THE Philippines’ competitiveness in trade logistics improved in the past two years, such that its rank jumped to 60th place among 168 countries in this year’s edition of a biennial World Bank report. The report titled “Connecting…
Two world-class Filipino athletes brought pride to the Philippines on July 15: Senator Manny Pacquiao who scored a knockout win to claim the WBA welterweight title and Alphonse Areola, one of the three goalkeepers of France, the…
