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WHEN our names were called and we prepared to mount the stage, I saw Hidilyn Diaz rise from the presidential table. We would pass her by. She was smiling at us.
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WHEN our names were called and we prepared to mount the stage, I saw Hidilyn Diaz rise from the presidential table. We would pass her by. She was smiling at us.
JUSTINE BALTAZAR showed why he’s one of the country’s prized big men by leading the Pampanga G Lanterns to a 78-70 victory over Sta. Rosa Laguna Monday night for their second straight win in the Manila Bankers Life-Pilipinas Super League Pro Division Second Conference Dumper Cup at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando City.
SACRED Heart School (SHS)-Ateneo de Cebu’s Jared Bahay became the first player from the province who has been hailed as the best high school player of the National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) 24.
UNBEATEN Iloilo and Imus clash in a key duel Wednesday with Iloilo seeking to move closer to the second semifinal berth and Imus going all out to firm up its hold of the fourth spot in the Spikers’ Turf Open Conference at the Paco Arena in Manila.
COLLEGE of Saint Benilde beat Mapua, 25-22, 25-16, 24-26, 22-25, 15-12, to move closer to securing a Final Four berth Tuesday in the National Collegiate Athletic Association women’s volleyball tournament at the San Andres Sports Complex.
TOKYO—Asian shares were mostly higher in muted trading Tuesday, as investors tried to digest a slew of economic data and awaited moves by the US Federal Reserve.
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Rescuers were searching for 42 people still missing Tuesday after two landslides triggered by torrential rains hit villages on an island in Indonesia’s remote Natuna regency, disaster officials said.
China’s exports and imports continued to decline in the first two months of the year, clouding the outlook for the economy as it gradually begins recovering from Covid restrictions and infection waves.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian police have found the body of a young woman trapped in a car that was swept away by rushing waters, the fifth death of seasonal floods that have also forced more than 43,000 people to flee their homes.
BANGKOK—Soldiers in Myanmar rampaged through several villages, raping, beheading and killing at least 17 people, residents said, in the latest of what critics of the ruling military say are a series of war crimes since the army seized power two years ago.
CHASIV YAR, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed Monday not to retreat from Bakhmut as Russian forces encroached on the devastated eastern city they have sought to capture for six months at the cost of thousands of lives.
SEOUL, South Korea—The influential sister of North Korea’s leader warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take “quick, overwhelming action” against the United States and South Korea—one day after a nuclear-capable B-52 flew over the peninsula.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen persuaded House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to meet in the US due to security worries, the Financial Times said, a move that appeared aimed at avoiding another crisis with China.
LOS ANGELES—Residents of Southern California mountain towns have continued to struggle to dig out and get necessities in the aftermath of a record-setting blizzard last month that dumped so much snow that roads became impassable and roofs collapsed.
BEIJING—In his first news conference since taking office, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang lashed out Tuesday at the United States over deteriorating bilateral relations and Washington’s support for Taiwan. He also insinuated that America was undermining efforts for peace in Ukraine in order to extend the conflict for its own benefit.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yielded to pressure over allegations China interfered in Canada’s elections, appointing a special investigator to study the matter.
ATLANTA—More than 20 people from around the country faced domestic terrorism charges Monday after dozens in black masks attacked the site of a police training center under construction in a wooded area outside Atlanta where one protester was killed in January.
Concerned government agencies were pressed anew by Sen. Francis Tolentino to step up efforts to effectively contain the potentially catastrophic Mindoro oil spill that may have placed diverse marine ecosystem and people’s lives in jeopardy.
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) defended on Tuesday its existing policy barring travelers from taking photos and videos of immigration personnel while at the immigration areas of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia).
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food on Tuesday cited for contempt the officials and a lawyer of a cold storage facility for their refusal to turn over the service contracts of their clients due to a supposed confidentiality clause of their agreement.
NEW YORK—Giannis Antetokounmpo said he stole a triple-double and the National Basketball Association (NBA) took it back.
LOS ANGELES—There’s no timetable for Ja Morant to return to the Memphis Grizzlies, and the All-Star guard knows he’s made “difficult decisions and poor choices” that he has to be accountable for, coach Taylor Jenkins said Sunday night.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Less than three months after Argentina won its third soccer World Cup trophy in Qatar, there is growing excitement about the possibility that the country could take home another major prize—an Academy Award.
NYON, Switzerland—Ousted French soccer federation president Noël Le Graët formally withdrew his candidacy for re-election to the FIFA Council, European soccer body UEFA said Monday.
HIGH commodity prices may continue despite the slowdown in inflation in February 2023, according to local economists.
THE first day of the weeklong transport strike had little impact on the economy, according to the chief of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), noting that only a handful of drivers and operators joined the protest.
THE Philippines has been leading in pioneering new solutions that involve the whole community in becoming plastic-neutral, a dairy company official said on Monday.
FOR faster and improved delivery of services to the public, the House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a Marcos administration’s priority bill that institutionalizes the government’s shift to E-Governance.
LEADING Southeast Asian nations, including the Philippines, are emerging as a global leader for sustainable business reporting, with many companies in the region increasingly likely to publicly disclose their impacts.
WITH supermajority votes of 301, the House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) 6 calling for a constitutional convention (Con-con) to propose amendments to the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.
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