Nadal, Alcaraz team up in Paris Olympics
MANILA, Philippines — Rafael Nadal confirmed on Thursday he will miss Wimbledon to focus on the Paris Olympics, which will be played on the clay courts at Roland Garros.
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PNP allowed to conduct digital test on gadgets seized from Chinese
A MAKATI court has authorized cyber-crime investigators of the PNP to conduct a “forensic digital examination” on the hi-tech and military-grade devices recovered from a Chinese citizen arrested last month.
Chinese Coast Guard bullying escalates after WPS fishing ban — group
MANILA, Philippines — Fishers’ group New Masinloc Fishermen Association (NMFA) said the bullying by the Chinese Coast Guard has intensified after China banned fishing activities in areas in the West Philippine Sea that include the Philippines territory.
Alcaraz, Nadal team up to play at Olympics
PARIS – Newly crowned French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz and 14-time Roland Garros winner Rafael Nadal will play at the Olympic Games next month, the Spanish tennis federation (RFET) announced Wednesday (Thursday Manila time).
AFP urged to defend Filipino fishermen from Chinese arrests
MANILA, Philippines — A senior administration lawmaker said the Armed Forces of the Philippines should make good its promise to protect Filipino fishermen from getting detained by Chinese enforcing Beijing’s regulation against “trespassers.”
A growing Filipino diaspora means plenty of celebration worldwide for Philippine Independence Day
In the Philippines — where Spanish and later U.S. colonial rule persisted for nearly four centuries — June 12 is the real Independence Day. That date in 1898 was the pivotal moment when the island nation first made a bold move for autonomy.
Joint patrols pushed for Spratly Islands
SEN. Imee Marcos has proposed joint patrols among claimants in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea — which include the Philippines — to ease tensions in the region.
US and Filipino forces end war drills that tested their endurance in brutal heat and shifty weather
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of American and Filipino troops concluded Monday a new combat exercise in the northern Philippines that tested their endurance in more than a week of brutal heat and volatile weather and braced them to respond to any threat in tropical jungles and on scattered islands, two U.S. and Philippine generals said.