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Alcaraz starts Wimbledon title defense against dreadlocked Estonian
LONDON – Carlos Alcaraz begins the defense of his Wimbledon title at the All England Club on Monday (Tuesday Manila time), opening play on Centre Court against Estonia's Mark Lajal, the world's 262nd best player.
Pinoy battling human trafficking honored by US State Dept
A FILIPINO was among those honored by the US State Department in its 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, saying his efforts to combat the scourge of human trafficking were among the reasons why the Philippines was able to maintain its Tier 1 ranking in the report.
Marcos appoints ambassadors to 5 countries
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. made several appointments in various government agencies, government-owned and/or controlled corporations and diplomatic postings last week, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said yesterday.
EDITORIAL — Laggard in creativity
Here is another reason why the administration must see the importance of insulating the education sector from politics. The results of the 2022 Program on International Student Assessment Volume III, published last Tuesday, showed Filipino 15-year-olds ranking second to the worst among 64 countries in terms of creative thinking. It was the first PISA benchmarking of creativity.
Phlilippines slips 9 notches in gender gap ranking
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines saw its ranking drop nine places in the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s index tracking gender parity, but it remains among the leading countries in Eastern Asia and the Pacific region.
Changing citizenship
Yuka Saso is back in the top 10 in the world. The former Philippine team golfer staged a dramatic rally from four strokes behind to win the US Women’s Open in Pennsylvania by three. With this single victory last week, she vaulted from No. 30 in the world to No. 6, and qualified for the Paris Olympics for Japan. Now, imagine if she had done it for the Philippines.
Budget Secretary Pangandaman elected as Open Government Partnership new Steering Committee Member
Department of Budget and Management Secretary and Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) Chairperson Amenah F. Pangandaman was announced as a new member of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Steering Committee on May 30, 2024.