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MANILA, Philippines — Meat is back! And so are the classes. But as we restart our lives post-Easter, why not add a little twist to your picky eater’s favorite baon for lunch?
CANTERBURY, United Kingdom — From Maundy Thursday to Good Friday, the Visita Iglesia (literally meaning “visit church” in Spanish) has been a well-known Holy Week tradition among Catholic Filipinos.
MANILA, Philippines – Olympiad-bound International Master Daniel Quizon continued his strong showing after he finished second in the second group of the two-bracket Hanoi Grandmaster Closed Tournament in Vietnam recently.
This is a holiday-shortened three-day trading week; on the PSE, the scheduled events start (and end) today with the Alternergy [ALTER 0.76 unch] ownership group’s shares coming out of mandatory lockup. Approximately 50% of ALTER’s 3.9 billion common shares will become active and available for trading this morning. In international markets, there aren’t really any big events scheduled either. The parade of central banks announcing interest rate decisions will continue, but this is more of the B-tier and C-tier markets that don’t have a big impact on global sentiment, like Ghana (today), Hungary (tomorrow), and Nigeria (tomorrow). That said, we’ll hear from Sweden and South Africa on Wednesday. It’s not like last week when we had Japan, Australia, Indonesia, USA, Brazil, Taiwan, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, and Mexico announce.
MANILA, Philippines -- Dreams do come true.
MIAMI, United States -- Top seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek cruised to straight set victories at the Miami Open on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time)while the home nation suffered a series of early exits.
MIAMI, United States -- Taylor Fritz was upset by Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild in straight sets at the Miami Open on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time) as top ranked US men tumbled out of the tournament.
MANILA, Philippines – Janelle Mae Frayna restored some order in the Philippine National Women’s Chess Championship after she stopped wonder girl Ruelle Canino in the ninth round Friday to remain in the title race in Malolos, Bulacan.