SM Scholarship provides fighting chance to start anew
FOR those experiencing hardships, a chance — a single spark — could be enough to show them the way to a brighter future.
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Pinoys among those with highest ‘positive experiences’ – Gallup poll
MANILA, Philippines — Despite a fraction of the population experiencing negative emotions, Filipinos continue to have the highest “positive experiences” in the world last year, according to a recent report by American analytics firm Gallup.
Recipe: Lean and mean salad to try
MANILA, Philippines — Oranges abound in Australia. There is so much supply that drinking freshly squeezed orange juice and adding wedges or slices of oranges into salads have become a way of life for Aussies.
Philippines belles bump off Indonesians in Asian elite cast
MANILA, Philippines — Newly-crowned Division B champion Gilas Pilipinas women have been promoted to the FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup elite group, taking over the spot of Indonesia.
A looming Israel-Hezbollah war
Hezbollah, a terrorist group based in Lebanon but funded by the Iranian government, dipped its finger in the Israel-Hamas war, a war it is not a part of. As a result, a full-scale war looms between Israel and Hezbollah. This looming war can potentially cause widespread destabilization in the Gulf.
Luka Doncic, Slovenia head to Olympic qualifying semifinals. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greece await
Luka Doncic and Slovenia still have Olympic hopes. And so does the Philippines, much to its own surprise.
Brownlee cut above the rest
There are at least 10 naturalized players not born in the countries they represent with no blood line in the four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments that end today in Latvia, Greece, Puerto Rico and Spain. This excludes those with no lineage but were born in the countries they play for, like Greece’s Giannis and Kostas Antetokounmpo (Nigerian heritage), Italy’s Awudu Abbas (Ghana/Nigerian heritage) and Spain’s Usman Garuba (Nigerian heritage).
Gilas women’s program bares next steps following triumphant FIBA U18 Asia Cup bid
MANILA, Philippines – The hard work continues for the successful Gilas women’s program following its masterful conquest of the FIBA U18 Asia Cup Division B in Shenzhen, China last week.
Israel says negotiators to hold fresh Gaza truce talks next week
JERUSALEM, undefined — Israel said Friday that "gaps" remained with Hamas on how to secure a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release but that it will send a delegation for fresh talks with Qatari mediators next week.