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Philippine voters head to the polls on Monday in a presidential election shaping up as a rematch between the son and namesake of the country's late dictator and the human rights lawyer who narrowly beat him in the 2016 vice presidential contest.
MANILA, Philippines — Office for Transportation Security (OTS) Administrator Ma. O Aplasca yesterday submitted his courtesy resignation to President Marcos through Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista.
MANILA, Philippines — The first batch of disqualification cases against candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) involved in premature campaigning will be filed tomorrow, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). ”Upon initial assessment, there are 110 possible
It could be the most problematic Gilas team ever but no matter the odds, coach Tim Cone is armed for battle with a band of brothers determined to fight ‘til the final buzzer of every contest at the Hangzhou Asian Games. The campaign began yesterday with Gilas taking on Bahrain. Then, the Philippines battles Thailand tomorrow and Jordan on Saturday. If Gilas winds up on top of Group C at the end of the round-robin preliminaries, it automatically qualifies for the quarterfinals to begin on Oct. 3. In that scenario, Gilas will play the winner of a knockout between Group A’s No. 2 (possibly, Kazakhstan) and Group B’s No. 3 (possibly, Hong Kong). If the Philippines advances to the semifinals, it could be a showdown with host China, expected to sweep Group B. In the final, Group A’s Iran or Group D’s South Korea could make it to clash with either Gilas or China.
MANILA, Philippines — One down, four to go. That’s the countdown for lightheavyweight boxer Eumir Marcial in chasing gold in the 80kg division of the Hangzhou Asian Games. Last Sunday, Marcial opened his Asiad campaign with a bang, outpointing Mongolia’s Dalai Gonzorig, 5-0. It will take four more wins for Marcial to clinch a ticket to the Paris Olympics. His next opponent is Vietnam’s Nguyen Manh Cuong on Friday.
MANILA, Philippines — The Pasay Voyagers leaned on Laurenz Paul Victoria’s two free throws with six seconds left to thwart the Iloilo United Royals, 85-84, on Monday in the OKBet-MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Fifth Season at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay.
CLARK Freeport Zone, Philippines — Guido van der Valk put up a solid start but only pulled ahead on a stirring eagle-spiked windup as he led the assault on Mimosa Plus’ Acacia Lakeview course with a 66, one stroke ahead of four others after 18 holes of the ICTSI Mimosa Plus Championship here in Pampanga yesterday.
HANGZHOU – The loudest cheers on this relatively quiet day for Team Philippines in the 19th Asian Games were those for Gilas Pilipinas.