Gilas stamps class vs Bahrain
HANGZHOU – The loudest cheers on this relatively quiet day for Team Philippines in the 19th Asian Games were those for Gilas Pilipinas.
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Van der Valk leads by 1 with 66 in ICTSI Mimosa golf tourney opener
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE – 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 Tuesday.
MPBL: Pasay escapes Iloilo; Imus, Pasig win
MANILA, Philippines – The Pasay Voyagers leaned on Laurenz Paul Victoria's two free throws with six seconds left to thwart the Iloilo United Royals, 84-85, on Monday in the OKBet-MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Fifth Season at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay.
Gilas begins Asiad campaign vs Bahrain
GILAS Pilipinas kicks off its gold medal quest for the 19th Asian Games when it takes on unpredictable Bahrain in the opening day of the men's basketball competition today in Hangzhou, China.
Escudero to Marcos: Pick full-time DA chief
SEN. Francis Joseph «Chiz» Escudero on Monday asked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to appoint a full-time Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary so that the challenges in the agency could be addressed immediately.
Gilas boys lose vs China, finish 4th; Alas named to All-Star 5
MANILA, Philippines – World Cup-bound Gilas Pilipinas boys settled for a fourth-place finish after an 87-59 loss to China in the FIBA U16 Asian Championship bronze-medal match Monday at the Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall in Doha, Qatar.
Petition against felling thousands of trees in historic Tokyo park area
TOKYO, Japan — Campaigners filed a fresh petition with almost 225,000 signatures on Monday against plans to fell potentially thousands of trees and tear down a historic baseball stadium in a rare green area of central Tokyo.
Philippine Nobel winner Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion
MANILA: Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was acquitted Tuesday of her final tax evasion charge, the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay out of prison.Ressa smiled as the judge delivered the verdict in a case that has dragged on for nearly five years.The 59-year-old, who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, has been fighting multiple charges filed during former president Rodrigo Duterte's administration, and still faces two cases.A vocal critic of Duterte and his deadly drug war, Ressa has long maintained that the charges against her and Rappler, the news website she co-founded in 2012, were politically motivated.