PNP revokes Quiboloy’s gun permits
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said that it had revoked the gun permit of fugitive doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy.
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2 Catholics hurt in Cotabato City chapel bombing
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A grenade blast ripped through the Sto. Niño Chapel in Purok Bagong Silang in Barangay Rosary Heights 3 here on Sunday morning, hurting two worshipers and causing panic among villagers in houses around.
Bolts survive Bolick's 48 points, draw first blood vs Road Warriors
MANILA, Philippines -- The Meralco Bolts weathered the 48-point explosion of Robert Bolick to hang on against the NLEX Road Warriors, 97-93, in Game 1 of their PBA Philippine Cup best-of-three quarterfinals series Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
NLEX's Bolick still ahead of the pack in PBA BPC race
MANILA, Philippines -- NLEX Road Warriors star Robert Bolick continues to pace the race for the PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference at the end of the elimination round.
Robinsons Land Q1 profit: P4.1-B (+53%)
Robinsons Land [RLC 15.20 ?0.8%; 26% avgVol] [link] teased its Q1 results on Friday, revealing that its net income attributable for the quarter reached P4.07 billion, a 53% y/y increase. RLC said the result was “driven by solid performances across all business units”, and by a P730 million one-time gain on the “reclassification of its GoTyme investment”. Excluding the one-off gain, RLC’s net income attributable was still P3.34 billion, which was a 21% y/y increase. Consolidated revenues were up 19%, headlined by a 17% increase in RLC’s malls and hotels revenue to P7.9 billion. Property development generated P3.13 billion in revenue (+25%).MB BOTTOM-LINE: We will need to see the full Annual Report to get the “warts and all” view of what happened in Q1, but the key takeaways here are the degree to which RLC was able to snag some of the uplift from the surging malls sector, the degree to which Robinsons Offices managed to grow its topline amid a sector-wide downturn, and the explosive performance of the Robinsons Hotels and Resorts unit that saw a 54% increase in revenue to P1.35 billion in Q1. I’m not sold on RLC’s ability to scale its tourism-facing businesses, but that’s the business unit that is attached to the most volatile sector, so maybe that’s a good thing for long-term stability.
Rifles, pistol seized from 2 illegal dealers in CIDG operation
COTABATO CITY — Policemen seized two M1 Garand rifles and a .45 caliber pistol from two illegal gun dealers entrapped in Alamada, Cotabato on Saturday afternoon.
Garcia failed drug test before Haney win – ESPN report
LOS ANGELES – American boxer Ryan Garcia failed a drug test just before his explosive victory over undefeated WBC super-lightweight Devin Haney last month, ESPN reported on Wednesday (Thursday Manila time).
UST's Poyos downplays MVP talks
MANILA, Philippines -- University of Santo Tomas rookie Angeline Poyos relished being showered with “M-V-P” chants on Satuday, but she is keeping her eyes on a much bigger prize.