PHIVOLCS logs 3 quakes at Kanlaon Volcano
August 5, 2024
Three volcanic earthquakes have been recorded at Kanlaon Volcano since Sunday midnight, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) bulletin showed Monday.
Carlos Yulo shrugs off sleepless night to make history for PH
August 5, 2024
Carlos Yulo shrugged off a sleepless night to win gymnastics gold in the men’s vault at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, 24 hours after claiming the floor title for a piece of Philippines sporting history. “It’s crazy because last night ...
Yulo may get ‘Senate Medal of Excellence’ after golden Olympics wins
August 5, 2024
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo may just get the prestigious “Senate Medal of Excellence” for his historic golden victories at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. This is because Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino filed on Monday a...
LIVE UPDATES: Team Philippines at Paris Olympics 2024 August 5
August 5, 2024
Team Philippines at Paris Olympics 2024 Schedule August 5 Philippine Time 4:50 pm – Lauren Hoffman – athletics, women’s 400m hurdles repechage FULL PHILIPPINE TEAM SCHEDULE HERE. HISTORIC GOLD MOMENT 🙌 🇵🇭 LOOK: The International Gymnastics Federation shares photos of Carlos Yulo celebrating his second gold medal at the #Paris2024 | 📸: FIG Gymnastics via Arabela Cisneros, https://t.co/92tzXJz7A2 trainee pic.twitter.com/B2dHqWuPxk — INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) August 5, 2024 FRIENDSHIP WINS 🇵🇭🇬🇧 LOOK: Filipino-British gymnast Jake Jarman proudly celebrates Carlos Yulo after he secured the Philippines' second gold medal at the #Paris2024. | 📷: Jarman/Instagram Story via Krissalyn Espiritu, https://t.co/92tzXJz7A2 trainee pic.twitter.com/C1wqnnzMLs […]...
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Aerosmith retires from touring: Steven Tyler’s voice damaged
August 5, 2024
LOS ANGELES — Aerosmith says Steven Tyler’s voice has been permanently damaged by a vocal cord injury last year and the band will no longer tour. The iconic band behind hits like “Love in an Elevator” and “Livin’ on the Ed...
Cardi B asks court to award her primary custody of her children with Offset
August 5, 2024
NEW YORK — Cardi B is seeking primary custody of her children with rapper Offset, including a baby on the way, court records in the couple’s divorce show. The Grammy-winning hip-hop superstar is also seeking child support from Offset, known for his suc...
Cacao farmers need more support to boost PH chocolate industry, senator says
August 5, 2024
CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the chocolate industry in the Philippines continues to grow, Senator Pia Cayetano calls for ways to support it. During her visit to Cebu for the National Cacao Congress 2024, the legislator noted the need for more support fo...
A perfect den? Steaks, sushi, and sake at this next-level Nikkei
August 5, 2024
Den by Nikkei is another welcome step in the expansion of Japanese-Peruvian gastronomy in Manila Nikkei has always had an understated vibe to it and its latest iteration in Forbestown BGC is no exception—save for one thing. It exudes an unmatched confi...
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Lily Monteverde and her Midas touch in show business
August 5, 2024
Way before she became known as “Mother Lily,” Lily Monteverde had already held a deep adoration for the silver screen that she decided that becoming part of the Philippine film industry was the trajectory she wanted to take. Mother Lily died on Aug. 4...
Tennis pair win first Olympic medal for Russians in Paris
August 5, 2024
Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider on Sunday became the first Russians to win a medal at the Paris Olympics when they took silver in the women’s tennis doubles. Playing as neutrals, they were beaten in three sets in the final by Italy’s Sara...
Carlos Yulo’s double gold catapults Philippines up Olympic medal rankings
August 5, 2024
Thanks to Carlos Yulo's double gold-medal finish, the Philippines moved up 10 places from 31st to 21st of 184 teams in the medal rankings at the 2024 Paris Olympics overnight on Monday.
Senate to launch probe on sunken oil tanker
August 5, 2024
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino called on the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to be proactive in helping fishermen displaced by the massive oil spill from the sunken MT Terra Nova. Tolentino has filed Senate Resolution No. 104...
NSC, NTF-ELCAC extended congratulations to Yulo
August 5, 2024
The National Security Council (NSC) and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Sunday extended its warmest congratulations to Carlos Yulo for his outstanding achievement in winning the Olympic gold. National Securi...
China coast guard monitors Philippine patrol boats in Sabina Shoal
August 5, 2024
Spokesperson Gan Yu says patrol boats from the Philippine Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Bureau and multiple fishing boats gathered in the waters near a Philippine ship which China says was 'illegally stranded' at the shoal
Tulfo seeks to abolish travel tax for economy class passengers
August 5, 2024
Senator Raffy Tulfo is pushing for the removal of travel tax being imposed on Filipinos flying economy class to any part of the world. Tulfo, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Services, is set to file a bill this week which seeks to abolish...
COA praises Isabela State U for generous spending on instruction expenses
August 5, 2024
The state university exceeds spending requirements for faculty, curriculum, student, and facilities development
Algerian teen, Yulo steal the Olympic show as Biles takes day off
August 5, 2024
Algerian teen Kaylia Nemour conjured up a landmark Olympic gymnastics win for Africa and Carlos Yulo made it two golds in 24 hours on Sunday. On the second day of the apparatus finals at Bercy, 17-year-old Arena Nemour produced “the performance o...
Southwest Monsoon to bring rains over several areas
August 5, 2024
The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) will bring rains over several areas on Monday, PAGASA said. The weather bureau is also monitoring a low pressure area east northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon.
Biles doesn’t rule out the 2028 Olympics after winning gold in vault
August 5, 2024
By ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles is getting kind of old for this. Just maybe not too old to keep going. Maybe. Minutes after the American gymnastics star won the seventh Olympic gold of her career on Saturday, Aug. 3, in a vault fin...
Yulo vaults to double gold
August 5, 2024
By REY C. LACHICA PARIS – As far as the Philippines is concerned, every Juan dela Cruz can now proudly call the 2024 Paris Olympics by its other name — the Great Carlos Yulo show. And why not. The 4-foot-11 dynamo stood tallest anew, winni...
Regal matriarch Mother Lily dies at 84
August 5, 2024
Philippine cinema icon and Regal Films founder Lily Monteverde, affectionately called Mother Lily in the industry, passed away early yesterday morning, a day after her husband of over 60 years, Remy Monteverde, was laid to rest.
Vietnam ship in Manila for joint drills with Philippines
August 5, 2024
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Vietnamese Coast Guard (VCG) will hold joint exercises on search and rescue (SAR) as well as fire and explosion prevention training in Manila Bay today.
‘Senate probe on POGO can be terminated’
August 5, 2024
The investigation of the Senate panel on the alleged scamming and human trafficking in Clark related to Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) can already be terminated as numerous loopholes in existing laws have been exposed, Senate Minority Lea...
Palace asks Supreme Court: Junk petition vs rice tariff cut
August 5, 2024
Malacañang has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petition seeking to declare as unconstitutional Executive Order 62, which reduced the tariffs of imported rice and other agricultural products from 35 percent to 15 percent.
House starts deliberations on P6.352 trillion budget
August 5, 2024
The House of Representatives starts today the deliberations on the proposed P6.352-trillion national expenditure program (NEP) for 2025 of the Marcos administration.
President Marcos appoints Cobonpue to DTI’s creative development council
August 5, 2024
President Marcos has appointed award-winning industrial designer Kenneth Cobonpue as a member of the Philippine Creative Industries Development Council under the Department of Trade and Industry.
Shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop: UN rights chief
August 4, 2024
The UN’s top human rights official on Sunday called for an immediate stop to the violence in Bangladesh, which claimed scores of lives, including those of police officers, over the weekend.
Hurdlers Cabang, Hoffman relegated to repechage round
August 4, 2024
By MARK REY MONTEJO Hurdlers John Cabang Tolentino and Lauren Hoffman were relegated to the repechage round of their respective events in the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis Sunday, Aug. 4. Cabang clocked 13.66 seconds ...
Yulo is true example of Filipino resilience
August 4, 2024
By MARK REY MONTEJO For Carlos Yulo, it was beyond the Olympic moment, or the rewards that await him once he returns home. The 4-foot-11 gymnast, who showed the biggest heart in Paris on Saturday night, Aug. 3, proved that the journey toward unp...
Habagat to keep bringing rain to the Visayas, Mindanao
August 4, 2024
The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) would continue to bring cloudy conditions and rain over the Visayas and Mindanao in the next 24 hours, state weather bureau PAGASA said Sunday.
Tolentino, Bachmann laud Yulo’s Olympic success
August 4, 2024
BY REY C. LACHICA PARIS — Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino was on cloud nine once again as his template for Olympic success was further validated with the golden triumph of gymnast Carlos Yulo. “Caloy has a...
Millions and counting: Golden boy Yulo rewarded for historic Paris win
August 4, 2024
By REYNALD MAGALLON Millions of rewards and monetary incentives are expected to pour in for Carlos Yulo after winning the country’s first gold medal in the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics in the floor exercise event of the men’s artistic gymn...
UP Manila creates device that detects designer drugs in urine
August 4, 2024
The University of the Philippines Manila has developed a portable device that can detect selected New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) or designer drugs through urine samples.
Heavy to intense rains pour over Zambales, 6 other areas on Sunday afternoon
August 4, 2024
Parts of Zambales, Tarlac, Pampanga, Laguna, Batangas, Queon, and Cavite are experiencing heavy to intense rainshowers with lightning and strong winds on Sunday afternoon, according to state weather bureau PAGASA.
Moderate, heavy rain showers expected over NCR, 10 other areas
August 4, 2024
The NCR and 10 other areas will have moderate to heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds in the next two hours, PAGASA said in its 11:30 a.m. thunderstorm advisory Sunday.
Southwest Monsoon to bring rains over Visayas, Mindanao
August 4, 2024
The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) is affecting Visayas and Mindanao on Sunday and will bring rains over several areas, PAGASA said in its weather forecast.
468 aftershocks posted after magnitude 6.8 quake in Surigao del Sur — PHIVOLCS
August 3, 2024
At least 468 aftershocks have been recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology following the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Surigao del Sur, according to a Super Radyo dzBB report by Luisito Santos on Saturday.
UN condemns deadly suicide attack on Somalia beach
August 3, 2024
The United Nations has strongly condemned a suicide attack at a popular beachfront in the capital, Mogadishu, that claimed dozens of civilian lives.