MANILA, Philippines --- It was indeed a busy 2023 for Philippine sports and it will go down as one of the most memorable years in the history books.

Three years after the pandemic, the Asian Games and Southeast Asian Games were held in one year....

MANILA, Philippines --- The number of travelers from seaports in Southern Luzon neared the 20,000 mark a day prior to New Year's Eve, the Coast Guard District Southern Tagalog (CGDSTL) said on Saturday.

In its morning monitoring report, ...

 



MANILA, Philippines --- A 46-year-old truck driver was shot dead by a security guard following a parking altercation in Manila aturday afternoon, according to police.

The Manila Police District (MPD) said Richard Andalajao stoppe...

MANILA, Philippines --- Devotees of the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno (Black Nazarene) from Mindanao and other parts of the country were invited to join the "Traslacion" in Davao City on January 9 as part of the celebration of the Feast of...

 



 

 

LEGAZPI CITY --- Retired Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Albay resident volcanologist Eduardo "Ed" Laguerta passed away on Saturday, Dec. 30, in his hometown in Irosin, Sorsogon.

He wa...

BRISBANE, Australia --- Former U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem had a brush with one of Australia's most venomous snakes during a qualifying match at the Brisbane International on Saturday.

The former world No.3 was a set down to 20-year-old Aus...

Japan's Naomi Osaka admitted Saturday she almost gave up tennis but had rekindled her love of the sport after becoming a mother earlier this year as she prepares for a return in Brisbane.

Osaka, 26, stepped away from the game in September 2022, ...

MANILA, Philippines --- Francis Lopez and CJ Cansino went back to Subic on Friday to personally apologize to the carnival employee after they were seen pulling down his mask in the "horror train."

Cansino uploaded the trip of the Fighting Maroon...

 



 

CITY OF MALOLOS - Firecracker and fireworks - related injuries in Central Luzon rose to 40 as of Saturday, Dec. 30, which is significantly higher than the 17 cases recorded over the same period (Dec. 25 - 30) last year.

Most ...

Happy Dos Santos, mother of singer-actress Tippy Dos Santos, has died after figuring in a vehicular accident with her husband John during a vacation in Seoul, South Korea. She was 58 years old.

Happy's death was confirmed by her family on her Fa...

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PORTLAND, Oregon--- Victor Wembanyama had 30 points, six rebounds, six assists and seven blocks and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Portland Trail Blazers 118-105 on Thursday night to snapped a five-game losing streak.
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Beneath each full moon on the outskirts of a village in central Mexico, a group of women in nun habits circle around a roaring fire, cleanse themselves with burned sage, and give thanks for the moon, animals, and plant...

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The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2023 Gabi ng Parangal last Dec. 27 was a star-studded night to remember, as the biggest names of the Filipino film industry gathered at the New Fr...

CHEYENNE, Wyoming---Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, is now facing heat in real life, charged with stepping out of bounds in a thermal area during a recent visit to Yellowstone Natio...

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LOS ANGELES --- LeBron James had 17 points and 11 assists two days before his 39th birthday, Anthony Davis had 26 points and eight rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers sent the Charlotte Hornets to their ninth straight l...

MANILA, Philippines --- One of the seven persons who sustained injuries after a vehicle crashed into a bank along Quirino Highway, Quezon City on Thursday has died, according to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD).

In a report on Frid...

SAN FRANCISCO --- Tyler Herro had 26 points and seven rebounds to help the short-handed Miami Heat beat the Golden State Warriors 114-102 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory in the NBA.

Star forward Jimmy Butler sat out his fourt...

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BOSTON--- The Pistons' 28th loss in a row was unlike any of the many, many other defeats that came before it in what is now tied for the longest losing streak in NBA history.

The result was the same.

Detroit opene...

Jisoo, Jennie, Ros and Lisa of Blackpink will no longer continue any solo activities with their original label YG Entertainment. They will nonetheless pursue group activities under the South Korean music label.

In an official statement on Friday...

 

MOSCOW -- A rapper who attended a celebrity party with only a sock to hide his modesty has been jailed for 15 days, sponsors of some of Russia's best known entertainers have torn up their contracts, and President Vladimir Putin is reporte...

 



KYIV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he discussed Ukraine's peace formula in a call with Pope Francis on Thursday.

"We discussed our joint work to put Ukraine's Peace Formula into action," Zelensky said in a post on X, f...

MANILA, Philippines --- There will be no holiday declaration for January 2 (Tuesday), said Malacaang on Friday.

Asked by reporters if Palace will have an additional holiday declaration, Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cheloy Garafil...

MANILA, Philippines --- The public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program will trigger a transportation crisis and affect the economy should it push through, warned Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas on Friday.

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NEW YORK -- Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of New York on Thursday, staging a mock funeral in a demonstration against Israel's continued heavy bombardment of the besieged Gaza strip.

Holding banners demandin...

MANILA, Philippines --- Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) anticipates no imminent transport crisis in the coming year.

This outlook comes, even if some public utility vehicle (PUV) operators have not consolidated their...

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China tells US to stop emboldening PH's provocations in WPS
Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesperson Wu Qian tells the United States to stop meddling with the West Philippine Sea issue, saying that the dispute...

 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- The U.S. military's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane blasted off from Florida on Thursday night on its seventh mission, the first launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket capable of delivering it to a higher o...

SINGAPORE - Asian stocks took a breather on the last trading day of the year and are set to snap their two-year losing streak with investors buoyed by the expectations that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates next year.

MSCI's ...

 



 

SYDNEY -- Australia is bracing for an intense heatwave across its north and west during the New Year's holiday weekend with temperatures forecast to touch more than 45 degrees Celsius (113F), while severe thunderstorms were expe...

SHANGHAI - China and Hong Kong stocks are set for their best week in five months, but will end 2023 with yearly losses exceeding 10 percent as the world's worst-performing major equity markets.

China's blue chip CSI300 Index is registering an un...

Meeting the love of your life is fate. But choosing to stay with them for the rest of your life is a decision. And these celebrities decided to be with their chosen one in 2023, as you will find in this yearend special.

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MANILA, Philippines ---The train operations from Naga Cityin Camarines Sur to Legazpi City in Albayreopened to the public on Wednesday after a six-year suspension, thePhilippine National Railways (PNR)said.

According to PNR, its trains...

MANILA, Philippines --- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the renaming of five Philippine National Police (PNP) camps and lots while giving three other police properties after notable officers, said the Palace on Wednesday.

In Proclamation ...

MANILA, Philippines --- China continues to blame the Philippines for the dispute in the West Philippine Sea, saying the latter's change of policy, position, and its refusal to "honor its commitment" violate international law.

In a regular press ...

A flare falls over Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, December 24, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura



Palestinian territories -- Israel on Tuesday kept up its strik...

 

MANILA, Philippines ---Cloud clusters may bring isolated rain showers and thunderstorms over parts of Luzon and Mindanao on Wednesday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

Acco...

The local Muslim group One Bangsamoro Movement (1Bangsa) on Monday made an appeal to Israel to free all Palestinian it holds as prisoners of war in Tel Aviv as it also calls for a total ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to stop the continuing increase of...

China should first stop its hostile actions at sea before it enters into a dialogue with the Philippines, an official of the National Security Council (NSC) said on Tuesday, amid worsening tensions in the West Philippine Sea.

The territorial dis...