Fil-Japanese Kiyomi Watanabe yielded to China's Tang Jing via ippon in Round of 32 of women's -63kgs judo event of the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Champ-de-Mars Arena Tuesday, July 30. China's Jing Tang and Philippines' Kiyomi Watanabe after their women -63kg elimination round match in team judo...
A national record-setting performance propelled Kayla Sanchez to the semifinals of the women’s 100m freestyle in the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Paris La Defense Arena on Tuesday, July 30. Kayla Sanchez (File photo/PSC-POC Media) Sanchez clocked 53.67 seconds to finish at joint 10th with...
The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Tuesday, July 30, that a Senior High School (SHS) strand in a public school in Quezon City will not be dissolved. DepEd Central Office (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) “After consulting with the Schools Division of Quezon City, we are...
PARIS – Here’s one pleasant news for Filipino athletes still competing in the Paris Olympics here. Hidilyn Diaz (File) Hidilyn Diaz, the country’s first Olympic gold medal winner, is arriving in the French capital as a member of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes...
PARIS – Joanie Delgaco faded under the hot weather of the French Capital and finished dead last in the quarterfinals of the women’s single sculls of the Paris Olympics at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne on Tuesday, July 30, here. Joanie Delgaco (File)...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) would only be considered a success if Congress is able to pass into law the proposed P100 daily minimum wage hike bill. Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri pointed this out stating that the SONA...
PARIS (AP) — Right after Hifumi Abe violently threw his final opponent to the tatami and secured his second Olympic judo gold medal, he stood up and looked directly at his sister crying in the stands at the Champ-de-Mars Arena. Japan's Hifumi Abe poses with his gold medal after winning the men's...
PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff is making it look easy at the Paris Olympics so far, adding a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina in the second round of singles Monday, July 29, to her growing collection of lopsided results. Coco Gauff of United States celebrates her victory over Ajla...
PARIS – After rookie Aira Villegas, it’s time for the top guns – Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial – to show the stuff that made them legends after the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games three years ago. Nesthy Petecio, left, and Eumir Marcial (File photo) Certainly, it’s going to be a rough...
MEDIUM RARE How do you reduce the President’s SONA (state of the nation address) – from 90 minutes to a summary of bite-size facts, figures? Thanks to the bad weather that kept most of us home, I made it my homework to make that summary, if not for others, then for myself. Every SONA is...
Beyond expediting the release of funds and imposing a price freeze on basic goods, the declaration last week of a state of calamity in Metro Manila and five adjacent provinces exposed perennial shortcomings in governance over essential concerns ranging from garbage disposal to environmental...
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic dominated rival Rafael Nadal at the start, then held off a comeback attempt to win, 6-1, 6-4, at the Paris Olympics in the second round Monday, July 29, the 60th — and likely last — head-to-head matchup between the two tennis greats. Serbia's Novak Djokovic...
