That and more significant art pieces will be present at Leon Gallery Asian Cultural Council Auction 2021 Juan Luna's "Sorpendido" As history tells it, Juan Luna’s love affair with Maria de la Paz Pardo Tavera had no shortage of drama and scandal. There were concerns about the couple’s...
Photo from BRAVE CF Newly-signed Jenel Lausa is set to lock horns with undefeated Afghan fighter in BRAVE Combat Federation in March, the promotion announced Tuesday night, Feb. 23. Lausa, who recently joined the Bahrain-based promotion for his mixed martial arts comeback, will face Rahmatullah...
Southeast Asian flavors swirl with ingenious twists and tweaks It’s a completely unassuming eating establishment found on the 2nd floor View Deck of One Bonifacio High Street Mall. But thanks to the culinary wizardry and rich lineage of chef Christina Sunae, the Sunae Asian Cantina packs plenty...
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) hopes the country will surpass its previous Asian Games performance by sending athletes to 46 of 61 calendared sports for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. POC President Bambol Tolentino said the list was based on the PH team’s showing in the 2019...
Photo from BRAVE CF Filipino fighter Rolando Dy is set to return to mixed martial arts action next month. BRAVE Combat Federation announced on Wednesday night, Feb. 17, its first main event for "Kombat Kingdom" with Dy and Kyrgyz contender Abdisalam Kubanychbek headlining BRAVE CF 47: Asian...
The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) has given its blessings to Ramon “Tats” Suzara for being elected as president of the newly formed Philippine National Volleyball Federation Inc. (PNVFI). In a letter dated Jan. 28, AVC President Rita Subowo congratulated Suzara’s election and looked...
Hit by calamities in 2020 A “perfect storm” – comprised of a series of typhoons, COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, the persistence of African Swine Fever (ASF), among other unfortunate scenarios – has challenged the agriculture sector in 2020, bringing down the total full-year output at -1.2...
Sports officials are working to get clearance from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the resumption of training of other athletes competing in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games set late November. Philippine Sports Commission's National Training Director Marc Velasco said this is the first crucial step...
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has rescheduled the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) to March 10 to 20, 2022 due to the ongoing pandemic crisis. In a statement, OCA confirmed the postponement of the quadrennial event initially scheduled May 21 to 30 in Bangkok and Chonburi Province,...
The 6 th Asian Beach Games has been postponed for the second time due to the pandemic. In a recent statement, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) deemed it necessary to move the event following growing concerns over the coronavirus particularly on a potentially more dangerous variant discovered...
The agriculture sector is expected to contract by more than 1 percent within the first three months of this year on the weight of the lingering impact of strong typhoons, namely Quinta, Rolly, and Ulysses, said a top official of an international think tank. "For the first quarter of 2021, we are...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino urged national sports associations (NSAs) to prioritize athletes participating in Olympic qualifiers and the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) should they plan to hold a training bubble. Speaking in the Philippine Sportswriters...
