Gilas Pilipinas kicked off its buildup for the 2023 FIBA World Cup with a brief closed-door session that was attended by 14 players at the Meralco Gym on Wednesday, June 7. According to team manager Butch Antonio, PBA players June Mar Fajardo, CJ Perez, Scottie Thompson, Japeth Aguilar, RR Pogoy,...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. called on stakeholders to support the implementation of the P45.01 billion Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) Scale-Up, which he said would benefit Filipino farmers, fisherfolk, and consumers. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with World Bank...
Jose Panganiban Jr.'s Infiniti Gold 6-Cock Derby June 21 Manila Arena-2 and partners Pablito Gregore and Dennis Lumpay's 22GF/Ormoc Joe shared the World Slasher Cup 9-cock title after topping the event with identical 7.5 points last May 30 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. *(From left to...
To celebrate World Milk Day last June 1, the National Dairy Authority (NDA) held a press conference discussing intensified dairy programs to aid in the 8-point socioeconomic agenda of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Milk is a complete food providing proper nutrition to people of all...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization will use the European Union's digital Covid pass as a basis for a global health certification system, according to a new partnership deal agreed Monday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides signed what...
Members of the Tengger sub-ethnic group carries a goat for offering on the active Mount Bromo volcano as part of the Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, East Java province on June 5, 2023. (Juni Kriswanto / AFP) PROBOLINGGO, Indonesia -- Thousands of Hindu worshippers scaled an active Indonesian...
This handout photograph taken on June 5, 2023 and released by the Indian Ministry of Defence shows India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (R) and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (L) during their meeting in New Delhi. (Indian Ministry of Defence / AFP) NEW DELHI, India -- The United States and...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US officials said Monday there were no survivors from the Virginia crash of a small plane carrying four people, a day after the unresponsive aircraft prompted the scrambling of fighter jets from Washington. The Cessna Citation slammed into mountainous terrain Sunday...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Prince Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for more than a century when he testifies this week against a tabloid newspaper publisher. Harry, 38, is expected to take the witness stand at London's High Court in a trial considering...
In line with the celebration of the Philippine Environment Month this June, as well as the World Environment Day on Monday, June 5, Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles called on the government's 1.8 million workforce to promote environmental conservation and sustainability as...
A passenger looks out from a carriage of a long-distance train as it runs on the newly restored track at the accident site of a recent three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 5, 2023. (Punit PARANJPE /...
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) SYDNEY, Australia -- New Zealand honoured former prime minister Jacinda Ardern with the title of dame on Monday, citing her leadership after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ardern, 42,...
