Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz thinks that one likely solution to have weightlifting competitions in the 2024 Paris Olympics is for it to be organized by the International Olympics Committee (IOC). Diaz said that as an athlete, she is clueless on the fate of the...
Binibining Pilipinas 2021 queens More than a month after the grand coronation night of Binibining Pilipinas 2021, the country's most prestigious beauty pageant continues to excite netizens with its activities to look forward to. Binibining Pilipinas officially breached the million mark on...
The price of gasoline products in the country had been reduced by P0.80 per liter, lower than what was anticipated at over P1.00 per liter because of the last batch of cost recovery on higher ethanol prices, according to the industry players. The oil companies similarly trimmed the pump prices of...
A group of farmers is urging the Philippine government to end the liberalization of fertilizer importation in the country and start regulating the prices of this essential farm input. This was the response of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) to a Business Bulletin story quoting Fertilizer and...
Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) president Monico Puentevella, left, with Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. (Monico Puentevella Facebook) Former Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) president Monico Puentevella expressed optimism that the International Weightlifting Federation...
After being flagged by Commission on Audit (COA) for underutilization of funds and accounting irregularities, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is now strategizing to fully utilize its budget for this year. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) At the same time, the DA...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Agriculture (DA) for billions of unspent funds and accounting "irregularities" prompting several farmers’ groups to slam the government agency led by Agriculture Secretary William Dar. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo courtesy of...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) The NCAA Management Committee (MANCOM) has discussed the possibility of having weightlifting as an event in the collegiate level recently, but it doesn’t mean its entry would be easy. The topic was brought to the attention during a MANCOM meeting after it was suggested by no...
It’s easy to assume that the fuel that goes into our cars is something simply extracted from the ground. Yet a lot of research and development goes into producing Shell’s modern fuels. Shell fuels, whether V-Power or Fuel Save, are developed by Shell’s international group of scientists. This...
Truth to tell, I like Filipinas. There’s elegance to it, not to mention nostalgia. But I’ve never used it to refer to my country. I’d hear it in old, rare, trilingual Filipino movies, in which the characters would speak in Filipino, American English, and a smattering of Spanish. I was born...
Photo from Chooks to Go Jumbo Plastic-Basilan finished off KCS-Mandaue, 83-65, to emerge as the first-ever champion of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup Friday, Aug. 13 in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur. Michael Mabulac and Jay Collado led the way as the Peace Riders swept the...
Photo from FIBA The Philippines remained at No. 31 in the latest world rankings released by FIBA following the conclusion of the Tokyo Olympics. With 322.8 points, Gilas Pilipinas also kept its hold on being the sixth-best team in Asia, behind world No. 3 and Olympic bronze medalist Australia...
