Photo from Rafa Nadal Academy Rising junior player Alex Eala continued to make heads turn in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour after stunning her seeded rival in the second leg of the W15 Manacor event in Spain late Wednesday. Three days after capturing her first pro title...
The local government of Cavite has cancelled its award of the $10 Billion Sangley International Airport (SIA) project to the consortium of tycoon Lucio Tan's MacroAsia Corp. and China Communications Construction Co. (CCCC), which the US blacklisted for militarizing islands in the West Philippine...
Filipino radio and TV personality Samir Gogna, professionally known as Sam YG, and pageant executive Essa Santos, are now engaged! Santos, general manager of Miss Asia Pacific International pageant, broke the news on Facebook on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Her full post: "Kung kelan naka pambahay lang... "I...
Business optimism in the Philippines still remained sluggish with less than 50 percent of mid-market businesses have slightly or very optimistic outlook for the next 12 months. The latest figures from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) which gathers responses from nearly 5000...
The progress rate of building the P5-bIllion Bicol International Airport (BIA), the completion of which had been reset from 2016 to 2020, is now at 72.2 per cent. The BIA project started in 1996 (pre-feasibility study) and the government issued the Notice to Proceed in July, 2009. It was supposed...
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) just finished expanding the berth of its flagship, Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), boosting its annual capacity to over 3.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), as it gears up for the country's economic reboot. The...
Director Bong Joon-ho (left) with Korean actress and 'Parasite' star Park So-dam at the 11th Annual Governors Awards held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Oct. 27, 2019. (Instagram) Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, who won best director for “Parasite” at the 92nd Academy...
An airport is just that, a place to pass through to go to a plane that would take us to our intended destinations. But with travel far from being normal, we are excited with any travel-related updates, especially with the announcement from the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and the...
The Miss Grand International 2020 pageant will be held in Thailand on March 27. This was announced on the pageant's official Facebook page. The 2020 edition of the pageant was cancelled due to the pandemic. The Binibining Pilipinas Charities Inc. has yet to announce the Philippine...
New content on iQIYI International (Photos: iQIYI) Viewers can enjoy more Asian dramas, movies, reality shows and Japanese anime on video streaming platform iQIYI International this January. “January is packed with exciting new titles you should not miss on iQIYI. There is something for everyone...
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has requested the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to schedule an election for the country’s volleyball federation. POC president Bambol Tolentino said he received a letter from the FIVB last month asking the POC to supervise the National Sports...
Former action star Royette Padilla has died. He was 58. This was confirmed by her sister Rebecca Padilla on her Facebook account: “Please whisper a prayer for our brother Royette Padilla. A silent prayer for his eternal peace, please.” Reports showed that Royette died of a heart attack on...
