Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual met with officials from CodeBase, a renowned startup ecosystem builder in Scotland, and the creatives sector for potential collaboration. Pascual led the Philippine Creative Industries Development Council (PCIDC) Delegation Visit to the United...
PARIS (AFP) -- Spain clinched its place at Euro 2024 on Sunday, Oct. 15, after a 1-0 win away to Norway, also sending Scotland through from Group A as Turkey joined the growing ranks of qualifiers. Spain's players celebrate their team's second goal during the EURO 2024 first round group A...
Scotland's first minister and Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Humza Yousaf delivers a speech during the Scottish National Party (SNP) independence conference in Dundee, Scotland on June 24, 2023. Andy Buchanan / AFP EDINBURGH, United Kingdom -- Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is set to...
The Philippine national women's football team (Photo from PFF website) By NIKOLE JAVIER The Philippine women’s national team made a gallant stand but just couldn't push through into the win column after absorbing a 2-1 loss at the hands of the higher-ranked Scotland in the 2023 Pinatar Cup...
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom -- The Scottish National Party (SNP) will hold a ballot to elect a leader to replace First Minister Nicola Sturgeon between March 13 and March 27, the party said on Thursday. SNP National Secretary Lorna Finn said the results of the contest would be made public "as soon as...
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced Wednesday her resignation after more than eight years leading its devolved government, in a shock move jolting British politics on both sides of the border. The Scottish National Party (SNP) leader said in "my head and...
A man was found guilty by the Edinburgh High Court on Monday, Feb. 6, of murdering a Filipina and her daughter in his home in Dundee, Scotland on March 18, 2021. In a report from Sky News, Andrew Innes, 52, has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 36 years for the murder of...
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom -- Lawmakers in Scotland passed a contentious law Thursday making it easier and faster for people to change their gender, despite a rare rebellion within the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) and "concerns" from the UK government. The legislation, which garnered 86...
A dreamer’s list of literary pilgrimages around the world Now that I can fly everywhere, except China and, well, North Korea, maybe even the tiny island country Nauru in Micronesia and Turkmenistan, I dream of going to… …Vyra, Russia VLADIMIR’S CASTLE Vladimir Nabokov's house in...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Polls Tuesday showed Conservative Liz Truss ahead in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, even as she came under fierce fire in Scotland and was forced into a policy U-turn. Contender to become the country's next Prime minister and leader of the Conservative...
An x-ray of the artist’s ‘Head of a Peasant Woman’ masterpiece reveals the astonishing discovery Thanks to modern technology, art historians and gallery professionals are now able to know more about the world’s masterpieces crafted by the best artists in history. The latest discovery in the...
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom -- A gallery in Scotland said Thursday it was "thrilled" to announce the discovery of a previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh, with his ear intact, hidden behind another painting. A handout picture released by the National Galleries of Scotland on July 14,...
