Russia's Kamila Valieva reacts after competing in the women's single skating free skating of the figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on February 17, 2022. (AFP) IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday it was "chilling" to see how...
India women journalists take the spotlight in a male-dominated field A CALLING Suneeta works as a journalist We got to see the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award winner, Writing with Fire , one of 15 feature documentaries shortlisted at the...
Boxing and weightlifting, two sports that yielded medals for Filipino athletes in the Tokyo Games, are in danger of getting scrapped from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics as warned by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. (Photos from AFP) The Philippine delegation made history in the...
A handout photo posted on the International Olympic Committee website on November 21, 2021 shows IOC President Thomas Bach holding a video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, as international pressure mounted for information about her wellbeing. (AFP) Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said she...
It’s been more than a century of habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species spread, overharvesting, climate change, and excessive population growth. Undeniably, human activities have really pushed millions of species to the brink of disappearing—the current extinction crisis is clearly of...
Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugas will impose the right amount of difficulty Manny Pacquiao won't expect come their super WBA welterweight showdown at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, Aug. 21 there (Sunday in Manila). Manny Pacquiao (center) with trainers Buboy Fernandez and Freddie...
The Costume Institute introduces Met Gala 2021 chefs and one of them has Filipino roots Chef Thomas Raquel for Saks Fifth Avenue Menswear (Photo by Anne Menke) and his fellow Met Gala 2021 chefs (Photo from @metcostumeinstitute) There are a lot of firsts happening in this year's Met Gala. One, it...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach gestures as he takes part in a news conference following an executive board meeting ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 17, 2021 in Tokyo. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Olympics chief Thomas Bach revealed "doubts" and...
At home with a concierge, a spa, a gym, fancy restaurants, and 24/7 guest services, why not? PIED À TERR E Chateau Marmont on Sunset Strip, in West Hollywood, California, last year (Valerie Macon for AFP) Spent the weekend at the Grand Hyatt in BGC. I was on the 45th floor, might as well have been...
Roman Catholics observe Saturday, July 3, the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle (Santo Tomas Apostol), one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. St. Thomas the Apostle (Catholic Online) St. Thomas is widely venerated as the patron saint of architects. Commemorative masses will be held in honor...
The Philippines and the United States (US) will continue to work together amid the pandemic in building new markets for their respective farmers via climate-smart production systems, the Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) said. (DA Secretary William Dar/ File photo/ Photo courtesy of DA)...
Word Alive FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD In today’s Second Sunday of Easter, the apostle Thomas manifested a lack of trust of Jesus’ Resurrection. Because of this, the term "doubting Thomas" was coined to describe all doubters and skeptics. The skeptical apostle said, "Unless I see the scars of the...
