Mark Striegl will be making his second comeback in the Octagon as he faces American veteran Chas Skelly in UFC Fight Night 201 at the APEX Facility in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, Feb. 19 (Sunday in Manila). Mark Striegl (Photo from Mark Striegl's Facebook page) Both Striegl and Skelly made their...
EXO (Photo courtesy of Exo Philippines Facebook) Yes, you read that right! Globe’s 0917 Lifestyle launched an exclusive line of merchandise that features EXO, one of the biggest K-pop boy groups under the music label SM Entertainment. Inspired by the group’s latest album, “Don’t fight the...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Filipinos who live and work overseas often find themselves in a great quandary whenever the subject of public governance crops up in discussions with compatriots and with nationals of different countries. In Hong Kong, a small China city with a population of less than eight...
Anakalusugan partylist Representative Mike Defensor and three other members of the House of Representatives urged the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday to take over the Quezon City (QC) local government's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Anakalusugan Party-List Rep....
The health pandemic is not yet over but the world is now bracing for another kind of global pandemic – climate change. Like the virus which plagued the planet for more than a year and drastically changed the way we live, climate change also has the capacity to destroy lives and livelihood by...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (at the podium and on the screens) addresses the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 21, 2021. (Xinhua) UNITED NATIONS -- The General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a political declaration on the fight against racism at a...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Spokesperson Celine Pialago had some one-on-one time with Senator Manny Pacquiao before the latter's welterweight bout with World Boxing Association (WBA) "super" champion Yordenis Ugas at past noon Sunday, Aug. 22. (Photo from Asec. Celine Pialago's...
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden on Thursday stepped up actions to combat the spread of COVID-19's surging Delta variant, asking every US federal worker to either declare they are fully vaccinated or wear masks and be tested. US President Joe Biden (AFP) ''We have the tools to...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año attributed the country's fight effective fight so far against the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the role of the Local Government Units (LGUs). In a press briefing with the President Wednesday...
Josephine Lucero, 56, a person with disability (PWD) has been fighting for workers' rights since the 1980s. She is an amputee and has been fighting for the causes she believes in while hobbling on crutches with other street protesters. Lucero and her daughter joined groups of protesters during...
President Duterte is bracing for a legal battle over the leadership of the ruling Partido Demoktraiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party among warring factions. President Rodrigo Duterte attends the National Assembly of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino - Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) in Clark,...
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Friday, July 16, that President Duterte’s bid to curb illegal drugs in the country has gained ample ground as the government institutionalized its campaign against all forms of criminality. (DILG photo) During the...
