International Master (IM) Jan Emmanuel Garcia bested his strong counterparts to rule the 2021 Philippine National Chess Championships semifinal leg held online recently. Garcia, who played for the national team in the 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, split the point with IM Daniel...
Darwin Laylo The Philippines smashes Ireland, 5-1, in the sixth round to remain in the hunt for a spot into the next phase of Division 2’s Pool A of the 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad Friday, Sept. 3. International Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia, Grandmaster Darwin Laylo, Woman GM Janelle Mae Frayna, FIDE...
BTOB’s Lee Min-hyuk (left) and trot singer Jang Minho (Instagram) Two more Korean celebrities have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the entertainment industry in South Korea grapples with the increase in the number of cases. K-pop boy band BTOB member Lee Min-hyuk has...
Chryss Jan Zonio Santos started attending art classes at five, studying drafting at 10, and painting at 12. At 14, he had his first solo exhibit. Now 20, he is recreating the world Chryss Jan Zonio Santos “Art helps you translate what’s in your mind and heart,” says young painter and sketch...
Livable, lively, healthy, and sustainable cities of the 21st century Concrete spikes under a road bridge in Guangzhou city, Guangdong, China (Photograph by Imagine China) Various anti-homeless architecture or defensive architecture have cropped up online recently. Spike-laden...
Henry Sy Jr. (left) and daughter Jan Catherine Sy Losing a child can never be easy. Facing the reality of this and acknowledging it is even harder. SM Investments Corporation vice chairman Henry Sy Jr. lost his eldest daughter Jan Catherine Sy last March 18, Thursday, to septic shock. One cannot...
Jan Catherine Sy, eldest daughter of Henry Sy Jr. passed away today, March 18, at 6:35PM. She was 29 years old. She is the granddaughter of the late Henry Sy. Her father Henry Sy Jr. is also known as Big Boy Sy and is the chairman of SM Prime Holdings. She joined the family business and was the...
We ask these strong, powerful females who they look up to Which woman do I look up to in admiration? On the personal side there is Blessed Mary, mother of Lord Jesus, the embodiment of a mother’s devotion to her child. There is my mother Evangelina, with her old-school but timeless family values....
Photo from UFC's Twitter account Jan Blachowicz upset the odds with a grinding unanimous points decision over the previously unbeaten Israel Adesanya to retain his world light heavyweight title at UFC 259 in Las Vegas on Sunday. "If I had knocked him out it would have been better, but anyway I love...
Global passenger demand in January 2021 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) plunged 72 per cent versus January 2019, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced last night (March 2). That was worse than the 69.7 percent year-over-year decline recorded in December...
Catherine Secopito Woman International Masters Jan Jodilyn Fronda, Catherine Secopito and Kylen Joy Mordido banner the list of players taking center stage in the Women’s Invitational elimination tournament on Feb. 7 via lichess.org. Organized by the Bayanihan Chess Club in coordination with the...
Team Bahrain rider Slovenia's Jan Tratnik celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win in the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2020 cycling race, 229 km between Udine and San Daniele, in Udine on October 20, 2020. (Photo by Luca Bettini / AFP) Portugal's Joao Almeida ensured he will wear the pink...
