The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) is sending the strongest possible team to the 20th Asian Games, with Olympic medalists leading the fight for the country 's medal bid in the tournament slated Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 in Japan. ABAP, led by president Marcus Manalo, is...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City – The Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO) on Saturday honored lawmen who arrested two suspected robbers from Libmanan, Camarines Norte in Gumaca, Quezon Friday. Police Col. Romulo Albacea, Quezon police director, awarded six members of the 2nd Quezon Provincial Mobile...
ILOILO CITY – Philippine Army commanding general Lt. Gen. Antonio G. Nafarrete awarded two soldiers wounded in recent encounters with suspected communist rebels in Negros Island. The two soldiers from the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) were conferred the Military Merit Medal while recuperating in...
Press F to pay respects. Vince Zampella, known to the gaming community as the co-creator of the "Call of Duty" franchise, has passed on at the age of 55 after dying in a single-car accident. Based on reports, he was driving his Ferrari along Southern California’s Angeles Crest Highway when the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region posthumously awarded the Philippine National Police (PNP) Heroism Medal (Medalya ng Kadakilaan) to Police Senior Master Sgt. Rommel Aguilar, 45, who was killed by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Calatrava, Negros Occidental on...
President Marcos is set to confer the Presidential Medal of Merit on four iconic Filipino women—Gloria Romero, Nora Aunor, Pilita Corrales, and Margarita Fores—on May 4, Malacañang confirmed. In a text message to reporters, Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the posthumous...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade honored three soldiers wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Sitio Bairan, Barangay General Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental this week. BRIG. Gen. Ted Dumosmog (second from right), commander of the Army 303rd...
Marikina City 1st district Rep. Marjorie Ann "Maan" Teodoro (Facebook) Marikina City 1st district Rep. Marjorie Ann "Maan" Teodoro wants to help the city produce its first Olympic gold medalist. This, as she revealed plans of...
BAGUIO CITY – Forty-three Filipino World War II veterans were awarded the United States Congressional Gold Medal, the oldest and highest civilian award of the United States, on Tuesday, September 3, at the Baguio Convention and Cultural Center here. WORLD war II veteran Sgt. Eumellia D....
The Senate has conferred the Senate Medal of Excellence each to two-time gold medalist Carlos Yulo, and bronze medalists Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas. Photo courtesy of Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau (PRIB) The honor was conferred during the Senate’s plenary session on...
Carlos Yulo The House of Representatives has conferred upon gymnast Carlo Edriel Yulo the Congressional Medal of Excellence, the highest award given to Filipino achievers in the fields of sports, business, medicine, science, and arts and...
Senators are now seeking the conferment of the Senate Medal of Excellence to Carlos Yulo for clinching two gold medals in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France have been filed in the Senate. So far, four senators have filed separate resolutions seeking the conferment of the...
